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54 | www.westendermagazine.com Homes & Interiors by Susan Robertson Minimal or Maximised What’s your Christmas style this year? Susan Robertson weighs up some of the options for creating that festive feel.
www.westendermagazine.com | 55 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! I particularly love the festive editions of the Westender, and pondering in these pages about baubles and twinkly lights seems more of a treat every year I do it. Christmas has always been a favourite time of year for me. In our household, it’s our main annual break from work so that makes it particularly precious as a time for rest and togetherness, and we deliberately approach every year differently depending on how we feel, and how we want to spend it. There is however the big Christmas bag that comes out from the depths of the cupboard, earlier and earlier every year for us. Every family has their stash of stuff they bring out every December and we add at least one new personal thing to ours religiously every year. The process of going through the stuff is always part of the fun – amazing how quickly I can forget what we added just a year ago. But these things have traversed different rooms and homes and can complement most Christmassy looks in their own way. So what will your approach be for this year’s festive feel? Do you have the same tree you bring out every year or do you get a fresh one? Are you in a new home, or have you decorated since last Christmas, find any excuse you can to take a fresh look at your environment. There are often two general overarching themes for Christmas decoration. As with any type of interior decorating, we often see tendencies towards ‘less’, in the minimalism of Scandinavian styling, or ‘more’ in the more traditional exuberant Victorian styles. Choosing the right route for you will be a personal choice based on your own taste, the style and decoration of your home, and also practical factors such as, do you need to go minimal to keep curious pets and toddlers from the temptation of sparkly things to grab at? The traditional Victorian feel of Christmas is possibly the one we immediately jump to in our minds, these were times when Christmas began to be celebrated more elaborately and images filter through to this day in black and white films, and Christmas cards with pictures of families dressing over-sized trees together in front of a roaring fire, while people skate in little red jackets and white mittens on the frozen lake outside the window. This type of image is an ornate and opulent impression and creates a sense of warmth and comfort so it has great appeal. It’s all about grandeur and colour, so think extra-large Christmas trees with pearl beading and huge golden baubles. Lots of tall candelabra and layers of light, thick heavy fabrics in reds and golds, large floral arrangements and drapery across mantelpieces. Thankfully we have safer options than actual candles on the tree now too – I’ve never quite understood how they did that although I’m sure it looked and smelled amazing to have a candlelit tree.
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