Homeowners have been advised on how they can make glamorous and inexpensive flower arrangements to liven up their kitchens and home this festive period.Karen Howes, co-owner of Taylor Howes Designs, said that a simple option for homeowners is to head to a flower market and add cinnamon sticks and purple ribbon, baubles and feathers to the base of a wreath.She said that people could opt to keep things quite minimal this December and choose a Narnia theme by doing away with a Christmas tree and placing large branches of willow into a tall glass vase instead.In the country, it is all red and green and I raid the hedgerows for holly and ivy and then hang a large clump of mistletoe at the bottom of the stairs, Ms Howes added.The advice follows warnings that unusually high levels of kitchen sink maintenance may be required this winter due to freezing pipes and big cooking projects.