Begin the holiday season in Kingston on Dec. 13 with the Holiday Home Tour, sponsored by the Downtown Kingston Association. Five homes will be decked out in holiday splendor to provide great ideas to spark seasonal decorating. The homes, large and small, offer great Northwest views of the water or mountains, each with an added touch of individuality. There will be something for everyone to appreciate, including handmade quilts, sewing studios and hobby rooms, transferware china, Chinese porcelain, wine cellars and Swedish holiday décor.

The home tour runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and is recommended for adults only. No photography will be allowed.

As an added bonus, interior designer Susan Rodgers will give two decorating seminars at Cleo’s Landing Learning Center for the Arts, located at Highway 104 and West Kingston Road, connected to the Kingston Art Gallery.

Rodgers will have a morning seminar, 9:30-10:30 a.m., on “Changing Your Home’s Interiors? Where you start!” Her afternoon session from 3-4 p.m. will be “Good Bones – Simple Fixes!” Beautiful interiors start with timeless basics in place that allow simple changes to be for years to update, excite, and reenergize a home and its occupants.

Tickets for the home tour are $15 and available at the following Kingston locations: Kingston Chamber of Commerce, Kingston Quilt Shop, American Marine Bank, Kitsap Bank, John L. Scott, and Windermere Real Estate. Addresses of homes and a tour map are included on tickets. All proceeds subsidize the Concerts on the Cove summer series at the Port of Kingston, sponsored by the Downtown Kingston Association.