Balanced simplicity shines during holiday season

Christmas is important to Joan Burney – it’s the time of year when her scattered family returns home. And with four children and 15 grandchildren, the celebration is quite the production, yet there’s also a practicality to it that makes for a refreshing simplicity and balance, particularly in her decorating.
“If you have decorations all over, it’s unmanageable,” says Burney, who takes a minimalist approach partly to keep her home livable during the family inva