December 2024

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For those who appreciate fine decoration and design

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EDITOR Rachel Oow CONTENTEDITOR Holly Reaney SENIOR SUB-EDITOR Catherine Law CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Karen Darlow Editorial email: periodliving@futurenet.com To get In truch, our email format isfirstname.lastname@futurenet.com GROUP ART DIRECTOR Alison W
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Editor’s Letter
Carving out some time in the lead up to the festive period to indulge in a spot of Christmas crafting will be top of my to-do list this year. The benefits of some mindful making can’t be overstated. When general day-to-day life is busy and demanding,
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Sustainable Pick Of The Month
This bauble from Sow Many Seeds isn’t just for Christmas. It’s filled with a mix of wildflower seeds and when it’s time to pack away the festive decorations, sprinkle the seeds into a plant pot and enjoy the blooms next spring or summer. Founder Lizz
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The journal
Traditionally, Christmas baubles are the centrepiece of festive decorations but, this year, it’s all about bows. Whether large or small, patterned, plain or lace, ribbon bows are the go-to design detail for the season. ‘I love how simple bows decorat
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Sleep Soundly
The hardworking sofabed comes into its own at Christmas, but it often gets a bad name when it comes to comfort. Sofa brand Arlo and Jacob is looking to change all that with its new handcrafted collection of sofabeds: Noah, with its pillowy side bolst
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Evoke The Past
Known for its nostalgic designs with a modern twist, British textiles and wallpaper company Parker and Jules is launching four new delightful prints in six new colourways. The design duo behind the brand, Nancy and Juliet, were keen to develop their
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Stepping Up
Revive your hallway in preparation for welcoming guests and make a dramatic statement with Susie Watson’s new stair runner. Inspired by an antique kilim rug, the Medina design is a handwoven wool runner and makes a stylish and colourful alternative t
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Take Note
For all your paper needs, head to Choosing Keeping in London’s Covent Garden for its mix of beautiful stationery, decorative wrapping paper and old-fashioned office sundries. This Christmas, the store is embracing opulent Rococo-inspired design, cele
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Make A Rustic Christmas Wreath
Independent florist Bramble & Wild can be found on picturesque Catherine Hill in the Somerset town of Frome’s artisan quarter. Known for its rustic, romantic and organic style, the florist runs seasonal workshops during the year and this December is
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Twist On Tradition
Based in the Scottish Highlands, Petra Palumbo is known for mixing cultures and patterns with a colourful aesthetic in her range of sustainable homeware. Paying homage to the place she calls home, her tartan ceramic charms are a playful take on the t
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Festive Spread
Tableware brand Monoware has teamed up with content creator and tastemaker Martina Casonato from The Venetian Pantry for some festive inspiration and to showcase how the brand’s simple and adaptable tableware can be styled up for Christmas. Martina i
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Scribble And Daub
Founded by illustrator and artist Caroline Kent, Scribble and Daub is a boutique stationery brand with a distinctive, playful style. After studying Social Anthropology at Edinburgh, Caroline worked at a contemporary art gallery in the city. ‘I spent
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Festive Foliage
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Home for Christmas
WHO LIVES HERE Cheney Fairchild lives here with her husband Aaron, their two younger children, Amber, 16, and Dylan, 14, and English setter Bentley. Their eldest daughter, Ebony, lives nearby and works with Cheney in her fabric and wallcoverings busi
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Deck The Hall
OWNERS Amanda Ransom is an architectural interior designer who specialises in the decoration and restoration of historic listed homes and runs her own design studio, (amandaransom.com). She lives here with her husband Brough, their eight-year-old son
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Paradise Found
OWNERS Laura Melville-Brown and her husband Sam Page moved into this historic cottage in 2015 from a modern detached house in Sussex. Laura runs Melville-Brown Interiors and Sam is a teacher. The couple have two children, Sebastian, 14, and Posy, 11.
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Celebrate In The Country
