3 country Christmas dining table looks

Make Christmas lunch extra special with these stunning ideas for festive dining tables. Those country decorating gurus at Country Home & Interiors have picked their best-dressed tables to suit your style.

Elegant country Christmas dining table

Use contemporary toile fabrics on Gustavian chairs and a tablecloth in matching fabric to create a co-ordinated look. Add a fun touch with strings of fairy lights.

Be inspired by Swedish country style for a formal Christmas dining room

Easy-going country Christmas dining table

Dress a farmhouse table with French vintage linen runners laid across rather than down the table. Choose wooden placemats to complement plain crockery and simple candlelight.

Make guests feel instantly at home with a relaxed rustic farmhouse look this Christmas

Romantic country Christmas dining table

Create a lavish look on your Christmas table with an embroidered runner, crystal candlesticks, golden dining plates, gilded glasses and opulent table decorations displayed on a cakestand.

For a magical, intimate Christmas meal, bring together sparkling fairytale details

Budget-busting Christmas dining room update

No time? No money? No problem! Ideal Home‘s cash clever decorator has some great tips for updating your dining room for Christmas if all that money has gone on your kids’ gift list! I love this modern take on Scandi-chic, and I love even more, that it won’t break the bank!

Here are some cost-friendly tips:

1) Instead of a runner, use long lengths of ribbon to give a white tablecloth a festive touch

2) Paint a picture frame (without the glass) and stick a silhouette decoration to it.

3) Transform dining chairs with personalised chunky metal letters tied with red ribbon. These designs only cost a tenner from Emily Readett-Bayley!

Transform your dining room into a Christmas haven without breaking the bank

Festive Fetish: Foliage and Frost

Now that’s a lot of F words for one morning!! I really enjoy this idea for festive feasting though (sorry, it’s addictive!) it’s simply stylish, it’s sophisticated and it’s easy to put together if you’re running low on time.

For a chic country Christmas dining room like this one, white-painted furniture and a nature-inspired subtle wallpaper is ideal, but don’t worry if not – just pack your dining room full of realistic-looking greenery, frosted pine cones and wicker pieces!

Keep tableware simple, but pile on the sparkle with a mix of silver and white Christmas decorations in a range of textures and finishes.

Give your dining room an enchanting country feel this Christmas

Christmas past… doily dining room

I love this quirky dining room idea… not sure I’d do it myself… but it’s certainly memorable. The ghost of Christmas past meets the ghost of Christmas future as the classic Victorian-style doily meets modern red furniture and accessories.

To get the look, stitch doilies together in a delicate tablecloth, or use frills on fairy lights for a dramy, dinner-time garland.

Update your Christmas dining room with doilies!

Festive Fetish: Winter Wonderland

Bring the beauty of a wintry landscape (ignore the muddy slush) into your home this Christmas with these beautiful seasonal style ideas from Ideal Home.

Here’s how to get this Christmas living room look:

1) Keep the backdrop plain, here they’ve used a subtle twig-pattern wallpaper in two tonal colourways.

2) Add texture with chunky knitted throws and cushions.

3) Complete with woodland-inspired or folksy accessories, such as birdhouses, log candleholders and pine cone decorations.

Create a winter wonderland with woodland-inspired Christmas decorations

Christmas decorating trend: beach chic

These are two decorating notions I’ve never put together… but then I do come from a country where if you have dry socks and unfrizzy hair at Christmas time, it’s a good day. It’s easy to forget that the majority of people don’t have to cosy up with a hot water bottle during the holiday season.

With that in mind, I’ve been on the hunt for some sunshine-friendly Christmas trends. I LOVE The Inspired Room blog – it’s held my attention for longer than my Christmas list. Check out these beautiful schemes.

Be inspired by warm coastal-style living this Christmas

Christmas in the sunshine - give your hallway a seaside-inspired feel

Add shimmer and sparkle to your bedroom this Christmas

Define your Christmas dining room area with an elegant hanging display

Christmas decorating looks: Marks & Spencer

This isn’t just Christmas red, this is M&S Christmas red! Flamboyant and eye-popping Christmas decorations aren’t for everyone, some people enjoy to surround themselves with more subtle festive touches. Marks & Spencer has some inspiring ideas for this holiday season. It’s all about M&S‘s statement red for a modern take on the traditional colour scheme and cosy knitwear to snuggle up in!

Make a statement this Christmas with punchy red decorations from M&S

Snuggle up this Christmas in cosy knits and bedding

Christmas decorating looks: Asda

Now for some Christmas decorating ideas for those on a budget (or those who might not have been on a budget before you invited 20 members of your friends and family to stay with you this year!)

Asda has some great Christmas decorations on offer for every look, from their country-style ‘Winter Orchard’ to their contemporary ‘Urban Frost’ range.

Get the wow-factor in your festive living room with their ‘Purple Decadence’ range…

Contemporary and colourful Christmas decorations from Asda

Update your front door this Christmas with Asda's colourful Christmas range

Christmas trees don't have to be bold and brassy, try a simpler option

Let the kids have fun with Asda‘s ‘Christmas bazaar’…

Update your children's room this Christmas with colourful decorations

Christmas decorating looks: John Lewis

Let’s kick off a little Christmas decorations on the high street series with an obvious one… John Lewis always has beaUTIFUL Christmas decorations to suit every style and need, whether you love all things cute and country or you want to shout Christmas from the rooftops with vibrant colour.

Go for smart Alpine-style with John Lewis‘ Nordic Christmas range

 

Get Alpine style in your festive dining table with these rustic Christmas decorations

Get stylish elegance with John Lewis‘ Frosty Morn Christmas range.

Walking in a winter wonderland dining room

Colour yourself happy with John Lewis‘ Winter Festival Christmas range.

 

Pretty up your Christmas dining table with colourful accessories

Liven up a kitchen mantelpiece with a festive garland.

Dress up your kitchen with festive cheer with subtle Christmas touches

Now that’s one lucky child!

Christmas gift ideas for girls, boys and teenagers

Christmas decorating trends on the high street

As some of you may have seen from my ‘I can’t believe I’m eating mince pies during swimsuit season’ Tweets, I’ve been having a sneaky peak at what’s in store (literally) for Christmas on the high street since May this year – when well-known brands open up their festive doors for us decorating fanatics to have a nosey.

Well I don’t know about you, but the thought of talking about Christmas in June has the same appeal as talking about vest tops in December, so I have kept all the exciting new Christmas decorations to myself. HOWEVER, with the weather looking worse, and the large comfy jumpers coming on, I officially cannot wait any longer! The thought of mince pies, Christmas presents and Christmas decorations is all that could POSSIBLY get me through yet another soaked ballet pump.

Tune in, I’ve got some great pics from the shows…

It's country Christmas decorating style for Tesco this year