If conjuring a beautiful table setting is usually one frazzled festive step too far, don't fear, we're here to make it a little easier!

Turning the tables on traditional table settings, we want to give you tools to put your own creative spin to your dining room this year. Discover our three fabulously festive looks and best of all, they're all easy-peasy to do!

We follow the stylish food writer, Anna Barnett through some of her insider tips and tricks as she shares her creative table set ideas.

If you want to go chic on the Christmas wreath front this year, consider succulents – they’ll last through the festive season and may even transfer to your garden later on.

Living wreaths give a great natural look indoors and out, but you’ll need different plants for different places – so indoors, you can experiment with echeveria and haworthia, while for an outdoor wreath, you can use succulent alpine plants such as sedum or sempervivum.

Present wrapping at Christmas can seem pointless, after perfectly wrapped gifts are destroyed within seconds as we eagerly want to find out what is beneath the paper! But, Christmas is all about decorating and we’ve got Christmas gift wrapping ideas that will inspire you to wrap your gifts in the festive spirit and holiday cheer.

Rather than bung your festive poinsettia in a boring pot and wait for it to wilt, why not add the colourful bracts to Christmas table decorations, place settings and hanging ornaments?

Celebrate throughout the festive season by doing something different with them.

More colours are now available, from the traditional red to salmon pink and cool white, meaning the number one houseplant over the festive season is more versatile than it used to be.

It’s the top-selling plant every Christmas – a staggering eight million will be sold in the UK this year alone.

But how much do you know about the poinsettia, apart from the fact that it’s generally red and if you put it in the wrong place, it loses its leaves?