Everyone loves a gingerbread house.
But some clever cooks are taking the classic Hansel & Gretel A-frame cottage to the next level, with all manner of modern interpretations. From modernist marvels to magnificent mansions, be inspired by these sweet Christmas creations.
1. Multi-storied wonder
2. Gingerbread Eiffel Tower
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3. Gingerbread church
4. Colourful cottage
5. Gingerbread mansion
6. Mid-century marvel
7. Stone cabin
8. Lollipop love
9. Gingerbread caravan
10. Gingerbread museum
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11. Candy coloured dream
12. Gingerbread hotel
This article originally appeared on Better Homes and Gardens
With a first-class Honours degree in English, Rebecca Lowrey Boyd is best known as the founder of Wee Birdy (weebirdy.com), a London-based blog devoted to London shopping, design and style. It was named one of the Top 100 Blogs in the World by the Sunday Times (UK), and was listed on Times Online's Best 50 Design Blogs in the World. It has also featured in many international magazines including British Vogue, British Cosmopolitan, Australian Cosmopolitan, Inside Out, Shop Til You Drop and Home Beautiful. During her time in London, Rebecca was also Deputy Shopping & Style Editor at Time Out London. She is also the former editor of Bride to Be, Cosmopolitan Bride, Cosmopolitan Pregnancy and Cosmopolitan Hair & Beauty magazines, as well as Digital Managing Editor on bhg.com.au, an associate editor on Home Beautiful magazine, Acting Digital Managing Editor on Homes to Love and Digital Managing Editor on Gourmet Traveller. A design nerd and keen birder, she can usually be found poring over Pinterest, knee-deep in Bunnings or sticky-beaking at modernist homes in Sydney’s bushburbia.
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