Don't be afraid to get crafty. Homemade place cards are a smart, personal touch while place mats, which are easy and inexpensive to make, will jazz up any festive dining table. Country schemes benefit most of cosy linens, faux fur, plaid, tartan and rustic wood. Naturally, cute, homemade Christmas ornaments are sure to be a hit with young and old alike. Get the whole family involved in the design, decorating and crafting process.
1/20 Folklore-themed Christmas table with pinecone decorations
Three cheers for a red white and blue theme, combining folklore plates with striped bowls and felt snowflake placemats. Search for vintage cutlery and complete your Christmas dining room setting with snowflake crackers.
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Wild & Wolf
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Tesco
2/20 Highland Christmas table with tartan tablecloth
Set the table for a highland-inspired feast with a cheerful tartan tablecloth. To decorate, lay a spruce garland along the dining table length. Shed light on the festive scene with elaborate mesh pendant shades and log shaped candles.
Similar tablecloth fabric
Osborne & Little
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Biju Home
3/20 Fairy tale Christmas table setting with lantern house
Decorate an occasional table in the hallway with twinkling lanterns in the form of fairy tale houses. Forest spruce cast in glass and quirky accessories such as a poisoned apple add to the bewitching mood while snow-dusted cone candles cast a welcome glow.
Similar lantern house
Not on the High Street
Similar pine cone candle
Cox & Cox
4/20 Christmas display table with glass cake stands
Turn a festive tea into a grand occasion by setting out a vintage buffet table laden with scrumptious cakes held aloft on glass cake stands. Frame the arrangement with a pair of potted azaleas trimmed with ribbon bows.
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Quirky Interiors
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Live Laugh Love
5/20 Red and white Christmas table with etched wine glasses
Taking a gingham tablecloth as the starting point, this dining table scheme is simplicity itself. Gather up red and white china, napkins and crackers to develop your theme, make candle rings from leaves and berries and add a touch of sophistication with etched wine glasses.
Similar tablecloth
Scandi Living
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John Lewis
6/20 Christmas table with present place settings
Charm your guests by dressing up place settings with a festively wrapped gift. Tied with white ribbon and topped with a cone decoration, this brown paper box adds a homely touch to a farmhouse dining table set with white china and heavy-stemmed wine glasses.
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Paperchase
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Cox & Cox
7/20 Christmas table with jewel colour scheme
Go for bohemian country style, pouring exuberantly patterned crackers into a glass punch bowl and hollowing out apples to take tea lights. Set the dining table arrangement against a backdrop of a richly coloured plum wall and peacock feather fabric.
Similar punch bowl
House of Fraser
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Sanderson
8/20 Christmas table with white paper decoration
Fold paper doilies and fix with paperclips, finishing with a sprig of holly and a flower to make a delicate decoration for a table. Sit your arrangement on a simple white plate, with a red snowflake placemat beneath for a burst of colour.
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Dibor
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Tesco
9/20 Christmas console table with festive letter art
Dress a rustic console table in the hallway with carved wooden decorations, adding painted Noel letters and a vase of twigs to hang decorations from. Put up a carved clock to count the hours till Christmas day.
Similar letters
Posh Graffiti
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Not on the High Street
10/20 Christmas party table with stag-head ice bucket
Get in the mood for party fun and dress up a drinks table with an elegant silver stag-head ice bucket and sparkling glass. Pile up the platters, polish the glasses and accessorise with a tartan wreath and baubles for a true highland welcome.
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Oka
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Kenneth Turner
11/20 Tabletop tree hung with envelope gifts
Give small gifts at the dining table in patterned envelopes.
Just unfold an old envelope and copy the shape, then tie with ribbon
and seal with wax before attaching the envelopes to twigs in a jug.
Similar patterned papers
Monsoon
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Hobbycraft
12/20 Gilded Christmas table setting
Candlelight adds a warm gleam to gold-trimmed china and antique glassware. Tie vintage-style cutlery with white ribbons and pile baubles into a bowl to make a Christmas meal extra special.
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Royal Crown Derby
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John Lewis
13/20 Glamorous country Christmas place setting
Inspired by the floral flounces and gold leaf of grand country houses, this table setting is the last word in glamour, with a gilded frame as a place setting and toile-style plates.
Similar photo frame
House of Fraser
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Loveramics
14/20 Seasonal candlit table
Choose a misty grey cloth to lend a shadowy air of mystery to the table
and accessorise with glittering silvered candlesticks and ribbed
goblets. Add a scattering of antique-style baubles.
Similar tablecloth
La Redoute
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Cox & Cox
15/20 Festive floral centrepiece
Take several hand-tied posies and place in a tureen on the dining table, surrounded by glittery votives. At the end of your Christmas meal, separate into posies and give to your guests to take home.
Similar tureen
Kings and Queens
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Primrose & Plum
16/20 Party bar console table
Get ready to party, with a console table
doing duty as a casual bar area with a decanter, glasses and festive
mini trees. Wall mounted plates with hand drawn designs supply the fun
element.
Similar decanter
John Lewis
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Jimbobart
17/20 Casual country table
Layer up printed cloths on a rustic table for boho-chic style. A row of faux amaryllis in fabric-covered pots adds a shot of bright colour, picked up on by the striped bowls.
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Sofas and Stuff
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The Chelsea Gardener
18/20 Country-style buffet lunch table
The simplest arrangements are often the best. Decorate a side table with
a twiggy arrangement on a cut felt runner and set out a casual Christmas lunch on vintage pressed-glass cake stands.
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Chalon
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Re
19/20 Christmas tea table setting
Trim Christmas cakes
with ribbon and bring jewel-toned birds and baubles to the table for an
afternoon tea that’s full of sparkle. Tall-stemmed glasses and folk-art
china complete the effect.
Similar liqueur glasses
John Lewis
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Cloudberry Living
20/20 Festive tabletop Advent candles
Set up a side table with numbered candles in a galvanized tray to count
down the weeks to Christmas. Frame with a beautiful forest-inspired
embroidered blind.
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Nordic House
Similar blind fabric
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