SHOWSTOPPER

Christmas dining with a difference: dried grasses, flowers and foliage were used to create this statement piece, which will last the festive period and add that extra wow factor.

Note table, £6,000, Edward Collinson. Avery chairs, £730 each, Pinch Design. Ring chairs in walnut and Crème, £3,495 each, The Conran Shop. Etched glass bauble (on table), £6.95, Domestic Science. Mbata brass

candelabra, £39.95; Mbata brass candlesticks, from £24.95 each; large round and drop Danoa baubles, from £16.95 each, all Nkuku. Dried pampas, from £16 a bunch, Little Deer. Dried flowers and foliage, from £3.09 a bunch, Atlas Flowers.

Floral installation, price on request, Studio MIM