A great centerpiece for your next holiday gathering will complete the perfect dinner ambiance. Setting a beautiful dinner table can be very fun and not as expensive as you may think. Instead of over-spending for something that’s unoriginal or tacky, try creating your own sleek, sophisticated (as well as eco-friendly) table decorations.

Before you begin, go through all your Christmas and holiday decorations you already have and think about fun, creative, and innovative things you can do with them. For example you can take your old Christmas bulbs and fill up one of your big vases or glass bowls with it to create an easy beautiful embellishment.

Another easy and cheap idea is picking up some cranberries and filling a vase with them, placing your favourite candle in the middle.(Budgetwisehome.com)

Another idea from Budgetwisehome.com that you can do with the help of your kids is acorn decorations. Find as many as you can in your yard or at the park paint them with Christmas colors. You can then do all sorts of things with them like adding a hook to them for ornaments or fill a big glass bowl with some candles for a centerpiece or decoration for around the house.

Another fruit that looks modern and sleek is apples! You would be surprised how many complements I have had on the easiest decoration I have ever made.

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