You can find the video tutorial footage in my Highlights on my Instagram page.
I’ve come up with easy steps to decorating a Christmas tablescape.
Start with table runners. I have an 84 inch long table so a lot of table runners don’t go the entire length of my table, so I use three table runners. One down the middle and two on either end of the table running horizontal.
Add a charger plate at every seat.
3. Add the dinner plate.
4. Add the salad plate
5. Assemble the cloth napkins. I like to use a patterned napkin paired with a solid napkin and sparkling metallic napkin ring holder. The solid napkins I have here are from Target.
This gorgeous Boucle rug from Orian Rugs is the perfect rug for my riding room.
6. Place napkins in center on place setting.
7. Add silverware. Remember to ask yourself: Do you need a dessert or a soup spoon? Add all the silverware you need and place them in the proper places. (Salad and dinner forks on left, knife and spoon on right.)
8. Add glasses to the right side. Ask yourself what drinks you are having: Do you need wine glasses and water goblets?
9. Start adding the centerpiece. Place largest pieces first. I place chunky candles and accessories then fill the middle space with large pieces of greenery.
10. Keep building with smaller greenery stems to fill in the holes, then add taper candles. A trick my mom taught me was to put tin foil in the candlesticks to keep the taper candle from falling over.
Sharing my dining room Christmas tree. The heart ornament in the middle has special meaning. I gave it to my grandmother last Christmas. She passed away last February. I went back to home this past July and brought it back with me to always have.
The decorative white and black, and gold gift boxes are from Target.