Chyka's Top 4 Table Setting Ideas for Holiday Entertaining

'A Very Chyka Christmas' event hosted by Harris Scarfe designer Chyka Keebaugh at the Commons Collective Melbourne was an afternoon laced with food, drinks, conversations about holiday table settings and the designer's new summer range. Event guests enjoyed a delicious lunch and a signature Chyka cocktail as the designer shared her top entertaining tips and table-setting ideas for the festive season. If you missed the event and are looking for different ways to impress your guests with innovative table decor, here are a few ideas and products to try this season. Let's dive in.

Introducing: the Chyka Home Spring Summer Collection

The chic new Chyka dining range embraces the festive season's colour palette with pristine white crockery embellished with pops of Christmas green. Featuring products like patterned and solid-coloured dinner plates, pasta bowls, chrome cutlery sets, napkins and tumblers - the collection is perfect for bringing the holiday spirit effortlessly to the dining table.

4 Tablescape Ideas to Try

Here are Chyka's top 4 recommendations for festive table settings.

The Harvest Feast

Elevate your table decor when entertaining friends or family over the holiday season. A harvest-feast-inspired table setting transforms everyday meals into memorable events. Harvest feasts will feature bountiful flavours, shareable snacks, charcuterie boards and heaps of nature-inspired elements. To style the table, choose accessories like warm-toned candles. Serveware could include:

• Large and small vegetable-themed bowls

• Serving Plates

• Jute-printed placemats

• Green wine glasses

• Sage napkins

Honey Bee Garden

A honey-bee-themed tablescape is reminiscent of Spring-Summer, with hues of amber and yellow dominating the decor. Chyka's stunning tablescape from the event showcased a combination of amber tumblers, wine glasses, and copper cutlery, with white cereal bowls, dinner plates, charger plates and tablecloth linen.

The breezy coastal beach table aesthetic is perfect for Summer alfresco picnics or backyard garden brunches. In terms of table decor, Chyka recommends serveware in subtle hues of blue and slate using oval platters, cups and saucers, napkins, and antique silver cutlery sets contrasted with wood accents and accessories.

Offering oodles of whimsy and a whole lot of madness and fun, this Alice in Wonderland-inspired tablescape makes for a lively and unforgettable setting for an afternoon tea party. Think mismatched tea cups, plates, serving dishes, flowers, and many colourful treats. Chyka recommends mixing and matching her eclectic range of dinnerware and serveware like the green charger plate, ridge plate, white dinner plate, and green dinner plate. Throw this together with Chyka Ridge side plates, green side plates, round bowls, and cereal bowls. An afternoon tea party is incomplete without a cup of tea. Add a little fun to your table with the Chyka Home cup and saucer sets in white and green. Keep the theme going with our bamboo acrylic stemless wine glasses, matched with an acrylic jug. Remember to keep a picnic basket handy to store additional tableware.

Enjoy welcoming friends and family for summer backyard picnics, alfresco brunches, tea parties, and much more with our fantastic tablescape ideas. Take your entertaining skills up a notch with beautifully decorated tables courtesy of Harris Scarfe's eclectic and vibrant Chyka range. Looking for recipes to whip up for holiday parties? Our Food Hub has a lot of lip-smacking food and drinks recipes to try today.

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