Our Christmas Table - Quick and Easy Decor Ideas

Christmas dining table with candles and fairy lights

While I love all of the pretty homemade wreaths and garlands that I see on Instagram, what with work and kids, I barely have time to think around Christmas time so foraging in my local woods for berries is out of the question. If, like me, you're time poor but you want a festive and elegant Christmas table setting that's quick and easy to achieve, this is for you! Also, take a look at how I styled our living room Christmas fireplace with simple decor ideas.

For this Christmas table in our kitchen-diner, I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on things that I’d hardly use so most of the items are things I already had. The only extras I bought were the placemats, paper trees, Christmas tree candles and pink glass candlesticks, at a total cost of about £35. I will include a source list for all items at the end of this post.

Place settings

Christmas table setting with star napkin and glitter ribbon

I didn't want to go to the expense of buying table linens that I'd only use once a year for our Christmas dinner so instead of a table cloth, I chose some cheap place mats from John Lewis. They have a pretty scallop edging and at £2 each, they're super affordable!

Christmas table setting with star napkin and glitter ribbon

I placed the side plates on top of matching dinner plates and instead of standard white napkins, I chose star patterned ones. I wrapped them around the cutlery and tied them with pretty ribbons for a bit of Christmas sparkle. Ideally, the napkins would have been bigger linen ones but again, I didn’t want to go to the added expense.

Lights and candles

Christmas festive table with candlesticks, Christmas tree candles and tealights

No Christmas dinner table is complete without twinkly lights. Candles are must have Christmas table decorations and they're a beautiful way of creating a warm and inviting atmosphere around your dining room table. I added a mixture of candles at different heights with pink glass and gold candlesticks, together with a couple of Christmas tree shaped candles. I also dotted tealights in pink mercurised glass holders around the dining table for a twinkling effect. 

I bought the gold leaf shaped fairy lights for my hallway fireplace a few years ago (they look especially lovely at autumn time) and I strung them along the table.

Tree shaped Christmas decorations

Christmas tree candle on cake stand with pine cones on Christmas dining table

Christmas tree shapes make great festive centerpieces. I used my existing glass cake stand to create a festive centerpiece with a Christmas tree candle, pine cones and other bits like dried orange and cinnamon sticks that I had left over from wreath making years ago.

Glitter paper Christmas trees on Christmas dining table

I also added a couple of paper glitter trees at either side of the table.

SOURCE LIST

Some of the items I already owned or have been discontinued but I’ve sourced similar ones below:

So there you go! A beautiful table that’s quick and affordable to achieve without a foraged berry in sight. I hope these easy table setting ideas will come in useful for the Christmas season!

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