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How to decorate with winter greenery in your home
What’s in season now, how to use it in your home before and after Christmas, and when to choose life...
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How to take Christmas decorating outside
Create a festive feeling as soon as you arrive home – whether you have a front garden or not.
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Ways to dress the base of your Christmas tree
When you’re thinking about how to decorate your Christmas tree, it’s easy to focus on the main part ...
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Bringing Christmas into the kitchen
Think beyond the purely practical in your kitchen this Christmas, with our tips on making the heart ...
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Ringing the changes: our take on decorating and wrapping this season
Ideas and inspiration for trimming the tree and wrapping gifts.
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How to: make your own advent calendar
Advent calendars are special things. They’re that subtle something that means you can start to celeb...
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Decorating your bedroom for winter
When it comes to decorating your home’s bedrooms come winter, it’s very often only children’s spaces...
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Meet the designer: Poppy Sturley & our alpine wreath
Hear from the floral designer behind our ‘make it yourself’ Christmas wreath.
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How to decorate festively with soft metallics
Create a decorating scheme this Christmastime that’s both sophisticated and relaxed.
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How to choose the perfect Christmas tree
What to consider when picking a Christmas tree when it comes to size, variety and real versus life-l...
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Festive ways to decorate banisters
Stairs can be one of the most mesmerising places to put Christmas decorations – they’re a clear stat...
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Winter pearl barley, wild mushroom and truffle arancini
With their hearty, risotto-like filling, crispy breadcrumb casing and couple of bites size, arancini...
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Orange and clove Christmas Eve cookies
Lightly spiced and fragrant, these cookies are lovely any time over the Christmas season, but we’ll ...
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How to make salt dough place cards and decorations
An easy craft made using household ingredients to decorate your Christmas Day table.
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Crafting tradition: the stories behind our favourite festive crafts
Delve into the intriguing histories of Christmas crafts, from gingerbread to paper decorations.
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Chestnut, apricot and sourdough plant-based stuffing
A Christmas Day or Sunday lunch stuffing recipe for those following plant-based, vegetarian or vegan...
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Christmas brunch: beetroot-cured smoked salmon with dill yoghurt and rye bread
Whether your morning starts with present opening, a much-deserved lie-in or a brisk walk with the do...
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Christmas brunch: caramelised apple porridge with maple hazelnuts
The second in The Provenist’s trio of brunch recipes to elevate your Christmas morning fare: a comfo...
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Christmas brunch: poached eggs with cashew hollandaise, spinach and sourdough
The third in a trio of breakfast recipes created by the team at our café, The Provenist, to turn you...
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Homemade presents: fabric-covered notebooks
Bookbinder Emma Williams shares her tips for covering plain notebooks or journals with fabric to cre...
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Orange and ginger madeleines
Delicate, festively-flavoured cakes to serve at teatime this December.
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How to make paper pinwheel decorations
An easy, effective and satisfying paper craft to try your hand at this December.
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Cardamom and maple mulled wine
Mulled wine is as essential to Christmas as mince pies – as much for the way the wine and spices, ge...
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A Christmas ‘old fashioned’ cocktail recipe
As cocktails go, an old fashioned is about as classic as they come. Simple to make and deliciously a...
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Spiced ginger, orange & apple warmer
An alternative to mulled wine (without the alcohol) for cold, crisp winter days.
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Why do we hang wreaths?
Ever wondered why we hang wreaths at Christmastime? Read on for a brief look at their long history.
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Mince pie tart with oat and nut crumble
A twist on the classic mince pie, elevating it from festive snack to the status of dessert with the ...
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The guest bedroom guide
A handful of ways to make a guest bedroom a welcoming retreat they won’t want to leave.
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Arranging autumn & winter flowers
Stylist and author Marry Norden shares tips for arranging flowers and foliage in the colder months.
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Three festive mantels
When we’re decorating our homes for Christmas, it’s almost always the tree that steals the show. The...
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Ginger & pecan fruit cake
A lighter, gluten-free and less sugary Christmas cake alternative made with the festive flavours of ...
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Embracing late autumn and winter at home
How to dress your home for the season from November right through to Christmas.
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Homemade presents: natural firelighters
How to create your own wax firelighters scented with herbs and spices.
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A spiced fig & thyme winter cocktail
Is a celebration ever quite complete without something extra special for sipping on? A glass of wine...
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How to make your own lino-print Christmas cards
An easy step by step to creating your own homemade cards to send to friends and family this Christma...
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The hardworking Christmas kitchen
With a little planning, your kitchen can be your biggest asset at Christmas.
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Christmas in the country
After a decade in London, it’s Christmas in the country for journalist Jo Rodgers and her family thi...
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Skye McAlpine’s Pistachio Panettone cake
Food writer Skye McAlpine shares a recipe for Christmas Eve from her latest book, ‘A Table for Frien...
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A Venetian Christmas Eve
Food writer Skye McAlpine shares her family traditions and favourite festive treats as she prepares ...
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A stocking filled with fun
A tongue in cheek approach to putting together a grown-up Christmas stocking that’ll bring out their...