How to Hygge your home for Christmas Whether it’s your first Christmas in your new home, or the family home you’ve lived in for many years, decorating for Christmas can be equally special! There’s nothing better than filling your home with festive decor and welcoming your family and friends to enjoy your home.

We’ve teamed up with our good friend Kirsten, Creative Director of HyggeShack Home, a new interiors store on Micklegate, to provide you with some top tips and inspiration for making your home feel cosy and welcoming this Christmas.

Kirsten is a self-confessed Christmas enthusiast and thinks it’s the best time of the year for cosying up and welcoming friends and family into our homes.

She says she loves the lights and decorations the most as these can really transform your home.

Below are Kirsten’s top tips for creating that lovely Christmas look and feel at home.

First things first, start at the front door with a wreath to welcome visitors or a couple of lanterns filled with candles or battery lights.

Of course, the Christmas tree is often the focal point in our homes.

Creating a beautiful Christmas tree can seem like a daunting prospect to many people.

There really is no right or wrong way to go about decorating your tree, it’s very personal and families often have their own traditions but if you are a tree decorating virgin or just fancy a complete change here’s a few pointers…• Start with the lights.

Unravel them, check they are working and plug them in using a safe extension lead if necessary.

Make sure you will be able to reach the switch for the lights once the tree is decorated! I like to arrange them switched on so I can see here they are going.

Coil them up back towards the plug end so that you can start draping them at the bottom.

Try to vary the height as you work around the tree in zigzag fashion so that the lights look more evenly spread.

• As a rule of thumb hang the larger decorations lower down where the bigger branches are.

• If you want a manicured look limit the colour palette to one or two colours with perhaps some silver or gold to give a lift.

Bear in mind that light or bright coloured decorations will stand out against agree tree whilst darker ones will tend to add textural interest.

• If you want more of a makeover candles add a lovely warm subtle glow in your home and maybe a nice scent too.

A rug with texture or pattern or some new cushions can give an instant lift to a room too.

Trends for 2018Trends for this year include white decorations, nude trees with just white lights and pink tones.

We have some lovely traditional paper fold decorations in tan and dusky pink and white baubles and snowflakes as well as candles, rugs, cushions and blankets.

Wishing you all a Happy Hyggelig Christmas!Visit HyggeShack website.

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