CHRISTMAS AT HOME
At Christmas time, this modern Danish home is the backdrop to a glittering seasonal display, with handmade items and unique pieces providing a personal welcome for friends and family
HOME PROFILE
TV presenter and jewellery designer Cecilie Hother, her husband Thomas Gregers Honoré, CEO of a tech company, and their two young children Elinor and Aksel
A modern, light-filled home built in 2018 in Lyngby, Denmark
LIVING AREA
DINING AREA
Christmas begins early in the home of TV presenter and jewellery designer Cecilie Hother. ‘I start to decorate in October and take it all down in January – I just love it,’ she says. However, she wasn’t always so enthusiastic about the festive season. In fact, it wasn’t until 2014, when she met her husband Thomas and they started a family together, that her love affair with all things Christmas truly began. The couple moved into their new-build home in Denmark in 2018 and worked to create the perfect setting for themselves and their two young children, particularly during the holiday season.
Over the years, Cecilie has embraced the Christmas spirit, collecting beautiful baubles and decorations from Danish makers such as Jette Frölich, who produces beautiful gold and silver birds, ballerinas and stars, and Bering Flowers, based in Copenhagen, which creates blooming floral displays and stocks handmade decorations. Cecilie also enjoys making her own natural decorations, creating simple yet beautiful displays from branches, moss and pine cones that she gathers from nearby Jægersborg Dyrehave, a deer park and forest.
But although Cecilie has an eye for great design, she also embraces the idea of Christmas not being a perfectly chic and stylish affair. ‘It can be a little messy, imperfect and preferably with a dash of humour,’ she says. ‘I love it when things have a story.’ In among the glittering baubles can be found playful homemade decorations from her children and funny trinkets picked up over the years – most notably the nissenumser given to her by a viewer during her time presenting on television. This is a Danish Christmas tradition of gifting pickled ‘elf bums’ for luck -little bags created from fabric and containing spices.
When it comes to the celebrations, Christmas Eve is always spent with the family, and the large open-plan liv
