STYLIST’S NOTEBOOK

1 Walls painted in ‘Pugin Red’ eggshell from Dulux Heritage collection, £ 31.38 per 2.5l, Dulux. On wall: fresh berry and foliage wreath, made to order from £ 85, Winters Workshop; brass wall sconces, £ 500 for a pair, Selling Antiques; ( just seen) Lady Caroline Hill attributed to Mary M Pearson c1836 printed onto canvas 600 x 900mm, £185, Surface View. On mantelpiece: fresh foliage garland, made to order from £ 60, Winters Workshop; brass 18th- century candlesticks, £ 440 for a pair, Selling Antiques; red dining candles, £ 9 per pack of 12, Shearer Candles; faux red amaryllis, £ 4.10 per stem, Deco !ora; faux clip- on rose, £ 4.99, Longacres Garden Centre; Regency black framed small portrait painting, £175, The Antiques Warehouse. Red Feuerhand hurricane lanterns, £ 28 each, Fforest General Stores. Percy 1940s French- style chair in calico, £737.50, Pimpernel & Partners. Chair covered with vintage French fabric from a selection at Sunbury Antiques Market. On chair: rust red velvet cushion, £ 40, Raj Tent Club; ‘Angel – National Gallery’ cushion, £ 29.99, Welovecushions; red-and- white blanket, £19.99, Packhouse. Painter’s stool, £ 87; patterned rug, £145, both Packhouse. Presents wrapped in papers from a selection, from £1.95 per sheet, Paper Tree Nook. Ribbons, from £ 3 for a 5m roll, Hobbycraft. On stool: antique Chinese bowl (used as a tree planter), £ 22; ruby wine glass, £ 9, both The Antiques Warehouse; ‘ Winter’s Scene’ plate, £ 9.25, Spode. On plate: pistachio, lemon and rose cake, £ 3.40, Gail’s Bakery; macarons, made to order, The Crow Kitchen. Glass goblet (holding nuts), £ 40; chestnut roaster c1850, £ 85; Victorian copper coal bucket, £ 250, all The Antiques Warehouse.

2 Table runner made from a piece of antique French fabric, £ 45, Sunbury Antiques Market. Antique red transferware dinner plates by Spode, from £16 each; antique Wedgwood gold and crimson dinner plate and side plate, £ 35 for a four- piece set; decorative silver serving spoon, £ 25; silver salt and pepper pots, £185; ruby glass vase (used as a tea light holder), £ 28, all The Antiques Warehouse. ‘ Winter’s Scene’ 6in plate, £ 9.25; ‘ Winter’s Scene’ open veg dish, £ 46; ‘ Winter’s Scene’ covered sugar pot, £ 28.50, all Spode. Antique cutlery, £12 for "ve knives, £14 for "ve forks, all Packhouse. Red glass ower candleholder, £15; pewter leaf candleholder, £ 20, both eBay. Metal candleholder, £ 8, Sunbury Antiques Market. Red dining candles, £ 9 for a pack of 12, Shearer Candles. ‘ The Nutcrackers’ Christmas crackers, £ 60 for a set of six, Fortnum & Mason. Present wrapped in ‘ Vintage Peacocks in Red’ paper, £ 2 per sheet, Paper Tree Nook. Ribbons, from £ 3 for a 5m roll, Hobbycraft.

3 Macaron tower, made to order from £ 50, The Crow Kitchen. Ten-tier plastic macaron stand, £ 35, Amazon. Papier maché Regency tray, £75; oak bobbin console table, £1,600, both The Antiques Warehouse. Vintage cake plates, from £ 3 each; cake forks, £15 for a set of four, both Sunbury Antiques Market. White ceramic jug (used as a vase), £ 20; white ceramic and brass three-tier cake stand, £ 30, both Packhouse. Fresh owers, from £ 2.99 per bunch, from a selection at Longacres Garden Centre. Cakes, from £1.30 each, Gail’s Bakery. Glacé fruits, £ 30 for a 400g box; glass petit four Christmas decorations, £10 each; cranberry and orange Christmas fruit cake, £14.95, all Fortnum & Mason. ‘ Winter’s Scene’ footed cake stand, £ 41, Spode. On footed cake stand: berry cake, £19, Gail’s Bakery. Hundreds and thousands chocolate star shortbread biscuits, £ 4.99 for a pack of 10; faux clip- on rose, £ 4.99, both Longacres Garden Centre. Present wrapped in ‘Corniglia’ red paper, £1.85 per sheet, Paper Tree Nook. Ribbon, from £ 3 for a 5m roll, Hobbycraft. Vintage glass baubles, from £ 2.99 each, from a selection at eBay.

4 ‘Rose’ plush velvet double bed frame, £ 945, Button & Sprung. Canopy made from 6ft hazel bean poles, £1.50 each, Bean Pole Supply Company. Canopy decorated with fresh foliage and antique lace border, £ 55, from a selection at Sunbury Antiques Market. On bed: antique French bed linen, from £ 60, eBay; Hungarian linen grain sack bolster cushion, from £ 25 for the cover and from £ 6.50 for the !ller, Parna; red oral cushions, £ 22 each, Bell & Blue; red velvet cushion, £ 40; raspberry velvet bedspread, £125, both Raj Tent Club; dark velvet oral cushion, £ 45, The Antiques Warehouse; ‘ Jean- Marc Nattier – Manon Balletti – National Gallery’ cushion, £ 29.99, Welovecushions; bedspread made from ‘Bramble’ fabric in ‘ Wine/ Thyme’ by Morris & Co, £ 61 per m, The Style Library; handmade vintage "oral fabric stocking from Caroline Zoob, for similar try Etsy. Presents wrapped with papers by Paper Tree Nook, as before. Side table, £ 300, Selling Antiques. On side table: pewter leaf candleholder, £ 20, eBay; antique bowl (used as a planter), £ 25, The Antiques Warehouse.

5 Victorian mahogany side table c1890, £ 2,450, Selling Antiques. On table: tablecloth made from ‘Halte De Chasse’ (B1744001), in ‘Fond Rouge’, £160.80 per m, Pierre Frey; white ceramic jug, £ 20, Packhouse; Victorian pink and gold jug, £ 55, Sunbury Antiques Market; fresh owers, from £ 2.99 per bunch, from a selection at Longacres Garden Centre; greenery cuttings fresh from the garden. Fresh berry and foliage wreath, made to order from £ 85, Winters Workshop.