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3 easy centrepieces you can make in under 5 minutes

Throw together one of these quick arrangements when the doorbell is ringing.
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3 easy centrepieces you can make in under 5 minutes

1. Add nuts to the inside of a hurricane lantern. Acorns spread around a candle add a particularly festive touch. Don't have a lantern? Place a pillar candle on a decorative plate.

5 minute centerpieces nuts Lantern, $150, Williams-Sonoma.

2. Fill a bowl with food from your fridge. That squash, pint of kumquats and lone pear will look pretty good all stacked together.

5 minute centerpieces Bowl, $90, Pottery Barn.

3. Turn one of your everyday bowls upside down and place another on top. Fill halfway with water and add a single bloom. Voila! An instant vase without scrambling to buy a bouquet of flowers.

5 minute centerpieces bowls Bowls, $12, West Elm.

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The ultimate holiday table setting cheat sheet
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