There’s no season as cosy as winter. The brisk winds rapping on your door handle and delicate snowflakes fluttering down upon the windowsill make it the perfect period to hibernate at home. If you ask me, there’s no better way to enjoy the cold weather season than snuggled up inside your toasty home. And in the middle of our favourite hot coco-sipping, blanket-snuggling season is the biggest occasion of the year; Christmas.
Christmas is an opportunity to help our homes reach their full potential. As frost lingers on the grass, we can do our best to ensure the inside of the house is as warm and comfortable as possible. Don’t shy away from the wonders of winter just because it’s cold. If you’re keen to immerse yourself in the cosiest holiday of them all, this blog post is for you. We’re sharing our top ten home interior ideas that will make your home as cosy as possible this Christmas.
1. Fairy lights
Make sure Santa knows where you’re sleeping and brighten up your home in time for Christmas Eve. Exchange the harsh main light in your living spaces for soft and delicate fairy lights.
Take the Christmas spirit outside and spread some holiday cheer with your neighbourhood. Using battery-powered or solar outdoor fairy lights, drape your garden in warm and mellow light and make the most out of your outdoor space, even in the freezing cold weather! Remember to use code wiseliving20 to get yourself a 20% discount off the battery-powered fairy lights!
2. A decorative fireplace
The fireplace is the centerpiece of any room. Whether it’s the living room, dining room or a bedroom, don’t forget to utilise this traditional feature in the lead up to Christmas. Lay your fairy lights across the fireplace’s mantelpiece, hang your stockings, or fill the space with other ornamental Christmas trinkets.
3. Blankets and throws
Optimise the cosiness of your house with added blankets and throws. Not only is doubling up on blankets helpful for cutting down your heating bill, but the added textures will enhance your home decor. Add traditional prints and fabrics such as tartan and faux fur, or opt for something more modern with neutrals and monochrome. No matter your style, adding extra throws and blankets to your living space will make it feel warm and cosy.
4. A cohesive Christmas decoration theme
Picking your Christmas decoration theme is no easy feat. Will you choose a classic red and green colour combination? Are you keeping things classy with white and silver? Or are you going to mix things up with tints of purple and gold?
Deciding your festive theme is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make during the winter. If you want to create a homely environment, we advise having a cohesive decorating theme throughout the house. Having too many decorative styles can make your home feel overwhelming and uninviting. Whereas, having one dedicated theme ties your space together, creating a relaxing and intimate space.
5. Stockings for all the family
Stockings are a Christmas staple. Whether you have children or your house is occupied by grown-ups, no one is ever too old for a stocking filled with meaningful gifts. Hang your stockings on the fireplace or from the stairs, ready for Santa to fill when the big day arrives.
6. A working fireplace
Nothing says Christmas like crackling logs under vibrant orange flames and thick smog climbing up the Chimney. If you’re lucky enough to have a working fire, now is the season to make the most of it. Stock up on firewood and firelighters and enjoy nights spent snuggled up on the sofa listening to the fire crackle and whisper in the background of your favourite Christmas film.
7. Fresh potpourri
Bring the rich and luxurious scents of Christmas inside the home with freshly made potpourri. Potpourri is created using dried spices and plant materials. Homeowners place potpourri in decorative bowls as an interior feature and because it releases a gentle and natural scent. At Christmas time, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, vanilla and clove are the most popular fragrances for potpourri. Purchase or create your potpourri and place it in every room to carry the scents of Christmas throughout your home.
8. Outside decorations
Have you ever driven past a house dressed head to toe in fairy lights and other mesmerising Chrstimas decorations and desperately wished to see what it looks like inside? Outdoor decorations make your home more inviting and emphasise Christmas cheer. Bring a smile to passers-by’s faces and immerse yourself as much as possible in the festive season by adding electric or battery-powered outside decorations. Go all-out with a Deck The Halls inspired ensemble, or keep things simple and classy with fairy lights draped across the lawn. Either way, don’t forget to spread the Christmas cheer outside your property as well as in!
9. Scented candles
Alongside fresh potpourri, you can carry the rich smells of Christmas through your home using scented candles. Pick your favourite Christmas scent and create a calm and relaxing ambience with a lite candle on the coffee table.
10. Extra throw pillows
Alongside added texture from new blankets and throws, make your soft furnishings even more snug with extra throw pillows. Use Christmas-themed pillows or stick with your regular interiors and enjoy the extra support and comfort all season long.
I don’t know about you, but the first sign of frost sends me racing back home to snuggle up under my duvet. This year, instead of cocooning myself in my bed for months, patiently waiting for the cold weather to end, I’m going to make the most out of my home. Using the ten tips in this blog post, I’m taking the cold weather in my stride and transitioning my home into a cosy winter wonderland.
Added pillows and throws, rich and luxurious scents, and beautiful, classy Christmas decorations will help make my home feel as cosy as possible this Christmas. And by the time Spring arrives, I’ll be reluctant to say Goodbye to my rows of enchanting fairy lights and the intoxicating scent of cinnamon. Thankfully, I don’t have to think about that yet! My next big decision is whether I’m going to create homemade potpourri or rely on the local supermarket for my cosy aroma—I think I’ll make it myself. It’s always more fragrant when homemade!
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