{"id":409,"date":"2018-12-23T17:25:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T17:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/79.170.40.236\/kandhdesign.co.uk\/?p=409"},"modified":"2019-06-21T13:08:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T12:08:12","slug":"a-country-christmas-unwrapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/a-country-christmas-unwrapped\/","title":{"rendered":"A Country Christmas Unwrapped"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/79.170.40.236\/kandhdesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/KH-Design_-Blog_-Chirstmas-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/KH-Design_-Blog_-Chirstmas-2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/KH-Design_-Blog_-Chirstmas-2-600x429.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/KH-Design_-Blog_-Chirstmas-2-320x229.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">As designers who love&nbsp;detail, we are in our element at Christmas. After completing the&nbsp;FF&amp;E, interior decoration and bespoke commissions for this project last year,&nbsp;our client asked us to help dress their listed Georgian rectory for Christmas.<\/h2><p style=\"font-size:17px\">Dress a mantelpiece with foliage to create a natural garland.&nbsp;&nbsp;Use a mix of greenery and add berries and late autumn foliage for depth. Here it complements the hand marbled bookbinding paper that clads the chimney breast and the lampshades, made by hand, using vintage sari silk. Eclectic baubles hang from the antlers. Catching the candlelight they cast a festive sparkle.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/KH-Design_Blog_-Christmas-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/KH-Design_Blog_-Christmas-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/KH-Design_Blog_-Christmas-1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/KH-Design_Blog_-Christmas-1-320x427.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This Christmas we are working with&nbsp;Max. Max is a&nbsp;five year old adventurer.&nbsp;&nbsp;But before setting off to explore the world, he is getting&nbsp;prepared for the challenges closer to home.&nbsp;&nbsp;All he wants for Christmas&nbsp;is a Wigwam!&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote><ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"714\" height=\"471\" src=\"http:\/\/79.170.40.236\/kandhdesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_-Our-Work_-Oxfordshire-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1768\" data-link=\"http:\/\/79.170.40.236\/kandhdesign.co.uk\/kh-design_-our-work_-oxfordshire-9\/\" class=\"wp-image-1768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_-Our-Work_-Oxfordshire-9.jpg 714w, https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_-Our-Work_-Oxfordshire-9-600x396.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_-Our-Work_-Oxfordshire-9-320x211.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/79.170.40.236\/kandhdesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Blog_-Christmas-6-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3274\" data-link=\"http:\/\/79.170.40.236\/kandhdesign.co.uk\/a-country-christmas-unwrapped\/kh-design_blog_-christmas-6-3\/\" class=\"wp-image-3274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Blog_-Christmas-6.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Blog_-Christmas-6-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Blog_-Christmas-6-320x427.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/79.170.40.236\/kandhdesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Gallery_CB-Oxfordshire-9-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3275\" data-link=\"http:\/\/79.170.40.236\/kandhdesign.co.uk\/a-country-christmas-unwrapped\/kh-design_gallery_cb-oxfordshire-9-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-3275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Gallery_CB-Oxfordshire-9-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Gallery_CB-Oxfordshire-9-1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Gallery_CB-Oxfordshire-9-1-320x427.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"font-size:17px\">In this serene formal dining room, the&nbsp;classically proportioned Georgian window&nbsp;is the perfect backdrop for the&nbsp;table set for a feast. <\/p><h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\">Light floods in and bounces off the shutters and walls all painted in Pigeon by Farrow and Ball.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h6><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/79.170.40.236\/kandhdesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Blog_-Christmas-5-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Blog_-Christmas-5-2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Blog_-Christmas-5-2-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Blog_-Christmas-5-2-320x427.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><p style=\"font-size:17px\">We\u2019ve kept a neutral palette for the table d\u00e9cor, adding a snip of holly to each cracker. We love the chairs in here \u2013 all from the Georgian era and all upholstered in the same fabric. The pairs are eclectic though, originating from Italy, Northern Europe&nbsp;and&nbsp;the UK.<\/p><p><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/79.170.40.236\/kandhdesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Blog_-Christmas-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2220\" width=\"762\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Blog_-Christmas-3.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Blog_-Christmas-3-320x184.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><p style=\"font-size:17px\">Max\u2019s sister, India, is three, and she prefers the luxuries of life and likes pink. We sourced her crowns from a remote village in north Wales. The walls are in award-winning Cuisse De Nymphe Emue by Edward Bulmer. The beds are made bespoke for our young client and sleepover guests. <\/p><h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\">All she wants for Christmas is to be a princess!<\/h6><ul class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Blog_-Christmas-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3706\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/a-country-christmas-unwrapped\/kh-design_blog_-christmas-2-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-3706\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Gallery_CB-Oxfordshire-1-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3707\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/a-country-christmas-unwrapped\/kh-design_gallery_cb-oxfordshire-1-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-3707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Gallery_CB-Oxfordshire-1-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Gallery_CB-Oxfordshire-1-1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/KH-Design_Gallery_CB-Oxfordshire-1-1-320x427.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As designers who love&nbsp;detail, we are in our element at Christmas. After completing the&nbsp;FF&amp;E, interior decoration and bespoke commissions for this project last year,&nbsp;our client asked us to help dress their listed Georgian rectory for Christmas. Dress a mantelpiece with foliage to create a natural garland.&nbsp;&nbsp;Use a mix of greenery and add berries and late [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3708,"href":"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/3708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kandhdesign.co.uk\/no-straight-lines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}