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How to give Christmas decorations a football twist
Here’s how you can show festive support for England ahead of the World Cup quarter final match against France with football inspired Christmas decorations The 2022 World Cup is well underway and the festival of football is far from over. Now that we are in December, people across the UK will be in the process of putting up Christmas decorations. With a winter World Cup running alongside the festivities, you might be thinking of how you can incorporate both into your decorations. If you are stuck on how to do this – fear not. Online retailer Studio has spotted that there has been a 450 per cent increase in Google…
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Giving an ancient lakeland home a modern twist | Interiors
If there was ever a definition of a comfortable seat, this house would be it. A patterned seat, a colourful seat… the interior is an alchemy of antique and modern pieces that are as much to do with comfort and practicality as they are to do with aesthetic appeal. When Simon Rayner and his husband, Jeremy Langmead, moved into their 17th-century farmhouse in late 2019, they both had ideas about what they wanted. Simon was after a house with a long driveway that couldn’t be viewed from the road (it can, but barely). When the garden gates open, there is a feeling of stepping into a private world. Jeremy’s craving…
