STYLE A WELCOMING TABLE

Pale Grey linen tablecloth, £79, Nordic House. Speckled mineral bowls, £70 for six; dinner plates, £85 for six, both Cox and Cox. Antonia napkins in Olive, £44 for six; Handsworth cutlery in Olive, £80 for a 24-piece set; Lulworth side plates in Grey, £54 for six; Tussock sheepskin rug, £129, all Neptune. Oak plates, £40 for four, Ash and Plumb. Olive glass tealight holders, £6 each, Daylesford. Canopy recycled glass tumblers, £30 for four;

Caro balloon glass goblets in Leaf, £38 for four; Gems amber tumblers (shown as tealight holders), £35 for four, all LSA International. Luxury Christmas crackers, £36 for six; presents in Holly Christmas, and Oak Leaves and Acorns wrapping paper, both £9.95 for five sheets, all

Nancy and Betty. Green glass bauble,

£8, Raj Tent Club. Bamboo plate, £19 for six, Folk Interiors. Natural rapeseed candle, £16.95, Yellow Gorse

DELIGHT IN THE DETAILS

To make these pretty firelighters, you will need: soy candle wax, a steel non-stick cupcake baking tin, dried natural finds – such as dried flowers, leaves, twigs, berries, hay or straw and shredded wood

Method: First preheat the oven to 170C/gas 3. Fill each section of the baking tin with wax and put in the oven for 5 mins, or until the wax has melted. Remove the cake tin from the oven and carefully place your natural ingredients into the hot wax, you can also add a wick so they will be easier to light. Leave at room temperature to set, then remove from the tin and store with your kindling ready for lighting your stove or open fire.