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Homes always look a little bare after the Christmas decorations come down, but the new year is a good excuse to freshen up them up. Bring the brightness back to your interiors with IKEA’s new Natural Neutrals collection, which uses cheerful plants and warming wooden tones to celebrate the beauty of minimalist, earthy schemes.

Smycka artificial

bouquet, £6

Misterhult pendant

lamp, £55

Ivar shelving unit with doors, £103

Monstera Deliciosa potted plant, £25

Vattenkrasse watering

can, £10 Ulriksberg armchair, £115, IKEA

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Illustrator Ellie Good is inspired by the colour and form found in nature, from funny expressions of cats and dogs to the beautiful abstract shapes of underwater creatures. Her online store stocks a range of homewares, stationery, art prints and gift cards, and each year she donates one per cent of her profits to charities, including City to Sea and Just One Tree. We love her trays, made from sustainably sourced birch wood, and this set of sweet notebooks that use 100-per-cent recycled paper and feature a variety of happy pooches!

Trays, from £19.99; Doggy Friends notebooks, £15 for a set of 3, Ellie Good Illustration

SHAPING UP

One of the joys of winter is the sight of flickering candles casting shadows around your room. But whether you prefer shallowsitting tea lights or candles that stand tall, their atmospheric flames always benefit from being placed in an elegant holder. These new candle and tea light holders from Henry Holland will add a point of interest to your mantelpiece, table or shelves.

Light Up My Life candle holder, £7, Henry Holland; Light Up My Life tea light holder, £5, Henry Holland