I know it’s late January, but I was so proud of our new home at Christmas I had to share it!
Coming from a little terraced house, I wasn’t sure our decorations would stretch far enough to fill this house – well, it was a nice excuse to go and treat ourselves to a few more! Lots of new baubles and miles of ivy from the garden and I think we succeeded in making it cosy and Christmassy…
We had so much fun decorating the house, and these are a few tips I’m going to remind myself of next year…
- You can never use too much ivy – drape it over anything for an instant festive feel.
- Put fairy lights everywhere. I wanted a festive window light but couldn’t really afford one (probably after spending a small fortune on baubles!) I used a few different sized jam jars from the cupboard and put a string of fairy lights inside. Hide the cables with more ivy and you’re left with a gorgeous window light.
- Put silver bells in jam jars among t.lights. They look so lovely and gleam in the glow of the candles.
- Use a vase as a make-shift hurricane lamp and string ivy around your candle inside. This made a gorgeous centerpiece for our Christmas table and was so simple and cheap to do.
Now all my Christ-moose has to do is wait patiently for next Christmas to come around so we can do it all again!
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