ON THE COVER SHOP WITH STYLE Festive finds

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Bring a bit of magic – and grown-up glamour – into your home this Christmas with our brilliant decorating ideas

This abundant wreath is so easy to make. Form hops into a wreath shape and secure. That’s it! (We also sprayed ours with glitter)

PHOTOGRAPHY POLLY WREFORD | STYLING MARIANNE COTTERILL | DIRECTION AND WORDS SARAH KEADY

COME ON IN

Greet your guests with a welcoming wreath

Hops and berries, from a selection, New Covent Garden Flower Market. Shola ball decoration, £1.95, Re. Star lights, from £13.99 each, Lights4fun. Door and surround painted in Inchyra Blue exterior eggshell, £49.50/2.5L, Farrow & Ball

MAKE AN ENTRANCE

The hallway is the first thing guests will see (obviously), so ramp up the gorgeousness by illuminating it with loveliness. Twinkle? You can never have too much, just FYI.

Above Green pottery Zagora candlesticks, from £18 each, Raj Tent Club. Blue glass candlestick, £14.99,

Dobbies. Cream Sculptural candlestick, £8, Next. Coloured candles, £4.50/two; paper 3D star, £3.95; all Re. Kiwi candle in Blue & Green, £32/two, The Conran Shop Opposite Fairy lights, from £12.99; Pinecone LED bauble trio, £19.99; LED baubles, £7.99 each; all Lights4fun. Light-up wreath, £35, Cox & Cox. Hanging vases, £12 each, Toast.

Reed sideboard, £999, John Lewis & Partners. Jul and

Skog scented candles, from £44, both Skandinavisk.

Walls painted in Bancha estate emulsion, £49.50/2.5L,

Farrow & Ball. Floor tiles, £139.20/sq m, Otto Tiles