Christmas dinner isn’t the only opportunity for feasting – embrace family breakfasts, festive high teas and decadent weekend brunches with cocktails.

Symons Bone China Dinner Plate | Stanton Beaded Dinner Candle Holder

For bigger celebrations, keep it simple – but special – with plain white crockery layered on top of contrasting textures and fabrics. Our new napkin ribbons are easy to style with a rolled napkin placed on a plate, but for something a little different, we love them tied around glass stems, so the tresses fall like ivy fronds as you sip.

Silver Beaded Round Placemats | Luca Jour Work Napkins | Silver Beaded Round Coasters

Pass it down, help yourself, try this and make sure the cream’s in reach. Celebratory meals are taking on a more ‘everyone pitch in’ touch, where elegant serveware (from glass dishes to sleek bone china, chunky marble to textured aluminium) takes a starring role.