We have begun the final countdown to Christmas. With less than a week left to go, we’re, finalizing gifts, putting the finishing touches on decor, and gathering the ingredients for Santa’s cookies. With Christmas coming up so soon, the New Year on the horizon, and with the holiday season lasting a deceivingly short amount of time, we like to go all out with our decorating, to make the season feel as full as possible.

The Roger’s Gardens Christmas Boutique is open! Roger’s Gardens is a destination home, garden, and landscape design center offering creative solutions and unique products for both indoor and outdoor living. Their outdoor environment inspires visitors with beautiful foliage, flowering plants, creative plantings, seasonal herbs and vegetables, designer fountains, pottery, outdoor furniture, and accessories. Their indoor spaces present fine home furnishings and decor, gourmet foods, artisan collectibles, and seasonal items.

With the moderate year-round temperatures and an endless array of indoor and outdoor activities, Orange County is the perfect place to celebrate every changing season. With Thanksgiving behind us and Christmas quickly approaching, it’s just a matter of time before we officially enter winter. With this in mind, we have rounded up a few notable events occurring in December that can serve as the perfect place to kick off this holiday season.

A resident of Eastside Costa Mesa for several years, and Newport Beach more recently, Villa agent Holly Schwartz loves the Newport-Mesa community.

Whether you’re trying to keep bored kids occupied or give thanks for the year with the whole family, these Thanksgiving games will keep the festivities going all night long… or at least until the tryptophan kicks in.

With all the focus on Thanksgiving dinner, we decided to find the best way to start your Thanksgiving morning, without adding too much prep time to your already packed day. This means our Thanksgiving breakfast would have to be something that you can make ahead. And we also wanted something that would give you the energy to get going and keep going, without taking up too much precious turkey space.

The holidays are quickly approaching! With Halloween behind us, Thanksgiving in just two weeks, and Christmas just a few weeks after that, we all have plenty to do. And with all the parties and get-togethers with friends and family coming up, some of us are bound to end up hosting several times. That’s definitely not a bad thing, but as the holiday season gets busier and busier, we sometimes find ourselves too low on time to plan out every single detail as far in advance as we would like. So, if you’ve ever found yourself panicking 30 minutes before guests arrive because your home is not quite the way you want it to be, these tips are for you.

Select Orange County coastal communities continued to see an increase in luxury home prices in the third quarter, as much as 39.43%, according to Villa Real Estate. Other coastal neighborhoods slowed in the third quarter, which is a typical pattern for fall home buying.

Nothing has the unique ability to bring people together quite like food. And fall is the transition season into the holidays, where it’s all about spending time with loved ones. So what better way to get into the spirit of fall and get people together than with some fall-inspired food? And what embodies fall better than a warm, comforting muffin, textured with rolled oats, spiced with cinnamon, and lightly sweetened with apple and maple syrup…

Fall is officially in full swing, and if you haven’t had the chance yet, check out our blog post, Design Trends for Fall 2018, According to the Experts to really get into the season. Many people call fall—or autumn—their favorite season. And for good reason! The weather starts to cool down a bit, so we can bring out the sweaters, warm beverages, and delicious comfort foods. Along with all of those things, the cooler weather causes the leaves in our trees to start changing to various shades of yellow, orange, red, and sometimes even a color or two in between.