For stylist Laura Chubineh, the holiday home is a living composition, patiently built from memory, ritual, and the quiet rhythm of hands at work. Her artistry lives in the deliberate scenes of making: arranging evergreen boughs into fragrant centerpieces, curating shelves with framed photographs and nostalgic heirlooms, hanging ornaments that each hold a whispered story, and assembling festive platters in a kitchen dusted with flour and warmth.

The soul of this carefully styled environment is drawn from the deep well of sensory memory. It lives in the scent of almond paste from childhood baking days with her mother — a scent now recreated with her own three sons as they decorate gingerbread houses and Christmas cookies together.

It resonates in the soft notes of O Holy Night filling the air, in the rich taste of coquito and buttery cookies, and in the gathered laughter that seems to soften the very light in the room.

Even her choice of gift extends this tactile philosophy. A LILYSILK cashmere sweater for a dear friend is selected not merely for its beauty, but for its physical softness—a texture meant to mirror the enduring comfort of true connection. Here, care becomes something you can literally wrap around yourself.