Take your time with festive decorating this year – dressing your rooms can happen gradually, bringing a new layer of beauty to your home week by week

From radish toadstools to bauble wreaths – it’s not the festive season without a little magic and imagination. And, even better, these fun home ideas are quick and easy, too

Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler’s associate director Chloe Willis talks entertaining essentials

Enjoy the spirit and sentiment of the season with festive styling and feel-good crafting

CLEVER TRICKS TO MINI DECOR PROJECTS… WE ROUND UP THE SIMPLEST, QUICKEST WAYS TO MAKE YOUR HOME MORE BEAUTIFUL NOW

This Christmas, swathes of golden shades, a dusting of glittering metallics and a bounty of beautiful foliage come together as an enchanting and luminous backdrop for all the festivities