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All the best things to fill your home and time with this month
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Mima Sinclair’s new book, Gingerbread Wonderland (Kyle Books, £8.99) is something special. First, she guides you through the art of gingerbread making, offering her tricks for whipping up the best icing and getting just the right level of chewiness, then lets you loose on her fantastical recipes, which come complete with templates – no need to buy costly cutters! Mima’s treated you to two of her tasty ideas on our website.
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Seagrass basket, £37 for two; Budd cushion, £35; Budd throw, £120, all Murmur
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Edging plain white china with a stroke of bright red paint
‘Welcome to our table,’ says Susanna Zacke and Sania Hedengren, authors of The Whimsical Home (Skyhorse Publishing, £25). ‘The crockery was originally white but was made Christmassy by adding a red edge,’ they reveal, a project which can be easily copied at home with a tube of red porcelain paint and a fine brush. Plus, the more wobbly it is, the more charming the effects will be – bonus!