3 Modern Christmas Table Looks with the Silver Birch Collection
Three easy and modern Christmas table ideas, all styled with Emma Britton Silver Birch glassware. Whether you’re new to this beautiful glassware design or a long-devoted collector, feel inspired by the looks below to create a table that will truly wow your guests. Find our best tableware and setting suggestions alongside each idea too, so you can recreate the look at home. But do ensure you’re stocked up with enough glassware to go round, as our last online order date for Christmas delivery is 21 December (with Express delivery).
The beauty of Emma’s Silver Birch Collection is that it’s really so versatile. A much-loved glassware design for good reason, Silver Birch is effortlessly elegant and will see you through celebrations year round. From garden parties in the summer, through to Christmas and New Year’s soirées, Silver Birch is both pretty, practical, and a beautiful addition to any dining table.
Modern Christmas Table Ideas
1. The Elegant Table
Refined, polished and elegant. Silver Birch glassware really takes centre stage against a dark green tablecloth for maximum wow factor. Pair this simple colour palette with shiny, metallic textures for an elevated look. Combining antique with contemporary, this elegant christmas table is ideal for sophisticated dinner parties or Christmas Day itself.
Recreate the look with: a full table setting of water tumblers, wine glasses and decorative champagne flutes – enough to serve 6 people. Extra carafes for water are a must, as is a vase festive floral centrepiece.
Oxford blue napkins (try these from Clio & Clover) will complement a forest green tablecloth. Source vintage brass candlesticks and statement cutlery (What a Host design beautiful sets) for a touch of festive sparkle. Complete with botanical touches like lengths of ivy from the garden, and a simple blue-green arrangement of erygnyiums and eucalyptus.
2. The Cosy Table
This next modern Christmas table look is candle lit and twinkly, made up of warming colours and natural textures. A more relaxed and casual style table that’s really inviting for long suppers with family. Forget formal tablecloths and go with a paper runner and cork trivets for ease, then decorate with scattered pine cones and dried oranges.
Recreate the look with: Coloured glass tumblers and pretty tea light holders to contrast the Silver Birch stemware. Beeswax candles add to the warm, honey coloured palette, as do gold coloured paper decorations (we love East End Press). The festive twinkle of a Paper Star Light will add a little more glow, hung over the table or on surrounding walls.
3. The Natural Table
A sophisticated, scandi-style modern Christmas table idea. This look is more paired-back, contemporary and wintery, complete with handmade ceramics, textural candles and natural foliage alongside Emma’s glassware. Silver Birch is the perfect glassware design for more minimalist styles, thanks to its understated pattern and natural elegance. Try these styling ideas for drinks parties and contemporary dining room decor.
Recreate the look with: Plenty of textures in simple colours. Dried foliage wreaths can be used as centrepieces with a Silver Birch Vase (there’s lots of hand-crafted artisan options on Holly & Co.). Intermingle textured Bika candles in complementary colours with handmade pottery (like Lizzie Fry Ceramics, who we discovered at Haddon Hall Mercatum). If you need napkins to go with drinks and canapés, we love True Linen.
Shop for your Tablewares
Pick up all the Emma Britton glassware you need and discover new favourite designers and artisans at Haddon Hall Mercatum this November-December. We’ll be hosting a pop-up shop there were you can stock up on entertaining essentials and find those perfect gifts, more details here. Though don’t forget you can still shop online with us too! Last online orders for Christmas delivery with our our Express Service is 21 December.
