Of all the things I have been looking forward to about owning my own home, decorating for Christmas has definitely been on top of the list! I have been collecting various decorations over the past year, and I was really looking forward to being able to display them, but it wasn't until we bought the tree that I really began to get excited.
We bought a 4ft artifical tree (I can't be doing with pine needles everywhere) to sit under the velux window in the lounge which gave us some extra space, then laid out all of the decorations on the coffee table to make a start. The trend this year in Christmas decor has been for oversized decorations, so more by luck than judgement (but don't tell anyone...!) my decorations looked perfect! I love the Scandinavian look mixed with gold and silver, so with a mixture of white lights, silver tinsel and a lovely little glass angel that was a gift from my Nan, I think the finished tree looked perfect
I also wanted to buy a bower for the top of the bookshelves going up the stairs, and we found a beautiful one in John Lewis with frosted fir cones, shimmering branches and icy twigs. It was challenging and frustrating trying to attach the bower at the right angle to the wood, as we had to screw hooks into the bookshelf, and then twist thick garden wire though the bower to attach it horizontally to the wood. At first we couldn't get it at the right angle and it kept falling forward, but once it was attached and garlanded with battery powered white lights, I was more than happy with it.
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