1. Bring the outside in. Its not just about bringing a tree in, but think about increasing the amount of real greenery in your home. Consider adding a garland on your fireplace or stairs. Use foraged greens such as ivy, holly and conifers and hang dehydrated oranges, dried pomegranates and pine cones to add detail and interest. If you are ambitious enough why not try a suspended garland aka a flower cloud?
2. Layer it up. Make sure you create extra cosiness with beautiful throws and blankets around the house. Consider adding window treatments or upgrading to thicker curtains to really create that snugly feel. If you want an eclectic look consider layering rugs (especially useful if your rugs are slightly undersized or if you have awkwardly shaped spaces) to cut out any draughts and keep it toasty underfoot.
3. Lower the lighting. With longer darker hours remember to increase the number of lights but keep them dimmed and muted, or at low levels. I suggest having at minimum of 3-5 sight sources in a room including lamps, candles and fairy lights. These create a truly magical ambience and help you cosy up this season. 

HELLO DECEMBER!

Hope your Christmas is all ablaze with love and sparkle. I want to speak to you all about a lovely project I have recently done with Housing Units. For those of you who don't know about them, they are based in North Manchester and have a massive interiors emporium so if you have time to have a good old wander about swing by! If you don't live close by they also have an online page where you can order! Perfect for everyone!

    4. Lay out the main garland on the floor (didn't have enough table space for 18 ft!) and tie it up at the centre (the garlands have metal wire at the end that  you can just loop around each other). Also open up all the flattened branches so give it as much volume as possible.
   5.  Attach the lights! I used these cluster lights that are really smart as they go on for 8 hrs and off for 16 hrs automatically! isn't that genius! Also I chose a cluster light as it has more LED bulbs per length than traditional fairy lights and this will give more of a glow when lit. I think its really important to put the lights on before any decoration as the last thing you want to see is the black wire above your pretty decorations. The way I attached them was basically just winding the lights around the garland, and also using the branches as stays (they have wire in them)