- Welcome back y'all.
I am super proud
of our Emmy winning art department here at the show.
Over the years, our lead production designer, David Eckert
has blown us away with his visionary ideas.
We love David and they're brought
to life by a talented team, led by my next guest,
our creative director, Kevin Grace.
- Yeah.
- So yes, the band's getting it, everybody's getting it.
Today, we've got Kevin stepping in front
of the camera to give us his pro insight
into the hottest Christmas tree trends of the season.
Because trust me like
this man has designed some crazy stuff that's cool
in my house and he's got a good eye, so
I know you, I know your team
are working hard on Christmas.
- We have been.
- I know it.
- The team has just been going crazy
getting ready for Christmas,
'cause it is right around the corner.
- Yeah.
- I'm telling you, this is the perfect opportunity to
start thinking about what are you gonna do with your tree.
- Yeah.
- So we partnered up with our friends at Balsam Hill.
- Love.
- And we put together this beautiful artificial tree, uh
- Kind of extravaganza.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
This is like a tree farm almost, right?
- I know, yeah.
- It's got all the different types of
sizes and shapes of trees.
But really what we're gonna talk about today are trends.
- Okay.
- Are you ready to talk about the few trends?
- I wanted to, Yeah.
Is this the first trend?
- So this is our first trend.
- Okay, I like it.
- So the first trend is all about a theme, right?
So this theme is woodland creatures.
We did this cause this is zoo.
- I Love woodland creatures.
- Right?
It's so you.
- Yeah.
- So it's got like birds.
- It's got mushrooms.
- Mushrooms, owls, acorns.
But also, the other thing I wanna talk to you about
is the lights and so on these lights
and really, most of the lights that you can get
with Balsam Hill on their trees,
they're already pre-lit, are LED lights.
- Oh.
- And the great thing about LEDs is
they're a little bit more expensive,
but here's what you get in the long run.
You get a safer light.
They're cool to the touch.
They're energy-
- Energy efficient, yeah.
- Super energy efficient.
And they last so much longer.
- Yeah.
- So LEDs are really a good way to go.
So that's what we use on all of our trees too.
- I love that.
I love this, by the way.
This feather number, the garland is like-
- Okay, well again, it's all about the trends.
So this one being woodland
we found this beautiful ribbon that's made out
of feathers and we just looped it all the way through.
No rhyme or reason, just kind of putting it in.
And that also is another tip for lighting.
A lot of times
people just wrap their lights around the tree.
- Yeah.
- What we do is we take the lights
and we go up and down inside the tree up to the top.
- What?
- All the way down and then back up and looping it around.
That way you leave space on the outside to hang stuff.
So we don't have lights all crazy.
- And you don't see the cord everywhere.
Oh, I'm such a loser, Kevin.
I'm such a loser.
- No, you're not.
Everybody wraps it around.
- Oh my god.
So that's a nice, cool, fun new way to do it.
- Also, I just want this on my microphone stand
to feel like Steven Tyler.
- It'll happen.
Let's look at another one here.
- This one's beautiful.
- So, trend number two is color.
So right now the hot color is blue, right?
Blue is a huge trend right now.
So we did a monochromatic blue tree.
The goal here is not to have just one color blue.
So we did a bunch of different variations of blues, teals
and then you want a contrast.
So our contrast on here is silver.
So we popped in some silver
and some crystals to make it bling.
- I love the crystals coming out.
- We all love a little bling, right?
- Yeah.
- And this is super easy to do.
And you know, you could do
at home if you don't have all the same colors
you can get some spray paint and make them your own.
It's all about like redesigning your trees this year.
That takes us to trend number three.
- I love this one.
The golden beautiful-
- So this is all about flocking.
- Oh, Okay.
- So, flocking, now hear me out-
- I know, I get nervous about it.
- But don't be nervous.
So it's an old school trend that's come back.
It's hot right now.
This one you can have already sent you from Balsam Hill.
They flocked it for you.
They've lit it.
- Amen.
- And it's easy.
- Well, thank you so much Kevin.
My kids are gonna love this.
- Of course.
You're welcome.
- Yes.
Well, a special thank you to our friends at Balsam Hill
for supplying everything for our Christmas tree farm.
As you can see, Balsam Hill creates the most beautiful
realistic Christmas trees and decor.
Check out their website for your holiday needs.
We'll be right back with what I'm liking.
Great job.