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Festive holiday decorations that are sure to get everyone into the spirit.

Christmas Cones
Who said mantels have to be dressed in traditional cedar pine? This mantel's abundance of pinecones provides texture while allowing accent colors to pop.

Coastal Christmas Chandelier
Light fixtures are a great place to add extra holiday cheer. Attach pine branches around a chandelier's base, drape burlap ribbon and add glass ornaments for a more rustic approach.

Layers of Linen
No Christmas tree is complete without a skirt to hide its base. Rather than using a store-bought tree skirt, transform a piece of canvas into an elegant, ruffled linen beauty using only cuts of linen, scissors and glue.

Bursting With Joy
Tis the season to love this living room's holiday style. The black velvet chairs and black and white chevron-striped rug add a modern twist alongside seasonal classics, like the tree and stockings.




 Nature Inspired
Fresh cedar pine, fir branches and magnolia leaves combine with fruit, pinecones and berries for an ultra-natural and festive look. Strands of gold beads add a surprising hint of color within the garland.
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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
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. 


House & Garden.
 
Mirrored coffee tables add much more than glamour to your living room and bring functional value in small living rooms. Reflecting light all around, mirrored coffee tables enliven the room that they adorn and give it a more airy and cheerful appeal, creating a sense of visual spaciousness. Coming in a wide range of styles, shapes and sizes.
Hollywood regency combined with contemporary chic inside the smart living room
Twin mirrored coffee tables give the small living space a more spacious appeal
 Unique mirrored coffee table idea
Black, white and blue shape a refined family room with mirrored coffee table
Cheerful transitional living room of smart Miami home
Borghese Grand Oval Coffee Table for the modern living room


Decoist.

Kitchens - their successful design is an imperative part of a working interior. It really can be the small, simple details - tailored to the way that you cook and use the space - that make it a joy to use. Whether it's having jars of ingredients on open shelving, or something clean white and minimal. From ergonomic islands to modular cabinets and hidden storage.
Orange Farmhouse Kitchen
The kitchen is painted a warm orange, with wooden units. Copper pans are displayed along a traditional shelf and rows of plates adorn the walls. A wooden farmhouse kitchen provides both a work surface and a casual dining spot.
Green Farmhouse Kitchen
The kitchen harks back to the building's origins as a farmhouse. It boasts original terracotta floor tiles and simple whitewashed walls. The traditional wooden beamed ceiling is painted a vibrant green.
Mews tricks
In the kitchen area, traditional and contemporary pieces work together, where a mix match of chairs around the dining table create an informal dining look. Carrara-marble-topped units are painted in 'Hague Blue' by Farrow & Ball.
Modern Country Kitchen with Black Aga
The traditional country kitchen has an Aga and complementing units on either side, with the owners' collection of copper pans hanging along the length of the wall. The table was custom-made and is paired with chairs and a bench. The effect, although welcoming and cosy, is minimal and fresh.
Farmhouse Kitchen with Wooden Dining Table
The kitchen of this farmhouse is painted in a soft green. The traditional units are creamy white with brass knobs and pulls and a gloriously weathered oak table has centre stage.
Do you own or rent a flat the size of a broom cupboard? Do you despair of achieving design perfection within your quarters? Whether you have a dark basement in need of lightening up or a studio flat which could do with a canny layout, We've got ideas for everything from clothes storage to furniture and paint colour. Before you know it your tiny apartment will feel really rather palatial...
White Small Flat Living Room with Cheap Curtains
The antiqued bronze table found in the sitting room, the sitting room curtains, are made up in a discontinued fabric.
Victorian Flat Living Room Fireplace
The beauty is in the detail, the scheme emerges through small decoratice touches.
Modern Flat Living Room with Bookshelf Wall
They look striking within the modern grey decoration scheme.
Flat Living Room with DIY Art
The sitting room is filled with improvised artwork; an acrylic-painted sample, originally done for a fresco later installed, with a sample for a door panel beneath it.
Small White Living Room With Mirror Wall
To create a feeling of cohesion through the flat, the walls were panted in the drawing room and the bedroom from Paint and Paper Library; the sofa, is covered in a Bruno Triplet linen.

Small spaces can be the bane of any flat-dweller's or home owner's life. But they can also be a blessing in design disguise. Awkward, small spaces are often a catalyst for change, forcing you to a) clear the clutter and b) come up with clever design ideas you may never have thought of otherwise. From small living rooms and small dining rooms, to small bedrooms, small bathrooms, small kitchens and kids' rooms, or even just small space storage solutions, we've delved in to the House & Garden achive to bring you clever, stylish ideas for every room of the house.

 The basic scheme in the living room is minimal but it has injected the visual interest through the colors, pattern and texture. The decoration scheme ethnic touches used throughout.

 Keep your bicycle out of the way and make a stylish feature of it with a wall-mounted bike rack. You don't need to store above the fireplace, a hallway will work just as well. 
The kitchen door which doubles as CD storage.
The wall shelves in the spare room - along with providing storage - draw the eye up, making the cosy ceilings appear higher, while a chair provides double duty as a bedside table.  An olive-stripe flatweave rug contrasts with a vibrant tartan rug used as a bedspread and cushions made from fabric pieces left over from projects.
Making use of natural light and mirrors to expand the space. Creating crisp, elegant, predominantly pale interiors - even on a small scale, putting favourite things into a new environment creates a fresh mood straight away.
 
When space is at a premium, it pays to be inventive with what little room you have. Window boxes - tiny pockets of flowers and foliage scattered across city centres - are a wonderful way to bring green into the concrete jungle. From exotic evergreens to traditional blooms, it's time to transform your windowsill into something spectacular. 


  Dwarf dahlias work well in a small windowbox and come in a plethora of colours - from candy pink to bright orange.

Tiny violas are a delicate choice for a country cottage windowsill. Victorian Violas has the very best selection. 

 Choose climbing pelargoniums and geraniums to create a verdant screen to mask a view into a ground floor flat.

 These homemade wooden window boxes are filled with trailing white bacopa for a chic neutral look.

 Jungle-like combinations of plants work well against a deep Georgian black-blue wall.

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