If the idea of holiday decorating fills you with dread, try putting yourself in Brett Beaudette’s boots. As head visual designer for the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., he’s faced with hanging enough lights, wreaths and ornaments to make the 4.2-million-square-foot facility feel warm and festive. Despite the impressive statistics, however, Beaudette faces
many of the same challenges homeowners experience when planning his holiday displays – just on a slightly larger scale. (PDF file)
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Originally published in HomeStyle, a nationally syndicated newspaper feature section, November 2007.