The English Home

Naturally FESTIVE

Creating a connection with nature was one of the driving forces behind the vision for this Victorian house: ‘I wanted it to feel like a respite in the city’

hile for some, the arrival of the festive season means a mad dash to the shops in search of those elusive gifts, for interior designer Emma Sims-Hilditch, it prompts a long country walk with her family, collecting the natural foliage that she will later use to decorate their London home. With vases of greenery on worktops, and fir garlands twinkling with white lights lining

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