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I can’t believe another year has come and gone and it is Christmas again. Time to choose our favourite rooms from the last 12 months. (I actually jumped the gun and started yesterday but I know you will forgive me.) Kim and I hope you all have a wonderful holiday full of family, friends and too much festive food. We’ll see you in a couple of weeks with new posts but in the meantime it’s time to fall down the rabbit hole and rediscover what we shared with you this year.

Made using a photo by erin walker on Unsplash

Photo: Wild at Heart

Jo and I don’t really decorate for Christmas because neither of us hosts any gatherings nor do we have children. Given our lack of Christmas spirit I thought I would share some holiday decorating with you all as Christmas is only a couple of days away. I scoured some sites and Living Etc. had a selection of festive photos I could not resist. Enjoy! And happy holidays!

Photo: Wild at Heart

Photo: Simon Bevan Styling: Lucy Gough

Photo: Simon Bevan Styling: Lucy Gough

Photo: Simon Bevan Styling: Lucy Gough

Photo: Simon Bevan Styling: Lucy Gough

Photo: Oliver Perrott Styling: Lucy Gough

Photo: Simon Bevan Styling: Marianne Cotterill

Photo: Simon Bevan Styling: Marianne Cotterill

Photo: Simon Bevan Styling: Sophie Brown

Photo: Mel Yates Styling: Marianne Cotterill

It takes alot for me to get excited about Christmas decor (maybe because I am bitter that I can’t do much with all these damn cats around to destroy everything), but when I stumbled upon the portfolio of London based stylist/designer Sophie Brown, it took about 5 milliseconds. OMG! OMG! OMG! These first 3 photos in particular are soooo magical. And if you aren’t into holiday decor I threw in some regular stuff because it’s pretty fabulous too.

Photos: James Merrell, Jonathan West, Polly Wreford, Damien Russell, Simon Bevan, Kristin Perers, Paul Massey, Beth Evans,

White walls seem to be getting a bad rap this days. All those insipid white walls. There is nothing washed-out about this Swedish apartment though. Moody greys add depth and character, acting as a foil to all the Scandi white. A small 32 m² home with style and personality recently sold by Stockholm real estate brokers Historiska Hem.

One month till… cough, cough, gurgling noise in the back of the throat… Christmas. There I said it. Christmas. Christmas! CHRISTMAS! That’s me screaming. Why does the year slide past for quickly? Why does it feel like I packed away last year’s Christmas decorations only yesterday? Perhaps because there are still a couple of snow-dusted bottle brush trees sitting on the top shelf where I can’t reach them without some effort and no one has noticed and I convinced myself months ago that they go with the decor. No hiding from the encroaching holiday season now. Oh no! The monthly email from Inside Out magazine’s Managing Editor Lee Tran Lam has dropped into my inbox and (insert Bing Crosby crooning) “it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas”.

I’ve got for you the cover story, which is about the Christmas-friendly home of cook and food stylist Mish Lilley. She’s already got a head start on creating holiday-worthy dishes, given her recipe-savvy background (we feature some of her festive feast suggestions in the mag). But the fact she has a pretty amazing kitchen doesn’t hurt – she is definitely in no danger of running out of bench space (check out that lavish marble island she has to prep from!). How great is this bright strip of storage mounted along her ceiling-high mirrored splashback, too? It’s definitely the kind of dream kitchen you could imagine on a TV cooking show. Also, the rest of her home is pretty appealing, too – from the ensuite’s black clawfoot bath with that postcard-perfect view of the cactus springing from her garden to the pegboard-like fun of her children’s bedroom. I hope you enjoy seeing all these great corners of her home. Styling by Heather Nette King. Food styling by Mish Lilley. Photography by Mark Roper.

Can’t wait to flick through the pages of the December issue out tomorrow. Maybe I’ll get my Christmas mojo on. Don’t fret if you aren’t in Australia though. You can read along on  Zinio, Google Play, the Apple Newsstand and Nook.