Good Homes

Good Homes offers its readers the ultimate toolkit of decorating ideas and shopping inspiration to update their homes. From the latest on-trend styles, colours, patterns and wallpaper to the best high-street and online buys, gorgeous reader homes and clever makeovers, each issue comprises the ideal mix of practical tips, expert advice and real-life inspiration. A subscription to Good Homes will give you hundreds of simple solutions and easy ideas, plus free tickets to great days out at our live events.

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Bring on the FESTIVITIES • Style your kitchen this Christmas with plenty of eucalyptus and winter berries, using chalk paint in seasonal shades to update tableware and candleholders…

This month…

Make it a WONDERFUL TIME • Add a personal touch to celebrations with beautiful homemade gift wrap, cards and decorations that are not only purse-friendly, but easy on the planet, too…

The night before CHRISTMAS • As the big day approaches, create a cosy, rustic vibe with twinkly lights, foraged foliage and stockings hung in front of the fire for a dash of traditional cheer for Santa…

5 minutes with…

8 OF THE BEST SUSTAINABLE decorations

8 OF THE BEST STATEMENT baubles

9 OF THE BEST CRACKERS

8 OF THE BEST wreaths

Christmas gift guide • Give presents your friends and family will love as much as you with our round-up of festive ideas…

Sustainable eco finds

On-trend accessories

Modern garden picks

Stylish foodie buys

Under £10 stocking fillers

Simply enchanting • From cool winter whites to rich jewel tones, fill your home with festive wonder

Colour palette Smoked paprika • Add some spice to your interiors with a sprinkling of this warming orange-red shade

5 simple steps to… Lighting • From wow-factor pendants to practical lamps, follow our guide to creating a well-planned lighting scheme that not only sets the right mood for your spaces, but is as simple or sophisticated as you need…

Brighten up • Pick your primary light source wisely and create the perfect ambience

Go direct • Illuminate poorly lit areas with clever task lights that complement your main lighting scheme

Show it off • Layer your lighting to accent artwork and accessories, and transition a room's mood

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‘Christmas here is truly magical’ • Once an on old café-cum-supermarket, Jenny Gevaert’s stunning family home has seen quite the transformation

‘I love the simplicity of modern Scandi’ • Meg and Phil Dobbie have used their design skills to update their Oxfordshire home using a Scandinavian-inspired palette for a cool, contemporary interior

Head to… goodhomesmagazine.com • for the latest decorating updates, savvy shopping buys and essential buyer’s guides

‘We felt a strong pull to this place right away’ • Jo Hounsell and husband Mark have sensitively restored this 1930s property to maintain its character and honour its past as a much-loved family home

Festive feasting • Make the big-day meal one to remember with our pick of Christmas classics with a twist

Look what Santa’s brought!

COMING NEXT MONTH • Your latest decorating and home interiors inspiration…

DON'T MOVE, IMPROVE…

‘WE STARTED FROM SCRATCH’ • Designing a kitchen for their new-build home was a joy for Kelly and Ben Stevens

Win a Flex boiling-water tap from Quooker • If you want to make light work of food prep this Christmas, enter our competition for the chance to update your kitchen with a new Quooker Flex

8 of the best VACUUM CLEANERS • Clean up in no time – from floors to furniture – with one of the latest powerful...