Stylish and Sustainable Christmas Decorations
In partnership with The Home Page
Dress your home for a magical Christmas with these beautiful, eco-conscious baubles, garlands, candle holders and ornaments. As chosen by Co-Founder of The Home Page homes and lifestyle magazine, Rosalind Sack.
Summary
- Gold metal multi tea light holder
- Velvet initial Christmas decoration
- Forever Crackers
- Romy the Rabbit wooden marionette
- Patterned organic cotton canvas tablecloth
- My Little Star Christmas stocking
- Ngoni giant brass hanging star
- Murrine recycled glass baubles
- Manimekala hand-marbled papier-mâché baubles
- Personalised menu card
- Leaf hand-painted papier-mâché bauble
- Burnt orange silk velvet hand-dyed ribbon
- Glass beaded star decoration
- Gideon glass decoration
- Ekiti recycled glass and jute bauble garland
- Handcrafted and dyed Burgundy tapered candles
- Broste Copenhagen paper snowflake decoration
- Bungalow golden hanging mistletoe
- Bequai display brass and glass opening pyramid candlestick
- Zinc taper candle display centrepiece
Gold metal multi tea light holder
Gold metal multi tea light holder, £45, Graham and Green
Styling tip: This striking gold-foil tealight holder is the perfect centrepiece, adding height and drama to your Christmas table. Paired with foraged greenery, potted hyacinths, or sprigs of eucalyptus your table will not only look, but also smell, wonderful.
Velvet initial Christmas decoration
Velvet initial Christmas decoration, £6.50, Oliver Bonas
Styling tip: These look super stylish hanging on the tree, adding a personal touch to stockings, or even tied around napkins as an alternative to a traditional name card.
Forever Crackers
Styling tip: Yes, they’re expensive but, looked after properly, they could be future heirlooms. Simply fill with your choice of treats, personalise them for the recipient and they make for a lovely addition to the Christmas table.
Romy the Rabbit wooden marionette
Romy the Rabbit wooden marionette decoration, £12, Anthropologie
Styling tip: Children will want to play with these, so place them somewhere accessible, away from candles and where they can be fixed securely without risk of the tree toppling over. Trust us, we’re talking from experience here!
Patterned organic cotton canvas tablecloth
Patterned organic cotton canvas tablecloth (140 x 320cm), £17.99, H&M Home
Styling tip: For a charming natural table setting, layer with jute placemats, trailing greenery, vases of dried flower heads and natural linens, finished with flashes of gold and twinkling candlelight.
My Little Star Christmas stocking
My Little Star Christmas stocking, £35, Liberty
Styling tip: No fireplace is complete on Christmas Eve without a beautiful stocking hanging from the mantelpiece. But what if you have no fireplace? Hang along staircases, pegged to wire suspended between shelf brackets, or looped over drawer knobs.
Ngoni giant brass hanging star
Ngoni giant brass hanging star, from £14.95, Nkuku
Styling tip: Threaded with delicate wisps of greenery and suspended with colourful ribbon, these stars would make a beautiful feature hung against walls or windows.
Murrine recycled glass baubles
Murrine recycled glass baubles, £10 (for two), Garden Trading
Styling tip: These simple and elegant baubles reflect light beautifully, so hang them next to fairylights, candlelight or lamplight to get the full effect of their glow.
Manimekala hand-marbled papier-mâché baubles
Manimekala hand-marbled papier-mâché baubles, £30 (set of four), Wolf & Badger
Styling tip: Fill a giant glass demijohn vase with several large and sturdy branches hung with these beautiful baubles and wrapped in the star garland above for an added glow. Then place on a sideboard or hallway console table for a statement festive installation.
Personalised menu card
Laura Jackson All The Trimmings personalised menu card, from £17.50 (for 10), Papier
Styling tip: Whatever the restrictions on how and who we can spend Christmas with this year, make it feel extra special with an informal, personalised menu. Complete your special table setting with matching name cards.
Leaf hand-painted papier-mâché bauble
Leaf hand-painted papier-mâché bauble made by artisans using recycled newspaper, £8, Toast
Styling tip: Made from papier-mâché, these beautiful baubles are lovely and lightweight, which makes them endlessly versatile. Hang from paperchains, tree branches and light fittings, or pile them high in glass lanterns, vases and bowls.
Burnt orange silk velvet hand-dyed ribbon
Burnt orange silk velvet hand-dyed ribbon, from £9.50 for two metres, pompomblossom on Etsy
Styling tip: Everything looks better with beautiful velvet ribbon, in our opinion. Tied as bows on your Christmas tree, hung as trailing strands from your wreath, tied around napkins or glass jars of foliage on your dining table… the possibilities are endless.
Glass beaded star decoration
Glass beaded star decoration, £4, The White Company
Styling tip: These beaded stars add twinkle anywhere; whether hung on trees, looped around napkins on table settings, tied as a charm to ribbon on wrapped gifts, even suspended from garlands of greenery.
Gideon glass decoration
Gideon glass decoration, £12, Anthropologie
Styling tip: These fabulously colourful statement decorations may be too heavy to hang on smaller trees. So give them the attention the deserve by hanging them en masse from a wooden branch suspended from the ceiling, curtain rail or shelf brackets. Add colourful ribbon for extra elegance.
Ekiti recycled glass and jute bauble garland
Ekiti recycled glass and jute bauble garland, £44.95, Nkuku
Styling tip: As with all glass decorations, these garlands create extra sparkle when reflecting light, so hang above glowing fireplaces, alongside fairylights wrapped around tree branches, or draped across mirrors over flickering candlelight.
Handcrafted and dyed Burgundy tapered candles
Cire Trudon handcrafted and dyed Burgundy tapered candles, £18 (set of six), Matches fashion
Styling tip: These deep burgundy candles are a grown-up take on traditional pillarbox red and look beautifully elegant clustered in mismatched, multi-height holders on the mantelpiece, dinner table, or side board, or placed in wall sconces.
Broste Copenhagen paper snowflake decoration
Broste Copenhagen paper snowflake decoration, £12, The Scandinavian Shop on Trouva
Styling tip: These paper decorations look wonderful clustered in odd numbers and hung at different levels against windows, or hung en masse along the bannisters or from the ceiling using removable Command hooks.
Bungalow golden hanging mistletoe
Bungalow golden hanging mistletoe, £40, Rose & Lyons on Trouva
Styling tip: This reusable and eco-friendly alternative to natural mistletoe with its soft metal leaves and wired pearl berries would create extra sparkle hung close to a light source wherever you fancy a Christmas kiss!
Bequai display brass and glass opening pyramid candlestick
Bequai display brass and glass opening pyramid candlestick, £14.95, Nkuku
Styling tip: Fill with a pretty bauble, a sprig of holly, a clutch of star anise, a scattering of gold stars; these wonderful candle holders are endlessly customisable.
Zinc taper candle display centrepiece
Zinc taper candle display centrepiece, £25, Home Barn
Styling tip: This clever zinc table centrepiece complete with candleholders is so versatile. Fill with pine cones, fronds of fir, sprigs of holly, clementines studded with aromatic cloves, mini glass baubles, feathers, dried fruit slices and cinnamon sticks, dried flower heads… the options are endless.
