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3 easy and fast table decoration ideas

Pia Seidel
09.12.2022
Pictures: Pia Seidel
Translation: Eva Francis

This Advent season, I want my table decoration to be slightly different than usual. I’m thinking festive, but not all too Christmassy. Here are three decoration ideas.

Have you stocked up on plenty of Xmas table decorations already? I haven’t, although I'll soon be hosting the first dinner with friends. This year, I’ve decided against one-way napkins with Christmas prints and other decorations I’ll either throw away or hide in the cellar as soon as Christmas is over. I want to go for sustainable options instead.

After quite some scrolling through my endless Pinterest feed, I found three ideas I liked. They’re easy to do, don’t cost much and are suitable for various festive occasions.

1. Repurposing everyday items

Kristina Kite’s «Xtreme Guest» art exhibit included a table decoration that used hair ties instead of napkin rings. I don’t think anybody ever actually ate at this table, but I liked the idea. So, I washed my unused hair ties, slipped one around each napkin and arranged them nicely. That’s how easy it was to make new festive napkin rings.

Hair ties are easily transformed into beautiful napkin rings.
Hair ties are easily transformed into beautiful napkin rings.
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Combine colours and patterns to spice things up.
Combine colours and patterns to spice things up.
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Body Mind Soul Yoga (Hair tie)
Hair ties
Quantity discount
12.90per piece for 2 units

Body Mind Soul Yoga

Hair tie

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Kknekki Hair Tie Appleicious (Hair tie)
Hair ties
14.80

Kknekki Hair Tie Appleicious

Hair tie

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2. Redesigning things you already own

A candle holder, dried flowers, floral foam and some wire – that’s all I needed to turn a simple candlestick into an eye-catcher. I got the idea from the DIY instructions by Floral Supplies. As in the video, I simply attached a piece of floral foam to the candle holder and then stuck individual dried flowers into it. Ta-da, my new candle holder was done. The same technique would work well with a used glass bottle, too.

Even simple candlesticks can be pimped with flowers.
Even simple candlesticks can be pimped with flowers.
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Dried flowers stay in shape longer.
Dried flowers stay in shape longer.
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Glorex Foam for fresh flowers 23x11x7,5cm
Crafting
Quantity discount
4.05per piece for 4 units

Glorex Foam for fresh flowers 23x11x7,5cm

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3. Organic decoration

Wedding planner Lauren from Stone House Creative used several baby’s breath arrangements to decorate a table for a wedding. I tried to do the same with dried eucalyptus, which is very seasonal and stays looking good for a long time. I used floral foam again and stuck the individual stems into it one by one, starting in the centre. This took no time at all. I could have done even more, but I decided to leave it at one for the moment.

Floral foam is the basis of this arrangement.
Floral foam is the basis of this arrangement.
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It’s suitable for fresh as well as for dried flowers.
It’s suitable for fresh as well as for dried flowers.
Photo: Pia Seidel
Soli Collection Dried flowers eucalyptus 40-55 cm, (Dried flowers)
Flower bouquet
22.60

Soli Collection Dried flowers eucalyptus 40-55 cm,

Dried flowers

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Oasis Plug-in foam
Crafting
–16%
2.45was 2.90

Oasis Plug-in foam

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