festive interiors
ALPINE FOREST DINING HOUSE OF FRASER
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Give your guests a festive welcome by Nanette Fielding
can add that Christmas feeling and let your creativity shine through. If you want to cheat buy a basic artificial green wreath and add your own ideas of decoration from silver bells to ribbons even clove studded oranges and cinnamon sticks bound with gold ribbons will embellish and add a Christmassy scent on the doorstep. Once through the door the hallway
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is next, don’t leave it looking bare. In fact it’s very easy to make it look more festive by adding a large mirror you can double the size, add glitz with pea lights around the edge or more traditional holly and ivy twisted together with red decorations will look warm and cheerful. A garland is a speedy way to decorate banisters and it’s possible to make a garland out of a variety of materials, including pine branches, ivy, and pinecones. Add touches with metallic berries or ornaments, shimmering satin or velvet ribbons, garlands of artificial winter flowers like poinsettias will add rich colour. Gather together stems of beaded fruit or flowers and tie together with pinecones and ribbons. Spaced evenly, tie each cluster to the banister with decorative ribbons. The living room is traditionally
the site for the Christmas tree and you can choose to cover it with every decoration you have or just
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s a welcome for you and your guest a seasonal wreath on the front door
decorations in one or two colours. If you have a fireplace, even if its not a blazing log fire it can be dressed up to look the focal point of the room especially at Christmas. The mantelpiece is an ideal location for creating a grand effect with decorations and of course Christmas stockings. Combine your colour scheme with the room, modern Gold and silver, purple and white, crystals and feathers, or traditional reds and greens follow the nature theme with bowls of fir cones or nuts in their shells and red baubles, Poinsettia plants on side tables and branches of holly in place of flowers. Add some Christmassy cushions for the sofa and some large scented candles for that cosy festive feel. Lay the table the night before so you can spend time making it look amazing add table confetti, candles, place names and table gifts to make it a special event rather than just a meal. The kitchen will attract the guests so make it warm and inviting. Have a good tidy up in advance and put away as many unused utensils and gadgets as possible to clear space. Add a tray of glasses ready for chilled Champagne or sparkling wine on their arrival. A miniature Christmas tree or just glass bowls of baubles and pea lights with the added aromas of the turkey roasting and Christmas music playing will create a very Merry Christmas indeed.
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