![]() I am so in love with these that I might now have to get a few more quirky baubles like this in the future. My favourite new baubles are from West Elm – this gorgeous pink and gold diamante beetle as well as a beautiful gold and glass lobster. The little gold bowl (another H&M Home find) is simply filled with tiny gold and copper coloured baubles. ![]() On the top of the vignette, I filled a little gold wire box with pinecones and used another of those white LED Christmas trees from Rockett St George in the corner to give the space a little bit of sparkle. The reindeer tealight holder is from HomeSense. It’s so hard taking pictures of the mirrors so you’ll have to trust me on that one. I love how the mirrors reflect the light from the tree around the space. On the other side of the room, the radiator cover got dolled up with a garland and candles and the chest of drawers got a new vignette. I’ve been looking at pretty mugs to replace all of the ones I’m not too crazy about in my collection lately and I think these may be my new favourites. ![]() Beautiful, no? At a mere £8 for the set, it was kind of a no-brainer. I couldn’t resist the blushy-pink and gold stripe combo on this set. I also filled a little gold box with baubles to make it a little more ‘Christmassy’. I love how it refracts the light in the evenings – it simply glows. There’s also a copper candle holder from Tom Dixon which I received in my Amara Interior Blog Awards goodie bag. The little gold apple and pear are actually candles from H&M Home (on sale for £2.50 each! I mean, they might as well just be free at that price) and I’m rather in love with them. On my coffee table, I kept the gold with a touch of copper theme going. A goat’s hair throw over the back of the sofa gives it a bit of a boho touch too. I kept the sofa quite simple – a couple of deep burgundy velvet cushions to tie in with the colours in the wallpaper and curtains and a simple gold sequinned cushion from H&M for a bit of sparkle. You’d be surprised what you can find at some of the supermarkets these days so it’s worth keeping an eye out for interesting pieces at ridiculously good prices. I bought a pair of those tall gold glitter trees in my local Morrison’s (of all places!) for a fiver each. I’ve got to get creative in a smaller space and I like that it affords me the opportunity to create some tiny vignettes. I always split my little round vintage side table that normally sits in this bay window to create two little display areas on either side of the tree. Plus of course, all my glass and glittery baubles from years’ past. I also mixed in a few copper accents, a set of string balls that light up in copper, gold and silver and a smattering of deep red baubles that I’ve had for years. I fell in love with these glittery gold … uhhh…erm… I have no idea what they are really! Wheat sheaves maybe? But whatever they are, they are really soft and drapey and I love how they cascade down my tree. I picked up a few new gold accents for my tree in my local garden centre. All these warm colours make it a really inviting space, I think! This year, I decided to mix gold and copper and I threw in a tiny bit of red (so unlike me to do traditional colours!) as well because it just worked so well with the burgundy colours in this space. My flocked tree is around 3 years old now but I still adore it. Buckle in, pour yourself a nice eggnog or a stiff warming drink and settle in… So it was with great relief that I finally got my tree up and I’ll apologise now for the amount of pictures I’ve taken. However, while my MIL is moving fairly soon, Wayne (bless him) rearranged our shed to move some things into there, freeing up a bit of space for me to get my Christmas decorating on. Living in a house with quite limited space, I simply had nowhere to empty my loft of Christmas boxes – including my tree! So we had to wait a little longer than normal. Due to some delays, it took a bit longer than we’d expected and my office (my usual ‘sorting and storing area’ for my Christmas decor) was full to the brim with things. There are quite a few extenuating circumstances around this but to summarise, we’ve been storing some large pieces of furniture and appliances for my Mother in Law as she was going to be moving into a new flat. This year, it was the 10th of December before I actually got around to putting mine up – which is SO unlike me. Normally, my tree is up by the first week in December.
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