For many Southerners, Christmas means setting up the tree, putting up the stockings, hanging a wreath on the door, and pulling the Spode Christmas Tree dishes out of the china cabinet. While Spode is ...

VERANDA's Style & Market Editor Catherine Smith reveals her fresh take on styling Spode’s iconic Christmas place setting.

Piece together scrap lumber for a Christmas table centerpiece that’s anything but a puzzle. Mismatched stains and grains only add to the woodsy appeal of this small tree decoration. Unadorned, the ...

What makes a tree a tree? Or rather, why can we recognize trees in even quite abstract depictions when they are so varied in nature? Researchers have found a clue in the branches, and used math to ...