Picture Perfect: 18 Advent Calendar Ideas to Kick-start Christmas
Start your holiday countdown with our coffee break escape of these creative ways to tick off those December days
Amanda Pollard
29 November 2019
Houzz UK Editorial Staff. Journalist and content editor specialising in interiors and architecture.
Houzz UK Editorial Staff. Journalist and content editor specialising in interiors... More
Make Christmas anticipation even more fun in your home by hanging up an advent calendar with a difference. Need some inspiration? Grab a glass of mulled wine and browse these ideas from homes on Houzz.
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3. Austria
Designer: traumzuhause
Designer: traumzuhause
4. Burlington, USA
Designer: Garnet Hill
Designer: Garnet Hill
5. Wiltshire, UK
Designer: Susie Watson Designs
Designer: Susie Watson Designs
6. Atlanta, USA
Designer: Suzanne MacCrone Rogers
Designer: Suzanne MacCrone Rogers
7. California, USA
Designer: Monica Ewing
Designer: Monica Ewing
8. Ontario, Canada
Designer: Trix & Trumpet
Designer: Trix & Trumpet
10. Richmond, USA
Designer: CIRCLE Design Studio
Designer: CIRCLE Design Studio
11. San Francisco, USA
Designer: Restoration Hardware
Designer: Restoration Hardware
12. Sydenham (southeast London), UK
Designer: Homeowner Molly Freshwater of the Secret Linen Store
(Photo by Chris Snook)
Designer: Homeowner Molly Freshwater of the Secret Linen Store
(Photo by Chris Snook)
13. Vancouver, Canada
Designer: Falken Reynolds Interiors
Designer: Falken Reynolds Interiors
17. Nashville, USA
Designer: Superior Construction and Design
Designer: Superior Construction and Design
18. California, USA
Designer: Dreamy Whites
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Which of these advent calendar ideas is your favourite? Share your thoughts in the Comments section.
Designer: Dreamy Whites
Tell us
Which of these advent calendar ideas is your favourite? Share your thoughts in the Comments section.
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I get really frustrated by believing we should only have one advent calendar in the house - I see so many lovely ones I would like to make. Aoife - what a lovely thing to treasure! We usually go through the calendar as a family. I fill it with different activities linked to the festive period - card making, Christmas crafts, biscuit making etc and I've made all different stockings, pouches and bags with all different fabrics to try and squeeze all these activities into.
https://www.ednaandossie.com/deck-the-halls/
All lovely
I love all these ideas, they're so creative!