There is a shift in how people are approaching the run-up to the festive season this year and it’s showing up earlier than usual. Search interest in Christmas has already begun climbing well ahead of its typical November peak, as shoppers move to get ahead of the seasonal rush rather than leave it to the last minute. It’s showing a straightforward story about timing. What happens to the room you’ve only just finished decorating for autumn?

It’s a lot of effort for six weeks of a look. Boxes come down from the loft. Things get broken and by the time it’s all up, half of December is already gone.

Traditionally, ‘getting ready for Christmas’ has meant an abrupt handover, meaning autumn gets packed away and replaced with red, green and everything sparkly in between before being unpicked again in January

Homes need a handful of pieces that carry what’s already working through the year to make the festive rush less rushed. Warm, low, ambient lighting can do a lot of the heavy lifting. Ruma’s Cosi range is one of the most-loved indoor-outdoor crossover ranges that carry naturally from garden gathering in October into a fireside evening in December.

The same logic runs through the Ruma hurricane range. The Miley Silver Lantern leans into the on-trend chrome look while still bringing the autumnal glow indoors. Styled solo on a side table or clustered in twos and threes along a mantelpiece, they work comfortably through a quiet September evening as they do on Christmas Eve. Nothing needs to be swapped around once the tree comes out.

Where the new pieces do move into the home, they’re chosen for double duty. The Mulberry Brown Lotus Stem and Mulberry Brown Maple Leaf stem, sit in the rich, warm palette that’s defining interiors for the season ahead. Deep mulberry tones that read as autumnal in October, take on a distinctly festive richness by December, without changing anything at all. Layered into the Lois Textured Volcanic Effect Grey Stoneware Vase, a handful of these stems become a centrepiece that deepens in mood as the year goes on.

Christmas has always arrived eventually. This year, it’s simply arriving gently, layered into a home rather than staged over the top of it.