Country Christmas - Caroline Atkins

The idea of Christmas in the country has an enduring quality that no amount of 21st-century urban-mongering can dispel. Even for those of us who usually get no closer to it than the odd sheep on a snow-covered card, the country is somehow where Christmas really happens - it is where you will find shepherds, stables, robins and enough holly and ivy to garland the house in time for 25th December. But everyone has their own vision of the perfect country Christmas, so this book is about creating your own brand of country style to celebrate the season. Four main chapters provide four distinctive themes to inspire your furnishings, decotations, gifts and cards, with beautiful rooms and details plus mood-setting copy capturing the spirit of the look, where to find the elements to recreate it and how to make it work. The final section is the motif directory which conjures up a host of traditional Christmas images that can be used to dress up whichever look you choose.