Comfort & Joy: Cosy Winter Home Upgrades
Embrace our cosy winter home ideas with a few simple upgrades to give your home a seasonal, warm and welcoming reset
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Comfort & Joy: Cosy Winter Home Upgrades
Embrace our cosy winter home ideas with a few simple upgrades to give your home a seasonal, warm and welcoming reset
By: Team LibertyNow that we are truly settled into the winter season, you may find yourself drawn to spending more time indoors. While some other species are hastening into hibernation mode, humans are sadly not afforded that same level of R&R. Just as the days are growing colder and the nights are being darker, it seems like our social calendars are getting busier and busier. All the more reason, then, to make sure that your home space feels like a cosy sanctuary to rest and recharge. Let us guide you through a few simple upgrades to introduce warmth and comfort into every room of your home until spring comes knocking on our doors.
Layering Textiles
The oldest trick in the book to instantly transition your home from summer to winter is adding throw blankets and cushions to your soft furnishings. Layering textures is an instant and impactful way to dress your sofa or bed that requires a little forward thinking. Look to your existing decor and add in some complementary yet hardier blankets in heavy lambswool or chunky knits, and introduce a few darker cushions to your current colour palette. Just don’t forget the golden rule of three in cushion matching.
Focus on the Fireside
An essential for any Hygge devotee, the Danish turn of phrase for getting cosy, is a fireside. Whether you’re blessed enough to have a roaring fire in your home or a simple mantlepiece to congregate around, use it to anchor your space for the seasonal switch. Ensure your hearth is fully dressed with textured accessories that add a sense of dimension, centred with a deep pile rug.
Scent of the Season
A flickering flame will always make you feel cosy and if you’re looking to inject an overall feeling of comfort into your home, the best way to do this is with scent. Swap out your floral and citrusy home fragrances for something woodier with warming notes of plum, bergamot and fig. Liberty’s Stately Bouquet Scented Candle is designed to set the tone for relaxation with a calming aroma of blackberry, cashmere, wood and musk.
Hearty Home Comforts
While there’s a lot to be said for al fresco entertaining, there’s really something special about making a meal of dinners indoors with family and friends. There's nothing quite like home cooking with one-pot recipes in the Our Place Perfect Pot and leaving it to gently simmer away while you tend to your guests. Tablescapes should be dedicated to texture and set with ambient, glow-giving candlelight.
An Ode to the Night In
Whether it's a date night in or a microwave meal for one, a night at home isn’t complete without the appropriate dress code. And when it comes to colder climes, we recommend you turn to the sensible time-honoured pyjama set – effortlessly comfortable and stylish in equal measure. A hot water bottle is, of course, compulsory.
Hug in a Mug
If you’re a connoisseur of after-dinner, pre-bed drinks then you’ll understand the power of a really great mug. The humble mug truly comes into its own in winter, hot chocolates, revitalising coffees and relaxing teas in the morning and evenings. Make an event of warming winter drinks by serving in a stylish mug that you’ll be proud to be seen wrapping your hands around.