With the festive season upon us it is the time of year to think about entertaining friends and family in your home. We are lucky enough in Australia to have our festive season during summer, which means long hot days and outdoor entertaining! Entertaining outdoors is a great excuse to use what’s around you, in the garden or backyard for table top décor. Instead of spending a lot on decorations or flowers see what you have in the garden first!
Using a mixture of greenery and flowers from your garden is a great way to create a beautiful, but relaxed table for entertaining. Use mismatched bottles and jars and mix different textures and tones of greenery; this is such an easy and affordable way to decorate! Think outside the box when you are styling the table with flowers and greenery, for example I love the wreath of foliage created in the picture above!
For summer entertaining think about going without a tablecloth or just using a table runner. Light fabrics are the obvious choice for summer and fabrics like linen and muslin look great across a table, just a piece down the middle with overhang at the ends looks fantastic for summer entertaining. Also keeping the textiles light and neutral lets the flowers and greenery really shine!
Just a sprig of greenery or flowers is enough to add to any summer table. Look in your kitchen for inspiration too, a sprig of herbs on each plate or in the middle of the table works perfectly as décor. Potted plants and herbs are a good way to decorate a table too and you can use what you already have at home or buy new ones and keep them for later.
Food can be the perfect thing to decorate a festive table with! The colours and smells of the food are enough to make any guests admire the table setting. Choose big white platters piled up with colourful salads, vegies and fruit and let the food speak for itself! Share plates also makes for easy summer entertaining.
An affordable and fun way to create a gorgeous table for the festive season is to DIY! Use paper and paint your own table runner or centrepiece, this is a great way to make the gathering personal with your own artistic touch. The kids table idea above is a fun way to get them involved on Christmas day Give them a bunch of pencils and let them create their own masterpiece and the best part is minimal cleaning up!
There is no need to spend a lot of money on summer table décor over the festive seasons. It’s all about finding clever ways to use what you have at home, creating a beautiful home on a budget! For more table décor ideas check out our previous blog here!
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