We’re inching ever closer to the moment when we can finally deck the halls with Christmassy joy and unleash extreme merriment upon our households. If you’re looking for festive interior inspiration, Pinterest is groaning with ideas – from cosy farmhouse vibes to Scandi styles – a few of our favourites of which we’ve rounded up here.

Look 1: Festive Farmhouse





Amanda Brooks’ house is a cosy Christmas lover’s fantasy. We adore the soft candlelight and the stuffed bookshelves flanking the fireplace. We’d happily settle down in this room for days mainlining mince pies and Christmas ghost stories.




Look 2: Joyfully Colourful Bohemia





No guest to this house on Christmas Day could fail to be cheered by the fact that every surface is festooned and festive. A delightful exercise in maximalism.




Look 3: Victorian Christmas





The Victorians created Christmas as we know it. Dennis Severs’ extraordinary house-come-still life drama in Spitalfields may be more of an ode to the Georgians than the Victorians, but he was no pedant. When it came to Christmas, it was Victoriana all the way.




Look 4: Pared Back Beauty





Minimalists need not be excluded from the festive fun. This simple and beautiful room demonstrates how it’s done to exquisite perfection.




Look 5: A Scandi Christmas Table





Create atmosphere with an onus on natural and foraged-for materials, Scandi style.




Look 6: Country Christmas





This pretty tableau is irresistibly inviting. The fire, the pile of presents and the understated bunting: each element of this room is beckoning us in. The stuff of Christmas dreams.




Look 7: Christmas, Bloomsbury Style





This artsy beauty does Christmas in the most delightfully informal of styles. Homemade and all the more heavenly for it.



By Nancy Alsop
November 2022