The tree takes a corner
It stays out of the door route and does not require moving the everyday seating.
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ROOM 107 · Living Room
Christmas without the Christmas shop
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A modern country house, conceived for Oxfordshire.
A Christmas tree should join a room, not evict its furniture. This modern country sitting room keeps its pale upholstery, silver-blue notes and clear routes, adding the season through small lights and a little greenery.
See the product sourcesTHE DESIGN
The everyday arrangement comes first. There is still a good seat beside the lamp, somewhere for a drink and a path to the garden door. The tree occupies a corner that can spare the space, rather than the place a chair normally needs.
Buttercream walls make a gentle background for the grey wool rug and tweed chair. A red portable lamp supplies the sharper note. It belongs to the room all year, which makes it a more interesting seasonal accent than a pile of objects bought for one month.
Natural baubles and a cane star keep the tree light in both senses. The Golden Bough print remains visible, and the table has room for a book. By January, taking the decorations down should reveal a complete sitting room rather than a collection of gaps.
WHY THE ROOM WORKS
Let Christmas change the light before it changes the furniture.
Colour palette
- Buttercream
- Silver blue
- Cherry red
- Pale timber
- Natural fir
Keep decoration in two places
A lightly dressed tree and a little greenery are enough. The furniture does not disappear beneath Christmas.
Silver blue stays cool
The grey chair and pale sofa stop warm lights making the entire room yellow.
A light you can move
The red portable lamp supplies a small warm pool where someone actually sits.
WHAT TO BORROW
Mark the tree's footprint before bringing it in. Keep the usual seats and routes working, then remove the decorations mentally: the room should still be complete.
THE PIECES BEHIND THE DESIGN
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Antibes Cream Fabric 3 Seater Sofa
Living With Luxury
The cream Antibes sofa keeps the main seat quiet against the Christmas tree and blue-grey hearth. Its straight back defines the sitting group without closing off the wider room.
£1,299.95
Hector Grey Tweed and Black Oak Wood Frame Armchair
Living With Luxury
Grey tweed supplies texture without another festive colour, and the open black-oak frame keeps the grouping light.
£872.95
Weathered Block Coffee Table
The Roost
The weathered block table introduces a grounded, informal surface beneath the room's softer upholstery and tiny lights.
£749.00
Benares Handtufted Wool Rug
120 x 190cm - Grey
The Roost
Pewter Benares keeps the floor quiet enough for the tree to glow without turning the whole room into a seasonal display.
£930.00
No.065
The Roost
The small Golden Bough print contributes a botanical note that still belongs here after the decorations come down.
£50.00
Oja Baubles Set Of 4
Natural
Nkuku
A limited group of Oja baubles adds reflected light to the tree without concealing its branches.
£28.00
Katana Cane Tree Topper
Natural
Nkuku
Cane at the treetop suits the pale timber and natural greenery, avoiding a large metallic flourish.
£25.00
Dantri Jute & Cotton Cushion Cover: Soft Grey · 60 x 40 cm
Soft Grey · 60 x 40 cm
Nkuku
The Dantri cushion introduces a woven surface among the pale upholstery without adding another holiday motif.
£55.00