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Five ways to create a Nordic Christmas style in your home

November 23, 2015 By Rachel Newcombe 11 Comments

Fresh Design blog guide to creating a Nordic style Christmas

Love the effortless and cosy look of Nordic Christmas interior design style? With these five essential tips, you too could bring a sense of Nordic to your home this season.

1. Choose a colour palette

They key to a good Nordic interior is to get the colours right. A simple, muted colour palette of greys, whites and browns is ideal to start with. Mix it up with accessories in black or dark wood, or even try a few pastel shades. If you’ve got white walls, hanging anything colourful on the wall will be an ideal contrast and produce a pop of colour.

2.  Add textures

The muted colours of a Nordic style are given depth by the use of plenty of textures. Incorporate decorations with different textures, such as wood, wool, metal or felt. Make your room a winter haven with knitted poufs, fake fur rugs, wooden floors, cushions and cosy throws.

3. Focus on light

Whilst white and soft colours naturally help to make a room feel lighter, it’s also important to pay attention to light sources, especially as the days are shorter at this time of year. Well placed table lamps and floor lamps can be used to brighten up dark corners. Use decorative candles and tealight candle holders to add light to dark evenings and increase the cosy factor.

4. Incorporate nature

Elements of nature are a common occurrence in Nordic schemes and look fresh and inviting. Think bowls of fir cones, wooden birch tree candle holders, decorative twig branches and foliage displayed in vases.

5. Use metallics

Finally, add elements of metal to your room schemes. Tree decorations in shiny silver, fir cones dipped in copper and gold, copper pendant lights, silver metal candlesticks or golden vases. The metal will shine and glow in the light and look gorgeous at Christmas.

Nordic style home product ideas

Here are some winter and Christmas themed Nordic style product ideas that could help you achieve this look.

Nordic Christmas product ideas for your home

1. Indoor and outdoor light up birch tree cluster – £85 from Cox & Cox

2. Hanging twig star with natural pine cones – £19.95 from Graham & Green

3. Faux snowberry branch – £12.50 from Nordic House

4. Silver metal star tree decoration – £2.99 from Dunelm

5. Pre-lit snowy twig 4ft Christmas tree – £50 from John Lewis

6. Ben Rothery Henry stag cushion – £20 from John Lewis

7. Helsinki faux fur throw – £19.99 from Dunelm

8. Metal heart and reindeer decorations – £12.99 from Culture Vulture Direct

9. Silver starry votive candle holders – from £6.50 at Nordic House

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  1. Fifi McGee says

    November 23, 2015 at 5:43 pm

    Such a helpful write up, thanks Rachel! I’ve been looking around for a large nordic star like the tree hanging pictured and might have to settle for those lovely small ones.

    Thanks

    Fi

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    • Rachel Newcombe says

      November 23, 2015 at 6:00 pm

      If you mean the star in the top picture, it was a bargain from TK Maxx! I fell in love with some silver wall hanging Nordic stars the other day and so very nearly bought one…had to be dragged away.

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  2. Antonia Ludden says

    November 23, 2015 at 7:13 pm

    Gorgeous inspiration, thank you! I’m obsessed with the Nordic Christmas look x

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    • Rachel Newcombe says

      November 25, 2015 at 1:32 am

      Thanks, Antonia!

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  3. Katy says

    November 24, 2015 at 10:43 am

    I went with a Nordic time for the first time last year and I loved it so much – makes the house feel calm and serene instead of glitzy and hectic! x

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    • Rachel Newcombe says

      November 25, 2015 at 1:32 am

      Yes, so true – anything that can make things calmer and more serene at such a busy time of year is good.

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  4. Karen says

    November 24, 2015 at 11:20 am

    Love that throw! Might have to bob down to Dunelm for that one 🙂

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    • Rachel Newcombe says

      November 25, 2015 at 1:31 am

      It’s fab, isn’t it? Can’t believe the price.

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  5. James S. McCoy says

    November 25, 2015 at 1:25 am

    Ah so that’s what it’s called – Nordic. cool style. I love it! Thanks for this post. Got some great décor ideas.

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    • Rachel Newcombe says

      November 25, 2015 at 1:33 am

      Glad to hear you found the ideas useful.

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  6. Maxine Brady says

    November 25, 2015 at 4:07 pm

    I’m so keen to dress my new home with this style. Make it all white and clean with lots of twigs and stars. I love this page – really inspired me

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