When Marcia Schieck was a young girl, she watched as her mother would forage at garage and estate sales, craft stores and even in their own attic for materials that could be repurposed to set the stage for a cozy, special holiday. Eventually, she helped and has carried on the tradition over the years, designing and decorating spaces for Christmas and beyond.
“I grew up in a small town in Western Pennsylvania, and we had to be creative,” Schieck related, adding that her mother made “all of our holidays feel like a parade — a magical movie.”
Schieck has spent years gutting, renovating, designing and staging homes. “For me, it’s not just the home design, walls and floors but also how you fill the space with love, comfort and happiness,” she said. “It’s about creating spaces with passion, love and a giant sprinkle of magic.”
Giant, to be sure. Schieck has a 25’ x 10’ storage unit lined with shelves and containers of holiday decorations. Her Dewey Beach home is transformed into a Christmas wonderland featuring a dozen trees that Schieck decorates herself as her husband, Rich Greenfield, helps with logistics — like hooking up all the lights to Alexa, so they can simply say, “Turn on Christmas magic,” and pop-pop pop, the trees all turn on within a minute, and their three-story, 7,700-square-foot coastal home is glittering with spirit.