Setting up the Country Living Christmas cover

Ben sprinkling fake snow on the lawn for the cover shot

Here is a sneak peak behind the scenes of our Christmas decorating shoot which we did at the beginning of September!  It can be quite tricky trying to create the spirit of a season when you are shooting in a garden late summer.  You can see we had to rely on a few tricks of the trade….this faux snow is really quite realistic, although it was quite a job sweeping it all up at the end!

If you haven’t seen our Decemeber issue yet, do get your hands on a copy and have a look at our Christmas feature starting on p.20.  There are lots of ideas on wrapping presents and decorating your home over the festive period.  It will definately get you in the mood!  The Houses Editor, Caroline Reeves was chief stylist on the shoot. Here she is putting the finishing touches onto the Christmas tree. Note the matching cool grey/white socks…such glamorous lives we lead on the magazine!

Caroline putting the finishing touches to the tree

It was fun propping for the shoot, some of our favourite decorations can be seen in the pictures below.  We were particular fans of Bodi & Isla’s hand stitched felted swans from Rowen & Wren and the little white acorns from The Original Pop Up Shop

Some of our favourite decorations

Setting up the main sitting room shot

I have to say it was all rather sad when we had to take everything down again and pack everything away!  I took one last shot of the garden just as we were leaving…..At least we get to do it all over again in our own homes in just over a month! Happy Christmas everyone!

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