Hello gorgeousnesses,
Welcome to the first in the new series:
Getting Your Home Ready For Christmas.
Today's post is not what you think.
At first glance, it might look all about the lovely pictures and, in a way, you'd be right, but actually, that's not at all the main point.
No, today is the first of several posts about how to look BEHIND the prettiness of magazine shoots and to be able to identify what it is that makes them so eye-candy-worthy, in order to take inspiration for your own home this Christmas-time.
Let's take a look at these gorgeous images from The White Company.
Lush, no?
But what is it in the way this house has been styled that allows the products to shine so wonderfully?
Just take a peek.
Can you see ANY unintended clutter?
Nope, thought not. Not one jot.
Of course, this is a photo-shoot and thoroughly unrealistic for every day family life BUT there's plenty you can do with your home to fight against the tide of clutter.
Every single item in these photos is gorgeous. I'm afraid the same can't always be said for our home (laundry for a family of seven anyone??!)....
Yes, we've ALL got stuff that needs hiding....
what's needed is a solution that's pretty AND effective.....
And I've got just the thing....
On Thursday, I'll be sharing one of my favourite tips from our home....
All images via The White Company
Beautiful pictures :-) Thank you for sharing :-)
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Agata :-)
There is not one single photo here that I don't LOVE everything about!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous inspiration Sarah!!
Swooning at those gorgeous pictures! Any tried and tested clutter solutions are always appreciated at our place.
ReplyDeleteWe are only a family of 5 but I NEED your advice! Have spent all morning cleaning & tidying but I'm still a long way from photo-shoot tidyness! XX
ReplyDeleteI loved looking at these lovely photos, soooo lovely but as you say soooo 'perfect' too .... Oh well, a girl can dream!! Looking forward to Thursdays tips XX
ReplyDeleteI have a lively family of "just" 4 and more than a perfect photo shoot I want a perfect celebration...
ReplyDeleteMy home is per si tidy. My boy is grown up and has always been a perfect Prince and my messy daughter is in those teen years "my room in my castle. enter at your own risk" ahahah but gets a grip for holidays. Now if I could have help in choosing the decor they could rank as my favorite children ;) LOL
Some tips from Auntie Sarah will be taken in consideration this year ahahahah
Thank you so much for sharing!
T
bwah-ha ha ha! Oh Sarah...you are funny.
ReplyDelete'unintended clutter'...he he he...that made me laugh! I don't think any of my clutter is intended...it's all UNintended. Every pile and shovel full. I take pictures and am getting ready to hit 'publish'...and look again "What? Where did that come from?"
And I no longer have a family of 8...living here cluttering things up!
Can't wait for tips from you.
~ Pat
So pretty Sarah...I would love a home like this. Baby steps, and perhaps one day... :) For now, I will just try to keep the clutter under some kind of manageable control. lol
ReplyDeleteBeautiful vignettes...I'm staying tuned for your organizational tips. Thanks for inviting us for a peak at all this loveliness. Happy Thanksgiving! Cherry Kay
ReplyDeleteGreat post !!...but here in home not too much Christmas......sorry ...we have not a tree...but it is always cozy...year round !! hahahahah....love Ria...xxx...
ReplyDeleteTHE LAUNDRY! My nemesis-luckily is languishes downstairs in a space all by itself where I can easily ignore it C:
ReplyDeletegorgeous inspiration, and a feast for the senses, sarah!
ReplyDeletepop by and go shopping with me in paris, oui?
smiles to you.
michele
It's Monday I do a clean through and put the house back together after the weekend, every week. I don't think I can wait till Thursday, plus when you have helped me make my house look more beautiful please give me some tips on coping with laundry, there are only four of us, but it is like and avalanche every week, day in day out,
ReplyDeleteI loved these photos and thought your comments were encouraging. I get distracted by the surface lushness of all the lovely Thanksgiving and Christmas photo shoots, but you've given me some insight into how to look deeper, to see what it is about the room that lets the decorations shine. I'm finally discovering in my old age that decorating can't carry a room unless the basics of a tidy, comfortable space are already in place.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images Sarah, thanks for sharing such inspiration. :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Absolutely beautiful and so inspiring, Sarah! Thank you!
ReplyDeletexoxo laurie
I love tips from your house ... can't wait.
ReplyDeleteFondly,
Glenda
Every photo is an inspiration.
ReplyDeleteI know you're so good at finding real simple things that will make a big statement. Now if you have THE solution to get rid of clutter, you're my goddess...
ReplyDeleteMagali xxx
Mmmmm, looking forward to reading how you deal with unintended clutter. Yay for you! xx
ReplyDeleteSo many beautiful images filled with fabulous ideas! I love it!
ReplyDeleteMy problem is that when I decorate I have to find places to hide all of the things I am displacing!
Have a wonderful day and thank you for sharing your beautiful photos!
I am SO after some of those white paper baubles for this year. Any ideas where they come from? Do The White Company sell them or have they been found from another source?
ReplyDeleteJust altogether beautiful.
I think this Christmas we are sitting on packing boxes around a packing box table!!
Z xx
They do - and here's the link...
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oh yessss please, i`m longing for it :))wish you sweet dreams tonight, dear sarah!
ReplyDeletelovely greetings form *sleeping beauty*
Love the inspiration you've posted here! You're right though, real life clutter is inevitable and I am alarmed at how much laundry we have to do now there's a baby in the house... can't quite imagine the amount of laundry a family of 7 might have! :-)
ReplyDeleteMeera xx