With my return to country living comes an increased awareness of how natural, untreated wood is making an appearance in interiors. SCP, Cox & Cox, House Doctor and Garden Trading are all places to head to for beautiful wood furniture or decorative pieces, and/or decorations to transform your homes this December.

From the top: Decorations from House Doctor, heart from Cox & Cox, shelves from Garden Trading; stools and decs from Cox & Cox, vintage sleighs from SCP.

These wooden animal boxes by Karl Zahn at SCP are my favourites: they double up as artwork whilst storing bits and pieces, and can be a toy as well (if you can bear (no pun intended)) to part with them….