It's one month until Christmas!!!
My daddy is master of many things: designing amazing buildings, keeping the garden looking beautiful, making yummy soup, telling the best dad jokes... I could go on! But most of all, he's the master of creating the best Christmas dinner tables.
My daddy is master of many things: designing amazing buildings, keeping the garden looking beautiful, making yummy soup, telling the best dad jokes... I could go on! But most of all, he's the master of creating the best Christmas dinner tables.
Dad loves a good celebration, especially Christmas, he's such a party animal! Any excuse for a posh dinner and a chance to use the best cutlery! My parents have regular dinner parties with their friends and he's always in charge of making the table look sparkling and pretty. It's probably because he's an architect that he's so artistic and creative (and OCD!) when it comes to making the table look spectacular but he always succeeds. He has a great eye for colour, style and symmetry. The Christmas Table is a task he adores and he always spends a while planning the theme and design. So much so that we're not actually allowed in to the dining room until dinner time, when the table is a total surprise! I guess it's become a little tradition in our house, one which I love. Christmas dinner is always so special.
Christmas is such a magical, lovely time of year with sparkling lights, log fires, candles and mistletoe, holly, champagne and glittery baubles. Dad tries to make the dinner table look as sparkling and as special as possible to reflect all of these things, so that the table adds to the magic of the festivities.
Here are a few photos of recent years' tables:
Christmas 2013
Dad got a large piece of MDF wood which was spare from some renovation work, and covered this in tin foil which he was careful not to crease. He then placed this foil covered board along the centre of the table, acting as a centre piece. Then he covered this with pillar candles, tea lights in glass dishes, star shaped glass tea light holders, and a decorative bowl of golden baubles. When lit, the candles reflected off the foil and the whole room was sparkly and beautiful. So clever!
If you wanted to do something similar you could cover small breadboards or plates with foil, and place tea-lights and candles on top. It sounds a bit tacky but is a cheap way of making the table look quite impressive.
Christmas 2012
This year Dad placed various golden baubles on top of glass tea-light holders, whilst other holders contained tea-lights and were lit. With copious wine glasses on the table, glowing candlelight and shimmery glass golden baubles, the dining table was totally glistening. You could display any coloured baubles on the table, I think red would look pretty cool.
Christmas 2013
Dad got a large piece of MDF wood which was spare from some renovation work, and covered this in tin foil which he was careful not to crease. He then placed this foil covered board along the centre of the table, acting as a centre piece. Then he covered this with pillar candles, tea lights in glass dishes, star shaped glass tea light holders, and a decorative bowl of golden baubles. When lit, the candles reflected off the foil and the whole room was sparkly and beautiful. So clever!
If you wanted to do something similar you could cover small breadboards or plates with foil, and place tea-lights and candles on top. It sounds a bit tacky but is a cheap way of making the table look quite impressive.
Christmas 2012
This year Dad placed various golden baubles on top of glass tea-light holders, whilst other holders contained tea-lights and were lit. With copious wine glasses on the table, glowing candlelight and shimmery glass golden baubles, the dining table was totally glistening. You could display any coloured baubles on the table, I think red would look pretty cool.
Christmas 2011
The table design this year was pretty simplistic, with glass star shaped candle holders and large pillar candles positioned randomly over the table. Again, lots of glass and candles! My sister who is an art director and equally as creative as my dad, added her touch by designing typographic place-names to display on each plate, which I think looked pretty cool and was a nice personal touch.
The table design this year was pretty simplistic, with glass star shaped candle holders and large pillar candles positioned randomly over the table. Again, lots of glass and candles! My sister who is an art director and equally as creative as my dad, added her touch by designing typographic place-names to display on each plate, which I think looked pretty cool and was a nice personal touch.
Christmas 2010
Okay so not a dinner table, but I thought I'd show you this anyway - this was the breakfast table on Boxing Day. Dad scattered dried leaves over the table cloth which he'd collected from the forest during Autumn. He dried them out in the airing cupboard to preserve them. I think they look really beautiful! He then lit a collection of tealights in the centre of the table.
Do you decorate your Christmas dinner table in any way? If so, what do you do or use to make it special? I'd love to see, it's always good to have some inspiration. Ahhhh... all of
these photos are making me miss home and have suddenly got me all
excited to be back home for Christmas!! I really can't wait. I am counting down the days...
Love, Lydia xxx
Love, Lydia xxx
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