Period Living

Period Living is Britain's best-selling period homes magazine, offering inspiration, ideas and advice on all aspects of owning an older property. Discover beautiful real homes and gardens to inspire you, insight into the latest decorating trends and interior products that work with a traditional property, guidance from experts on maintaining and improving your home, and lifestyle features with a nostalgic focus. If you appreciate the timeless elegance and original character of old homes updated for modern life, Period Living is the magazine for you.

Editor's Letter

PERIOD LIVING

The journal • This December, celebrate all things handmade, from sustainable gifts crafted with love, to DIY table linen, and create a spectacular scheme for a Christmas to remember

Country charm • Mix decorations with old-fashioned appeal and tableware in red, gold and green to create a traditional and elegant scheme that celebrates nature and nostalgia

Winter wonderland • Take inspiration from a glistening frosty landscape and combine white, silver and sparkle for a timeless Christmas setting

Festive forest • Capture the magic of a winter woodland with nature-inspired decorations, tableware in myriad botanical greens and plenty of seasonal foliage

Berry beautiful • Create a dazzling display with decorations in rich red and burgundy tones set alongside lustrous metallics

ONE POT BOOK

All the trimmings • Create a cosy country Christmas scene with a playful twist by mixing folksy decorations and colourful stripes and checks with plenty of winter greenery and glowing candlelight

Comfort & joy • Celebrating in a house full of fresh greenery and surrounded by vintage finds, for Selina Gardner it is the treasures and traditions that make Christmas special

Home for Christmas • Kari and Jeff Young have given a dated Victorian property a new lease of life, creating a charming and welcoming family home, perfect for festive get-togethers

Seaside greetings • Katharine Pooley designs and furnishes homes all over the world but her coastal cottage is a personal favourite, and is where she likes to spend Christmas with her family

Counting DOWN THE DAYS • Craft a one-of-a-kind advent calendar filled with thoughtful ideas and build anticipation and expectation during the run-up to Christmas

Joking aside • No festive table setting is complete without a cracker, so make this annual tradition extra special with these beautiful designs filled with luxury gifts

PRESENTS OF MIND • Be inspired by these beautiful and sustainable ‘no waste’ Christmas wrapping ideas, from using leftover wallpaper to gifts tied in fabric off-cuts

House journal

To dine for • Create the perfect dining space to enjoy Christmas gatherings with these beautiful ideas for how to dress and style the room

Deck the halls • From easy design ideas to festive updates, get your hallway ready to greet guests and provide a warm welcome into your home

Natural noël • Celebrating the original character of this 17th-century cottage, Belle Daughtry’s kitchen comes into its own at Christmas

Let us entertain you

Fan of flames • Heat your home with a natural blaze this winter with one of these beautiful wood-burning stoves, and learn the essentials to ensure a cost-effective, efficient and clean burn

Magic MIDWINTER • Structure and form come to the fore at Malverleys in Hampshire, as frost and snow turn a sleeping garden into a beautiful wintry landscape

Garden journal

Christmas cactus • Bring colour and character into your home with this low-maintenance plant, which erupts with beautiful, vibrant blooms during the darkest months of the year

Machine Mart

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