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‘Tis the season to be outdoors – and if you’re having people over for festive gatherings through Christmas and the new year, you’ll want to make sure your home and garden are looking their best. Here are three ways to get your outdoor entertaining area looking top-notch, so you can make sure everyone knows you’re the host with the most...

There's nothing quite like the gorgeous, fresh, home-filling smell of a cut Christmas tree. If you've decided to go fresh over faux this year, we've got some tips on how to keep your tree looking great through the entire Christmas period.   Why choose a cut Christmas tree? One of the main reasons to choose a cut Christmas tree for...

With so much stunning Christmas decor hitting the stores, sometimes it's hard to know where to begin. How many baubles do you need? How full should your tree be? And what's the verdict on gift wrapping? Enter our resident styling expert, Lucy Wolstenholme.   Homewares and furniture buyer, and interior styling expert, Lucy Wolstenholme. A little about Lucy From a very...

Christmas. It's completely predictable because it comes at the same time every year; and yet every year, people are caught out. Either you can't get the year's hottest toy gift, the supermarket has sold out of prawns on Christmas eve, you haven't found time between your twelve festive get-togethers to mow the lawn, or it's four hours before Christmas lunch...

Traditional Christmas plants are plants that stand out during winter. This may surprise but it reflects the timing of the celebration of Christmas in mid winter in the northern hemisphere when many plants are dormant or bare. Evergreens such as mistletoe, holly (which has red berries in winter), ivy, fir, spruce and yew are all associated with a winter Christmas...