Cosy Season Is Here: How to Warm Up Your Home This Adelaide Winter

Nothing says winter like something bubbling away on the stove for hours. A good cast iron casserole is the hero of the season - it goes from stovetop to oven to table, holds heat beautifully, and turns the cheapest cut of meat into something tender and brilliant. Our Maxwell & Williams cast iron round casserole in English Racing Green is the kind of pot you'll reach for every weekend and hand down one day. Fill it with a slow-braised lamb shoulder, a rich ragu, or a Sunday roast veg and let the house fill with that smell.

If you'd rather move quickly on a weeknight, a dependable non-stick pan earns its keep all winter. The Anolon Endurance+ range and BergHOFF Balance pans are the workhorses we recommend again and again - hard-wearing, easy to clean, and just as happy searing a steak as softening onions for soup.

When it's grey outside, soup is the answer. A big batch on Sunday means lunch sorted for half the week, and there's something deeply satisfying about a pot of minestrone or a velvety pumpkin soup made from scratch. A roomy chef pan - like the Scanpan STS 32cm - gives you space to build flavour properly, and the right tools (a sturdy peeler, a good garlic press) make the prep feel less like a chore and more like the nice part of the evening.

Cooking warms the body; the rest of the house should warm the soul. This is the season for layering - a generous throw across the couch, a couple of extra cushions, and lamps instead of overhead lights once the sun goes down. A candle or a reed diffuser does the rest: our Peppermint Grove Lemongrass & Lime diffuser brings a fresh, uplifting note that cuts through the closed-up-house feeling of winter.

Don't forget yourself, either. Cold air and warm heaters are tough on skin, so a good hand cream by every sink is a tiny luxury that makes a real difference - we're partial to the Al.ive Body range, made in Australia with shea butter and sweet almond oil. And there's no better way to read three chapters of a book than with a hot drink that stays hot, like the Frank Green ceramic coffee cup.

Everything here is in store now at HM Gallerie, Shop 7 Mitcham Square, and online at hmgallerie.com. We offer Afterpay, free shipping on orders over $150, and Click & Collect ready in 30 minutes. Whether you're kitting out the kitchen for a winter of slow cooking or just after one beautiful candle, we'd love to help you make home the nicest place to be this season.