Dressing your table

Step 1: choose your favourite table linen

By adding a bright coloured table runner to your dining table, you will instantly dress it up, creating a beautiful canvas for your dinnerware. Draping a runner on your table can elevate the experience, by adding a dash of class and elegance. Always ensure you are using a table runner that is longer than the length of your dining table.

If table runners aren’t your thing, a crisp, clean tablecloth is a classic when it comes to dressing your dining table. Going the extra mile to iron out any wrinkles in your table linen will pay off when you see how beautiful and smooth your presentation is in the end.

Step 2: Choose your dinnerware and utensils

Choosing dinnerware for a special occasion is important as you want to manifest a good time around the table. To choose correctly, visualise the dishes you are planning to prepare and serve. Will you need bowls for a soup or stew? Or will plates and side plates be more suitable?

Step 3: Plan your settings before laying them down

Visualising your table when it’s set in your mind’s eye is the key for a flawless dining table setting. If you can picture how you want things to look, and visualise the placement of plates, cutlery sets and glasses for example, you can also swap in and out items before even lifting a finger. Once you are happy with the idea you have for the final result, go ahead and gather your dinnerware, utensils, serve ware and of course, a beautiful centrepiece.

A table for two

Not every table top has to be for a grand dinner party, sometimes a table for two is all you need to unwind and relax. Layering placemats is a simple yet appealing way to create warmth and add textures to the table. This also closes any empty space on the table top, which creates a more intimate setting, helping guests to feel at ease and engaged in conversation.
When dressing your table for two, try not to over load your setting with too many frills. Keeping it simple is fundamental for success. Placing a pretty vase with some fresh flowers to the side of the place setting is ideal for decoration as it’s still acting as a centrepiece, however it’s not in the way of your dinner dates stunning visage 😉
Once you’ve layered your placemats in the style you adore, it’s time to place your centrepiece (or in this intimate settings instance, a side-piece) on the table, along with your chosen wine and water glasses and of course your polished silverware. Candles are your best friend here so why not add a few tea lights or pillar candles on a candle tray, to keep the ambience going for the evening. You’ll thank me later…

Dinner party table top

First and foremost, a dinner party calls for a table centrepiece with the wow factor. A lengthy candelabra on top of a table runner will do just that. A centrepiece that runs the length of your table will decorate more space with less pieces – more bank for your buck if you ask me.

Candles are a staple at any dining table, especially at a dinner party as the dancing candlelight will set the tone for laughter, happiness and the age-old ceremony of breaking bread with loved ones. After all, it was humans harnessing of fire all those millennia ago, that made us what we are today.
So when the time comes for you to feast with your family and friends, you will be set to deliver a fantastic Dinner Party on a table top fit for a Queen & King.

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