Eid Hosting Essentials: Create a Stylish and Welcoming Home

As Ramadan draws to a close, it's time to prepare your home for hosting Eid. Crate & Barrel is overflowing with ideas to help you create a stylish and welcoming home for your family and friends. Curate a magical ambience and practical entertaining spaces that make your Eid unforgettable. From smart seating solutions to enchanting lighting and styling, we've got the Eid hosting essentials that every home needs.

Setting the scene 

Setting the scene for Eid in your contemporary home requires a lightness of touch. Capture the spirit of the celebration with collections of lanterns, choosing different heights and materials for style depth. Echo this soft candlelight across your entertaining spaces with tealight holders on your accent tables, mantel and dining table. String lights add a magically warm atmosphere and can be used indoors, strung across a dresser or outdoors, wrapped around your terrace pillars, trellis and trees.

Comfort and cosiness can be effortlessly achieved with the clever use of soft furnishings in your living space. How about a scattering of throw pillows in jewel hues? Snug blankets casually styled on your sectional? Or a new hand-tufted rug to soften hardwood floors? And why not add an Arabic print or a hint of festive burgundy and gold to your living room?

Sociable seating 

As you open your doors this Eid, make sure your seating invites sociable chats and leisurely post-feast lounging. Take inspiration from 2024's trending low-profile, over-stuffed vintage-inspired sofas, which make the most divine seating for your Eid soirees. When arranging your seating, a U-shape creates an intimate feel and encourages the flow of conversation, even when guest numbers are high. Set a U-shaped sectional or a sofa flanked by accent chairs around a generous coffee table to easily share bowls of nibbles, charcuterie boards, and drinks.

When it's time to feast, make your dining seating just as inviting. Use plush benches and armed dining chairs to accommodate all your guests and encourage them to banquet late into the night.

Festive tablescapes

Help your Eid tablescape become part of the conversation as you feast together. Create a sense of occasion with an eye-catching runner atop a crisp white or neutral tablecloth. For style cohesion that will please the eye, treat your guests to a stylish new dinnerware set, choosing a monochromatic colour palette to let your food pop.  

Infuse your tabletop with festive cheer with metallic accents that will emit an enchanting glow once you light your candles. Choose gilded plates and glasses, brushed gold flatware, and elegant metal napkin holders for a celebratory ambience. 

Feel uplifted by a meaningful centrepiece - whether that's a crescent moon sculpture or a vase boasting a colourful bouquet.

Alfresco elegance

Show your outdoor spaces some love as Eid approaches, creating useful al fresco lounging spots for your guests. Whether it’s a new decadently deep outdoor sectional or ottomans for reclining and extra seating, you’ll relish the indoor-outdoor entertaining experience this Eid. Mirror your interior styling with more lanterns and string lights and you’ll be able to celebrate an elegant Eid under the stars in 2024. 

With Crate & Barrel's Ramadan-inspired collections, offering the warmest of welcomes to your loved ones this Eid couldn't be easier.