Festoon your fireplace for Christmas

Dress a mantelpiece with evergreens in contrasting textures, such as holm oak and pine, and intersperse with bright baubles, displays of red amaryllis and porcelain decorations.

Turn a jam jar into a stylish vessel by covering it with lengths of cut hazel secured with glue.

Fireplace in Cornforth White estate eggshell, £19.50/750ml; walls in Strong White estate emulsion, £34.50/2.5 litres, both Farrow & Ball. Porcelain wreath decorations, £8.50 each; bells, £6.50 each; silver bell garlands, £16.50/1.2m; wooden horse candleholders, £15.50 each; large antiqued silver baubles (on table), £12.50 each, all Quince. Baubles, from a selection, Paperchase. Paper birds, £24 (for 24); teal candles, £6.50 (for four), both Cox & Cox

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