A holiday chic Christmas centerpiece is easy to create with a few essential decor elements! See today’s design lesson, styling secrets and tips on how to create this chic winter wonderland look for your holiday table!
This week 30 creative decor bloggers are sharing a gorgeous collection of Christmas Table Setting and Entertaining Ideas as part of an festive Styled + Set Holiday Entertaining Blog Tour hosted by Lory at Designthusiasm. You’ll find lots of inspiration to celebrate Christmas including: table top decorations, bar cart ideas and entertaining ideas for your holiday parties and family gatherings! The full list with links to everyone’s tour for each day are listed at the end of the post. If you are stopping by from Life on Virginia Street then welcome!
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Design Lesson: How to Style A Holiday Chic Christmas Centerpiece
I used the same approach I use for designing a beautiful container garden – it’s the ‘Thriller, Filler, Spiller’ method!
- Centerpiece base – Choose a round or rectangular tray, cake stand, a table runner or a marble tile to display your centerpiece. This will give your centerpiece a focal point and presence. If you just place your centerpiece items on a bare table, your centerpiece will look bare too.
- Spiller – use faux or real (or a mix of both!) Christmas botanicals and greens as the spiller of your holiday chic centerpiece. The spiller adds texture and color and ‘that natural Christmas look’ to your table!
You can use items like pine and cedar branches, holly branches, christmas berry picks, mistletoe, boxwood, magnolia leaves, bayleaf garlands, grapevine garland and eucalyptus branches.
I used two faux glittered pine branch picks and some real western cedar branches.
3. Thriller – pick up to 3 decor items as the standout ‘thriller’ element of your tablescape. You can use holiday decor like my frosty glittered deer, table top Christmas trees or a vase of Christmas greenery. You can also use a few statement candle holders or even lanterns! Place your thriller pieces evenly on the table centerpiece base.
Tuck the thriller pieces into the greenery:
4. Filler – This is the last step. Christmas ornaments, balls and garland are the perfect way to fill your holiday chic centerpiece with interesting shapes, pattern and color. Place the filler around the base of your centerpiece for a festive look. Tuck them into the greenery.
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White deer – similar
Bone China white dinner plates
Hammered gold rimmed salad plates
White table runners (similar)
Metallic gold branch placemats
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Gray candles – similar
Faux pine branch picks – similar
Real western cedar branches
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I hope you enjoyed my design lesson on How to Style A Holiday Chic Christmas Centerpiece! Be sure to check out all the other table and entertaining ideas on the tour today – listed below. Next on the tour is Sunny Side Up.
If you missed Monday’s posts:
Designthusiasm | Decor Gold Designs | My Soulful Home
Kelley Nan | Driven by Decor | The Enchanted Home
If you missed Tuesday’s posts:
Shabbyfufu | CitrineLiving | French Country Cottage
Maison Decor | Sand and Sisal | Town and Country Living
If you missed Wednesday’s posts:
Bless’er House | Cedar Hill Farmhouse | Design, Dining and Diapers
Maison de Pax | So Much Better With Age | Zevy Joy
If you missed Thursday’s posts:
Ella Claire | Buckets of Burlap | Randi Garrett Design
Savvy Southern Style | Stone Gable | ZDesign at Home
Friday’s Posts:
On Sutton Place | Finding Home Farms | Life On Virginia Street
Setting for Four | Sunny Side Up | The Wood Grain Cottage
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I love your thriller and spiller technique! Your table is the perfect mix of cozy and glam. Happy holidays to you and your family Heather!
Thank you so much Ann – so thrilled you like my centerpiece idea and technique! Happy Holidays to you and yours too my friend! xo
I adore your setting and the calming and focal points and you’ve created. Your hints are very clear, well illustrated and written with fantastic photos. I particularly love the reflection in the green bauble. You have a terrific eye for design.
As a home lover from Melbourne, Australia it’s great to have a memory of my one and only white Christmas I spent with friends in Detroit 20 years ago.
Thank you Cherry for your beautiful comments! I’m glad you like my post and decor tips! I’ve never been to Australia but it’s on my bucket list 🙂 Happy holidays!
I came from the sunny side up blog!
So glad bloggers do this so we can find new lovely blogs. .. it’s beautiful ☺
So glad you found me Heidi and thank you for your compliments! Happy holidays 🙂
Everything is just so beautiful. Love the tips.
Your design is not over done and you could take in the whole table decorating at one time. Sometimes tables are decorated to much just for show and not for a meal. I think you should be able to do both have a beautiful table and a lovely meal with great conversation.
Love todays posts, I am visiting them all and going to try to catch up on the rest that I missed during the week. Thanks for showing us some awesome ways to decorate our homes.
You’re welcome Colleen – I’m so thrilled you like my holiday decor ideas! Happy holidays! xo Heather
Great tips and your table is beautiful?
Love your holiday table centerpiece and the tips on how to style it! Thanks for sharing…
Those precious deer are something I really need to have! Beautiful table!
BTW, LOVE all your paint colors too!
Beautiful room and love the deer on the table..always a classic. Looking forward to more of your decor.
Your technique is a perfect way to think of doing a tablescape! Not only does it help with the design it helps with choosing the pieces you want to use. Instead of gathering everything in sight now I know I just need a thriller, spiller & filler!! Thanks so much for posting all of your wonderful ideas, tips and hints.
You’re welcome Jackie – I’m so glad you like my tips and decor ideas! Happy Holidays! xo Heather
Love the table decor and will definitely be incorporating those ideas this Christmas. Thank you 🙂
Beautiful table setting. Thanks for the holiday inspiration!
Heather, it’s so beautiful. Love the white sparkly deer and your tips. Happy holidays!
Hugs, Jamie
Found you on the link party palooza! Absolutely stunning tablescape. Glad to have found your blog!
Thank you Sadie for your lovely compliments! I’m so thrilled you found my blog too and welcome to Setting for Four! I hope you’ll find lots of inspiration here! Happy Holidays 🙂 xo Heather
I love the white deer and the copper pinecones. I know that adding a little more “man style” will please my husband and boys!!
Oh my goodness! I adore your Christmas tablescape! I’ve got to clear off my dining room table and set it up for Christmas dinner this afternoon. Thanks so much for the inspiration!