{"product_id":"christmas-shop-diy-book-nook-kit-festive-miniature-shopfront-with-led-lights","title":"Christmas Shop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA gold-lit festive shop that glows between your books all winter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTwo floors of Christmas, in green and gold\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA glowing two-level shop, framed in forest green and cranberry. On the left: a candle chandelier, shelves of golden jars, a wooden ladder and a tinsel tree on a red-and-cream chequered floor, gold parcels at its feet. On the right: a striped awning over a lit window, a bobble-hatted snowman on the balcony, a brass bell above the counter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 264 pre-cut MDF pieces are all about layering. Build the carcass, paper the chequered floor and run the LED strand behind the shelving, then place baubles, wreaths, ribboned parcels and pine garlands one at a time with tweezers. An intermediate build of four to six hours, and the payoff comes when you switch on and every window warms at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who decorates early and keeps the good ornaments in tissue paper. 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