It's where you open presents in the morning, fall asleep after Christmas dinner and have that last festive drink before bed - the living room is at the heart of your Christmas celebrations. These schemes are beautiful examples of how you can stylishly deck out your living space.

Festive Glamour
Your tree should be proportional to the size of your room, the table used as a plinth adds height, while the moss round the base of the tree disguises the unattractive pot in which it is planted, tonal bronze and gold, contrast of the metallics. Try a combination of electric lights placed discreetly on the inner parts of the branches and real flames on the outer; that way you have the best of both worlds.

Traditional Christmas Living Room
The focus is the Christmas tree: 'It has to be perfect because it is seen from every angle. Once we have checked it is the right size, we put it on its side, on trestles, so as not to damage the branches, then wind strings of fairy lights around the trunk, hiding the wire with tinsel. The baubles are put on when the tree is up, with the aid of enormous ladders.' On the chimneypiece is a fake-fir garland embellished with fairy lights, silver foliage and dove ornaments.

Matching Colours in Christmas Living Room
A selection of coloured baubles and pine cones have been spray-painted to match the bold colours of this room, which adds festivity without affecting the harmonious decoration scheme.

Foliage in Christmas Living Room
Traditional but pared-down schemes that look natural, light and fresh.

Classic
The easiest way to give a feeling of festive decoration with very little effort is to strew your surfaces with ivy and candles. Understated and cosy.

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When it comes to Christmas tree decorating ideas, anything goes. From classic to cool and unusual, distinctive decorating ideas for your Christmas tree, perfect for even the  smallest of spaces.
 

Fake Snow Covered Tree
A simple combination of lights, pine cones, robins and - most importantly - fake snow Starting with the lights - very small LEDs look prettiest - we then mist the tree with water before liberally applying the fake snow. Last come the pine cones and the robins.


Stepladder Tree
Lovely vintage ladder, strung with mouth-blown glass decorations. This "tree" is definitely a break from tradition, but in a large kitchen, surrounded by the general hubbub of Christmas cooking, it work beautifully. It could also look good against quite a plain minimalist background.


Marbled Bauble Tree
Elegant and crafted. The uniformity of using just one type of bauble, but covering them in an unpredictable pattern that invites closer examination. Hand-marbled unglazed ceramic baubles, which have a lovely weight and tactility.

Pom Pom Tree
Colour, texture and craft. Tree with multicoloured woollen pompoms.

Miniature Trees
Lovely mantel-top decoration, but can also adorn a dining table or shelf. Hang lots of white paper decorations from the ceiling, and vignettes such as this one running along window sills and mantelpieces.
Naturalistic, cosy and characterful schemes - old-fashioned decoration, charming mismatches and detailed storytelling vignettes - rather than statement styles, be charmed by a nativity set than by a bold bauble.


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Between carving the turkey and baking the pie, flowers and pumpkins might be the last thing on your mind. But these decorating ideas prove a little extra prep makes the holiday feast a lot more festive.


Warm Essentials
A soft blanket, crackling fire and cup of coffee are the secret weapons to keeping warm on a crisp, November day. 

Illuminating Centerpiece
Shed a little light on your Thanksgiving day table with a pumpkin and candle centerpiece, inspired by the harvest season.
Grapevine Wreath
Hang a picture frame with a sweet little message on a grapevine wreath, adorned with mini pumpkins, berries and ribbon. 
Floral Overload
The secret to flower arranging is simpler than you think. Just start with single blossoms, placed in several vases of different heights. Top it off with a bloom at each setting tucked behind the place card.
Crisp Leaves
Red, yellow and orange leaves make up this fall mantel, placed in vases, strung as garland and displayed in a picture frame.


House Beautiful
Decorate your home for Thanksgiving with this ideas and have a delightful day.
Creative candleholders
Use repurposed candleholders for easy fall displays of small pumpkins and gourds. Look for candleholders in varying heights at a garage sale or antiques store, then spray-paint black for a unified look.
Harvest mantel
The focal point of this harvest-inspired mantel is a collection of inexpensive melamine plates attached to the wall with easy-to-use adhesive disc hangers. Casually arrange an assortment of pumpkins and gourds between two bundles of dried wheat on the mantel. Include a blackboard or two where you can write an inspirational quote or even your Thanksgiving menu!
Hues of autumn
Footed glass containers show off ribbons, beans and nuts in fall hues. The copper tray adds shiny sophistication and makes the arrangement portable.
Nut votive
Place these pretty votives on your Thanksgiving dining table, mantel or coffee table. Just gather unshelled nuts and layer in a glass cup around a small candle. Save a few nuts to scatter near your display.
Natural display
A pumpkin "basket" makes an imaginative centerpiece for a fall table.
Hollow out the pumpkin, then place a block of wet floral foam inside. Position a pillar candle in the foam and surround with fall blooms and berries to complete this DIY fall decoration.
Nature's artistry wreath
Embellish a square store-bought magnolia wreath with color-coordinated real and faux materials, including twigs, seedpods, nuts, berries, wheat and leaves.

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It's not just the heat that makes an indoor fire so enticing - the smell, the sound, the warm soft light; it is almost impossible to replicate the atmosphere conjured by a real, roaring log fire.
Fireplaces evolving for centuries at the forefront of technology and design, their decoration becoming increasingly elaborate, their materials more luxurious. The carved fireplaces to be found in grand historical houses are often mind bogglingly impressive in their scale and opulence.
Now of course, in the age of central heating, their functionality is no longer a necessity, leaving us free to enjoy their decorative beauty and the important architectural focal point that their presence lends to a room. Even if it is no longer in use, a fireplace gives an instant jolt of character. 
Eclectic Thirties-inspired style
Open fireplace has, on one side of it, an African carving and, on the other, a fun-size alligator - shot by a forebear. A basket of sawn logs, straight from felled garden trees,  feels very English.
Modern Blue And Green Scheme
 In this West London sitting room the fire surround from Chesney's has a strong linear design with echoes of Art Deco; a perfect foil to the cool palate of greens and blues. 
Italian chic
This simple, yet ultra-modern open fireplace has been softened with a traditional cast-iron basket.The monochromatic colour scheme niftily detracts from the look of the television. 
A cosy corner
Teal walls are contrasted with traditional, Victorian-style brass fittings in this living room.
Marble fireplace
Marble fireplace with over mantel mirror in the sitting room.

 Magnificent Marble
Symmetry characterises this sitting room, where the owner's nineteenth-century wooden armchairs covered in a woollen fabric and a pair of custom console tables are centred around a Fifties Italian mirror and a recently added marble chimneypiece. 


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