Entertaining gets a festive twist with these inspiring country dining ideas. Create atmosphere, character and charm with Christmas decorating ideas fit for a country scheme.
When planning a country Christmas dining room, look to texture, raw materials and a muted colour palette. If you're on a budget, then get crafy. Homemade place mats, name cards, and table runners will give your space a personal touch. Make it a family affair by getting everyone involved, both young and old.
Christmas dining room with faux-fur seat covers
Sit down to a festive feast in a dining room decorated for a country Christmas. Style a farmhouse table with paper decorations and simple white crockery, as shown in this country-style dining room. Strings of cones and berries add a natural touch to the painted chairs and faux-fur seat pads create a fun, luxe feel.
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Laura Ashley
1/10 Christmas dining room with faux-fur seat covers
Sit down to a festive feast in a dining room decorated for a country Christmas. Style a farmhouse table with paper decorations and simple white crockery, as shown in this country-style dining room. Strings of cones and berries add a natural touch to the painted chairs and faux-fur seat pads create a fun, luxe feel.
Similar table
Laura AshleyCasamance
2/10 Christmas dining room with patterned table cloth
Layer printed cloths on a rustic table and top a bench with cosy sheepskins to make your Christmas dining room extra special. Striped bowls, a country wreath and amaryllis table decorations create pops of festive colour.
Similar table and bench
Sofas & Stuff
Similar faux amaryllis
John Lewis
3/10 Green Christmas dining room with mix-and-match glassware
Inspired by the craze for woodland greens, this festive look suits a country kitchen or dining room. A backdrop of fern wallpaper sets the scene for a rustic table, brimming with gleaming green glassware and completed with a twiggy arrangement.
Similar wallpaper
Clarke & Clarke
Similar large bottle
Rowen & Wren
4/10 Christmas dining table with vintage teacup desserts
Give a Christmas table a retro feel, serving mini trifles with sponge finger dippers in vintage china cups and saucers. Decorative silver spoons and red floral placemats make for deliciously festive dining. Mix and match your crockery for a fun, eclectic look.
Similar cups and saucers
Cake Stand Heaven
Similar spoons
Glover & Smith
5/10 Christmas dining room with festive garland and chandelier
To create a show-stopping centrepiece in your Christmas dining room, hang a wire chandelier, twinkling with tea lights in glass votives and draped in faux stephanotis. For a sumptuous setting, dress up the crisp white tablecloth with a long, low garland, lit by candles and featuring fresh carnations.
Similar chandelier
The Orchard
Similar artificial garlands and flowers
Withycombe Fair
6/10 Rustic Christmas dining room with fireplace candles
Set a cottage dining table for a casual Christmas brunch with vintage china and wooden platters arranged on a rough-textured cloth. For an instant centrepiece, fill a glass bell jar with cones and berries. If you don't have a working fireplace, candles can create an equally cosy glow.
Similar wooden platters
David Mellor
Similar glass bell jar
Artstar
7/10 Sophisticated Christmas dining room with metallic candlesticks
Choose a misty grey table cloth to lend a shadowy air of mystery to the dining room table. Accessorise with glittering silvered candlesticks and ribbed goblets. A scattering of antique-style baubles and festive animal figurines provide the finishing touch.
Similar tablecloth
La Redoute
Similar candlesticks
Cox & Cox
8/10 Christmas dining room with party table setting
It’s time to party, so rustle up a mean punch, setting the scene with sparkling glassware arranged on a vintage Moroccan tray. Mix it up by teaming a cool contemporary punch bowl with an antique crystal claret jug. Shot glasses double up as handy holders for nuts, toothpicks and other party essentials.
Similar tray
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Similar punch bowl
John Lewis
9/10 Gold and bronze Christmas dining room with statement lamp
For a seasonal dining room transformation, lay the table with gold-dusted champagne flutes, golden apples and birch candleholders and pots. A glowing brass pendant shade provides the wow factor, while fur and woollen throws give your guests something to snuggle up in after the meal.
Similar pendant shade
Jim Lawrence
Similar champagne flutes
Mulberry Hall
10/10 Classic Christmas dining room with natural foliage
Choose red and white as the starting point for a traditional country Christmas, dressing the dining room table and church chairs in red and white gingham. Creamy white crockery contrasts with a display of natural foliage.
Similar check fabric
Ian Mankin
Similar chairs
Pewcorner Woodworks
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