Ferm Living for Christmas 2016

This coming weekend is the first Sunday in Advent and many homes will soon be decorated for the festive season ahead. To help getting you in the Christmas decorating mood we thought we'd share the beautiful, muted and oh-so lovely Nordic Christmas decoration from Danish design brand Ferm Living. To show of the collection Ferm Living has shared some photos with you, with their beautiful designs...

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Scandinavian style Advent candelholders

First Sunday in Advent in 2011 is the 27th of November. In Scandinavia it's still very much a tradition with Advent candelholders and lid a light every Sunday in advent with the family. We wrote about Advent and Advent candelholders last year too. Do you have your Advent candleholder ready? You can easily make one, with an old bread tin, some fir or pine tree branches and cones and 4 Christmas...

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First Sunday of Advent

The advent candle, to be found in most Scandinavian homes during the advent time, is four candles placed in the 'adventsstake', a tray or candleholder. Traditionally purple candles are used but as the 'all white Scandi Christmas' white is popular this is often seen too. One candle is lit every week starting on the first Sunday of Advent up until the fourth and last Sunday before Christmas Eve....

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