Chris Long

Chris Long

Chris Long is a contributor to Home Depot's Home Decorators.com website and has been helping customers as a Home Depot store associate in the Chicago area since 2000. Among the home décor interests that Chris focuses on are patio furniture and computer desks.

Striking 12: How to Arrange Your Home for a New Year's Party in 12 Steps

Thu, Dec 27, 2012

It used to be that I made big plans for a night on the town every New Year's Eve. I'd concoct elaborate arrangements to visit the hottest of hot spots with my most fun-loving pals and ring in the 12 o'clock hour, champagne glass raised to the disco-ball ceiling, with friends and friendly strangers amidst a shower of confetti. Between overserved revelers and understaffed bars, my grand ideas always seemed to turn into pumpkins somewhere before midnight.