Christmas table: ideas and trends

Decorate the Christmas table

Elegant, traditional, trendy or delicate, the Christmas table, to be impeccable must be furnished in a harmonious way, following some simple, basic rules.

Tablecloth, crockery, cutlery and glasses, basic elements that can not miss on the table of the most important celebration of the year, it will need to be elegant and of quality, whatever is the style chosen for the table.


To complete the furnishings and define the character of the table, we must then add decorative elements as the centerpiece, the placeholder, the napkins holders and underplates.

To make the Christmas table unique and highly effective you can create contrast or color combinations among the various elements.

In a traditional setting, for example, you can choose a very simple style, white tablecloth to match with classic white porcelain plates, steel cutlery, glass goblets, cloth or paper napkins, red underplates and white cards placeholder.

To make perfect this type of table, you will finally tie the napkins with a red ribbon that recalls the color of the plates and choose a centerpiece of the same color.

To change the style instead, you can simply change the color of the tablecloth or placemats without changing the standard tone of the dishes, wine glasses and napkins.

If you want to get a sought-after effect, you can for example choose golden underplates to match with napkin holders and centerpieces of the same hue, adding refined placeholders as small pine cones or golden packets.

For a more traditional table, it is preferable instead to combine a red cloth to silver underplates and to a centerpiece with both red and silver elements.

Trendy Christmas table

If instead you want to decorate the Christmas table in an original yet elegant way, you can choose a particular style, possibly suitable to the furnishing of the house.

The Nordic table, for example, is appropriate for both traditional and contemporary contexts, with an essential and refined effect.


The main features of a table in a Nordic style are in fact the simplicity of the materials, strictly natural, like wood, often painted, while the furnishings are usually objects of minimalist design. All in delicate colors and soft like beige, gray and pastel shades, leaning on neutral bases such as white or natural wood.

For perfect table decorated in Nordic style, Ikea offers dishes and decorations from the 2015 Christmas line. Decorated bowls, napkins, wine glasses and bright and original centerpieces replace the traditional tablecloth, dishes and glasses, always full of taste and sobriety.


The Runner underplate, for example, made fully in recyclable material, is ideal not only to protect the table but is also an excellent decorative element that allows you to decorate the table, creating atmosphere.

The Frodig bowls, in durable and impact proof tempered glass, thanks to the geometric central part and the edge reminding of lace, create a delicate decorative effect.

As cutlery holder, it can be used instead the vase holder of the series Skurar, characterized by an elegant lace trim and able to give a touch of warmth and romance to the whole table.



Completing the furniture, the plates, to be chosen from in white and gray from the line Arv while for the drinks are recommended the decorated glasses and champagne flutes from the line Vinter 2015 or the simple glasses from the line Pokal, combinable with glass carafe Lonsam.

To finish up the setting with a touch of elegance, are very important some decorative elements as are the placeholders and the centerpiece. SMYCKA artificial flower, reproducing elegant orchid in various colors or the bird from the line Vinter 2015 are the ideal placeholder to give the final touch of class, while the placeholder heart toy Kamratlig and the centerpiece with goat Vinter 2015, ideal for the younger, give color and liveliness to the table.



Photo Ikea products: Fabio Bartone
To illuminate the table with the typical atmosphere of Scandinavian evenings, you can then add the candleholder String by Ferm Living. Modular in the shape and retro in the style, this chandelier, made of linden wood and maple, can include up to four candles tied together by a leather drawstring and decorative beads in painted beech wood with different shades.

Warm colors, natural woods and simple lines characterize instead the Christmas table in ethnic style. This table, especially suited to traditional environments, ethnic or country, can be made by choosing mostly minimal but alternative plates.

Again at Ikea, the placemat Lattad and the bowl Matt from the line Blanda, both of essential design and made of natural materials, respectively herbaceous plant and bamboo, give to the furnishings an intimate and simple look at the same time.



To give even more originality to the table you can then combine the minimal style glass decanter Kontrolant and the Varvind vases that with the irregularity of their asymmetric shape give charm and personality to the environment. The Hederlig wine glass high and thin and the paper napkins Fantastik complete the decor with simplicity.

To embellish the ethnic table and give it a warm family atmosphere, you can finally create an original centerpiece with dried and citrus fruit, using the fruit bowl of the Mediterranean series by Alessi signed by the designer Emma Silvestris, in the red version.

Also available in white, black, silver and beige, the fruit bowl is characterized by an extraordinary design that echoes the forms of coral through the full and empty spaces of the perforated lines in the metal, with the added effect of harmony and elegance.