Less is more

... sometimes even when it comes to Christmas table settings.

If you’re looking for an alternative to the elaborate Christmas festivity that may characterise the traditional Christmas table settings try experimenting with contrast of materials within a subdued colour scale.

This is an example of more simplistic table setting using delicate tinted glass, rustic ceramics, spruce branches and simplistic ornaments for a simple, grounded and beautiful Christmas table setting.

Visit www.housedoctor.dk to see the entire collection.

Gray tone Christmas decor

Christmas decorating doesn’t have to be all about colour and lavish displays. 

Souraya Hassan is the woman behind the Dutch interior blog www.bintihomeblog.com. Check out how she uses POINT – our Christmas decorating stars – in creating a gray tone table setting.

It's a wrap

A beautifully wrapped present is even more of a joy to receive. You’ve put time and effort into finding the right present – so let the effort show.

Let the wrapping reflect what’s inside and build the suspense by dropping small hints… What might for instance be in store for the receiver of the present decorated with an oversized safety pin? 

Share your inspiration

We would love to see how YOU have decorated YOUR home for Christmas! Mail us a picture of your favourite Christmas decorated home spot using House Doctor products – be it an inspirational window decoration, a welcoming Christmas arrangement at your front door, a creative advent decoration or something else you feel defines the Christmas spirit in your home.

It’s up to you – All we ask is that it’s beautiful, creative and inspirational.

Each week until Christmas we will choose and post the most inspirational ideas on our facebook page – because sharing is caring ;-)

Mail your favourite photo to media@housedoctor.dk or upload it in a personal message on our Facebook page. 

Merry Christmas!

Natural decor

The Danish magazine BoligLiv presents a series of inspiring ideas on how to create the right Christmas mood by mixing pastels and elements from nature. Here are a few of the best – using House Doctor products. 

www.boligliv.dk

Create a rustic still life by mixing dried twigs and flowers with candlelights, cobber and stone. Idea: Roughly paint an uneven, wooden board to use as the backdrop of the arrangement emphasizing the mood.

Replace the traditional bookshelf in December and create a unique Christmas tree to display your favourite designs instead. 

Combine pieces of driftwood and hollow stones with your more delicate Christmas ornaments – to bring out the beauty by contrast. 

December has only just started so you still have time to arrange your calendar presents and enjoy the look of them for the rest of December. Use a printer’s drawer to present and coordinate your calendar presents. 

Using a big wooden branch as your Christmas tree shows off your ornaments and beautifully wrapped presents.

December decorating in progress…

At House doctor we celebrate Christmas every day of December. We have wrapped a selection of our most beautiful Christmas ornaments and put the presents under our tree. Every day until Christmas a ”house doctor” will open a present and decorate the tree.

Try it at home with the family and let the Christmas spirit evolve as the decorating progresses.

Follow the decorating progress here on our blog as we count down to Christmas.

Check out the entire collection of House Doctor Christmas ornaments at www.housedoctor.dk

Acrylic Christmas beauties

In two days it’s the first Sunday of Advent, which means the Christmas cheer is – officially – here. 

House Doctor presents two different inspirational examples of beautiful Advent decorations. 

We enjoy the beauty of contrasts. See how you can style your House Doctor acrylic products in lovely combinations with pinecones and glittery details.

Acrylics also go well with warm copper tones. Edge it up by mixing natural and artful materials.

Which one do you like the best? 

Check out the entire collection of Christmas ornaments on www.housedoctor.dk

How to display your Christmas gifts

This month the Danish magazine Femina has featured House Doctor products in a spread on how to decoratively display your advent presents and Christmas cards. 

www.femina.dk

Display your Christmas cards on the wall using masking tape to graphically map out a modern Christmas tree.

Hide your small gifts in imaginative boxes like matchboxes or empty tea cans and decorate with wrapping paper.

The classical mantel display with a twist. Wrap your gifts in colourful paper napkins instead of wrapping paper.

Use beautiful textile ribbons to display your gifts. Make sure to stick to a colour scheme to obtain a classy look.