Linen or linen-look table runner
Pick to come
What we’re looking forAt least 180cm for a 6-seater, washable.
The Christmas edit
A Christmas table setting that looks considered
Most Christmas table ideas need twenty props and a second dinner service. You need five or six pieces: a runner, candles at two heights, cloth napkins, something green down the middle. Everything here can come out again for a birthday in March.
A styled scene — for the feeling. The picks are listed below.
Taper candles and holders
Pick to come
What we’re looking forSet of holders plus unscented dinner candles.
Cloth napkins and napkin rings
Pick to come
What we’re looking forSet of 6; brass, wood or velvet ribbon.
Charger plates or placemats
Pick to come
What we’re looking forSet of 6; rattan, gold-rim or woven.
Luxury Christmas crackers
Pick to come
What we’re looking forBox of 6 or 8, recyclable; these sell out early.
Faux eucalyptus or pine garland
Pick to come
What we’re looking for180cm or longer, for the centre of the table.
Champagne coupes or wine glasses
Pick to come
What we’re looking forSet of 4 or 6, dishwasher-safe.
Place card holders
Pick to come
What we’re looking forSet of 8 or more.
More guides
Christmas7 picks to come
Christmas in a small flat
Christmas in a small flat — a slim tree, a tabletop tree, window lights — decorations that take no floor space, with the one catch on every pick.
Christmas8 picks to come
Christmas mantelpiece and hallway decorations
Christmas mantelpiece, stair and front door ideas — a full garland, a wreath, stocking holders — with how each fixes without nails and the one catch.
In preparationChristmas8 picks to come
Neutral Scandi Christmas decorations
A calm, neutral Scandi Christmas — warm white lights, paper stars, wooden beads, velvet bows — as one coordinated set, with the catch on every pick.