Shops are filled to the brim with Christmas decor and ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ by Mariah Carey is stuck in our heads. This can only mean it’s time to redecorate our homes and bring in the Christmas cheer.
If you’ve started your Christmas shopping (if not, better check out our gift guides!), wrapping the presents, and setting them out under the Christmas Tree, it’s time to also consider the rest of your home. Do you have a certain festive style or are you looking for inspiration?
Whether you like a lot of tinsel or none at all, take notes from the merry home tours below – no Grinches allowed.
When you co-own a bedding and interiors brand that’s synonymous with vibrant colour and playful prints, your Christmas decor style is bound to follow suit. And that’s certainly the case for Kip&Co co-founder Alex McCabe.
Her home is decked with vintage treasures and modern pieces in a rainbow of hues come Christmas time (and all year round, for that matter). The tree is laden with baubles collected from around the world, while velvet Kip&Co sacks and brightly wrapped presents sit underneath.
This family takes a minimalist, Scandinavian style to decorating their home for Christmas. Using wreaths, candles, mini Christmas Trees (as well as a large one), velvet ribbons and simple decor, they take colours from a similar palette to play into the scheme of their home.
“Seeing the children’s enjoyment in our family Christmas traditions is priceless.“
Annika Rowson admits she’s not traditional about Christmas, preferring a relaxed approach to the big day. Her decorations also buck the trend, with her New Plymouth home enveloped in a sea of florals and rosy tones instead of the usual red and green trimmings.
As she counts down to Christmas, the kitchen designer chats faux trees, summer barbecues and her favourite styles of the season.
Ginamarie Riley has been thinking about Christmas for months. As the owner of Auckland’s Ornament interiors styling studio and store, she has easy access to a near-endless supply of festive homewares and decorations.
Here she shares her holiday traditions, old and new.
Everyone knew that Your Home and Garden’s DIY expert Nikki Kettle’s house would be amazing. Nevertheless, you’d forgive us for still being a little awestruck at the sight of her coastal Eastbourne home. The bright and breezy home, an ever-ongoing project between builders Nikki and Tom, has been decked out in full festive fashion.
There are nutcrackers, both big and small, with wreaths of dried oranges and tabletop treats. It’s a lesson in laissez-faire decorating.
With a table and Christmas tree ablaze with riotous colour, Brooke and David’s home is set for a Joyeux Noel, with an emphasis on the joyeux. But for this household, which includes the couple’s two children and Brooke’s sister Jesika, the saturation of colour and festive feeling of warmth and welcome is not a seasonal affectation. This is a place of joy throughout the year.
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