Winter Living Style
By Selina Lake
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Winter Living Style - Selina Lake
Selina Lake
WINTER LIVING STYLE
Selina Lake
WINTER LIVING STYLE
BRING HYGGE INTO YOUR HOME WITH THIS INSPIRATIONAL GUIDE TO DECORATING FOR WINTER
PHOTOGRAPHY BY DEBI TRELOAR
Senior Designer Megan Smith
Commissioning Editor Annabel Morgan
Head of Production Patricia Harrington
Art Director Leslie Harrington
Editorial Director Julia Charles
Publisher Cindy Richards
Indexer Vanessa Bird
First published in 2015 as Winter Living.
This revised edition published in 2020 by Ryland Peters & Small 20–21 Jockey’s Fields, London WC1R 4BW
and
341 E 116th St
New York, NY 10029
www.rylandpeters.com
Text © Selina Lake 2015, 2020
Design and photographs © Ryland Peters & Small 2015, 2020
ISBN 978 1 78879 243 1
E-ISBN 978 1 78879 314 8
Printed and bound in China
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Contents
Introduction
Winter INSPIRATIONS
Homespun CHARM
Faded GRANDEUR
Rustic RETREAT
Winter WHITES
Festive CELEBRATIONS
SOURCES
BUSINESS CREDITS
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Introduction
There’s something truly magical about winter. It’s the time of year that makes us want to nest – to make our homes feel cosy and snug – and welcome friends and family at festive parties and gatherings. In this book I share my tips for styling and decorating the home in order to create lovely, uplifting interiors during the winter months. It starts with my ‘Winter Inspirations’, which is full of ideas for putting together dramatic winter floral displays, wallpaper and fabrics. Then in each chapter I explore a different style theme: ‘Homespun’, ‘Faded Grandeur’, ‘Rustic’ and ‘Winter Whites’, all of which will hopefully inspire you. The concluding chapter is ‘Festive Celebrations’, in which you’ll discover how I style my own home ready for Christmas, featuring ideas on how to create country, natural and traditional looks. I also show you how to put together a colour-pop party and a romantic soirée for New Year’s Eve in a gorgeous old barn. I love getting crafty and making my own decorations and textiles, so throughout the book follow my ‘Makes’ and have a go at making your own lampshade garland, simple cushions/pillows or pinecone firelighters. I hope you have fun getting your home ready for the winter magic.
Winter
INSPIRATIONS
There’s a lot to inspire us in winter. I love the magical feeling you get when you wake up to a blanket of snow outside. The sun is lower in winter, which can create a glorious golden light in the evenings and shadows that are long and deep. Over the next few pages I share what I like to get up to during the winter months and show you how to style your home to make the most of this wonderful season.
The joy of WINTER
Styling my home with twinkling tealights on the mantelpiece, cosy blankets thrown over the back of the sofa, snuggly faux-fur rugs on the floor by the bedside and piles of vintage eiderdowns adorning the bed. Drinking cups of steaming hot chocolate/cocoa, while sitting inside by a roaring fire. Heading out for long winter walks in the countryside with my family, wrapped up with woolly hats, scarves and gloves. Crafting away the long, dark afternoons and early evenings. Venturing into the cold to forage in the garden for berries and foliage to make winter posies. The build-up to the festive celebrations and bringing my collection of vintage Christmas baubles down from the attic. Eating, drinking and making merry!
My top ten things TO DO IN WINTER
1 baking cakes
I like to bake cakes during the winter so I can offer any house guests a slice. One of my favourites is a chocolate fruit and nut bundt cake. I bought my vintage bundt tin/pan from a junk shop and use it all the time. I use a variant of a Victoria sponge recipe, but I substitute some of the flour for cocoa powder, and add dried fruits along with chopped-up milk chocolate and mixed nuts. Once the cake has baked, I remove it to the pan/tin. I love the pretty pattern the tin/pan leaves on the cake. I then decorate the cake with a dusting of icing/confectioners’ sugar and display it on a vintage glass cake stand.
2 getting cosy
When it’s cold outside we all want to feel snug and cosy, so make sure you have extra blankets and throws ready. I like to layer beds in the winter with a mix of vintage eiderdowns, knitted blankets and quilts for extra warmth. A hot-water bottle is also an essential for keeping cosy. Pop one in your bed 10 minutes before you climb in to get it nice and toasty for you.
3 roaring fires & toasting marshmallows
Having an open fire is a real