OWNERS Julie Thompson, who has a craft business making decorative items for the home (@julie_at_the_pink_cottage), lives here with her husband David, an insurance broker. The couple have three grown-up sons; the family’s beloved basset hound Norman p
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Merry Makes
Make your own frill-trimmed stockings to embellish a mantelpiece, filled with gifts. 1. Fold your chosen fabric so it is pattern on pattern. Cut out a stocking shape roughly 43x22cm (33cm at widest part of boot); this includes a 1cm seam allowance. 2
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Pull Up Your Boots
PHOTOGRAPH (NATURAL BEAUTY) SARAH SHIELDS, DESIGN BY WHITTNEY PARKINSON/. PHOTOGRAPH (DRESSED TO IMPRESS) FUTURECONTENTHUB.COM/DAN DUCHARS/THE CONTENTED NEST, STYLING SARA BIRD■
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DESIGN & RENOVATION
PHOTOGRAPH RESTORED HERITAGE FOUR-OVEN ELECTRIC AGA RANGE COOKER IN TERRACOTTA, FROM £13,985, BLAKE & BULL■
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Rustic Warmth
OWNERS Olive and Hugo Guest live here at Glebe Stables with their sons, aged four and two PROPERTY A converted outbuilding at Glebe House, a Georgian vicarage, which the couple run as a guest house and restaurant in East Devon WHAT THEY DID Extended
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Entertain In Style
1 For informal hosting to enjoy mince pies and mulled wine, style a corner of the kitchen island where guests can relax on bar stools. A few candles will instantly create a cosy, seasonal ambience, adding to the soft glow from Lam Lighting’s simple G
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Cooked To Perfection
Whether you are baking mince pies or preparing the main event, Christmas can become a marathon for the home cook, with everything from ovens to air fryers working overtime. While we are now too close to the festive period to renovate the space comple
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O Christmas tree
Bringing festive charm to desks, dining tables and little nooks around the house, tiny Christmas trees are a fun and whimsical way to embrace the season. However, with the right care these dinky trees can last beyond winter and even be redecorated ne
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DIARY OF THE Head gardener
As Christmas approaches, Glyndebourne’s gardens are a place of calm, and the enchanting sound of singers rehearsing for our Christmas concerts carries through the air. The once full borders are now muted, many trees stand bare and the frost-kissed la
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Embellish With Evergreen
This decoration can be made using a flowerpot you already own, filled with berries, flowers and greenery from your garden – a sustainable and budget option. Replace or change foraged finds throughout the festive season to keep the arrangement fresh a
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Sweet Dream
Making gourmet chocolate in my kitchen is my dream job,’ admits Bev Stephenson. Hers has been the definition of a ‘squiggly career’: one that takes twists and turns, and ends up in the most exciting and fulfilling destinations. At the start, it was a
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Midwinter Marvels
Hellebores have been enchanting us for millennia, acquiring a mystique due to their seemingly magical powers of recovery and hardiness through the coldest of winters. In recent years, due to careful breeding and selection, we have seen an increasing
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Antiques journal
Each year, gardeners at Cotehele, the exquisite Tudor manor perched above the Tamar valley in Cornwall, create this impressive 60-foot long Christmas dried flower garland in a tradition that dates back to 1956. After 12 months of growing, picking and
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Take A Pew
Today, church pews are often repurposed as stylish, functional seating in homes, adding character to spaces both period and modern. Wooden benches, often backless, first appeared in churches, monastic settings or cathedrals between the 13th and 15th
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18 Folgate Street
Picture this: guests are arriving for a Christmas gathering at 18 Folgate Street in Spitalfields, a five-minute walk east of the City of London. Inside, the hall is so festooned with every shade of green, with garlands of holly, ivy and mistletoe tha
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Gift Of Food
Some chocolate truffles are sweet and others – like these – are intensely rich and delicious. • 1½tbsp instant coffee granules• 180ml double cream• 200g plain chocolate, finely chopped• 20g unsalted butter• 100g walnuts, roughly ground (or finely cho
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Follow The Star
While it is easy to get lost in to-do lists during the run-up to Christmas, it is also important to factor in time to relax and enjoy the season. This straightforward project helps you do just that. Start by heading outdoors and foraging for supplies

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