How to lay a table for dinner party?

A family dinner is a pleasant tradition of spending time together. Dishes are not the most important in it but the table layout to a dinner is! 

Correctly placed spoons and forks and knives, a stylish decor and pleasant trifles not only higher our mood but also will help to express the attention and love to relatives or to guests.

Put a cloth on a table

• As well as a table layout for lunch, as the first step it is necessary to choose pure and ironed cloth. If it is a family dinner, the cloth with an interesting design perfectly will suit (it will look very much home-styled).

How to put plates on a table

• Plates for snack and for a main meal put one in another, to the left of them is put a grain plate. Of course, everything depends on quantity of dishes, but classical serving is like this.

Usage of folks and knives

• At the left put two or three forks, and on the right put knives. During the meal first external folks and knives should be used. Knives are put by sharp part to the edge to a plate, and forks are cloves up.

Right place for glasses

• In front of folks and knives put shot glasses, wine glasses and glasses.

A place for a soup spoon on a table

• An important detail which it is worth paying special attention during table layout for a dinner is place especially for a soup spoon. It is put over main plate.

Use napkins in layout of table

• Very important attribute of table layout is napkins. Without napkins it is impossible to have clean table. Moreover this play not only a functional role but also decorative. Are allowed linen and tissues napkins and the are laid on a plate or near a plate.

Decoration of a table with flowers

• The best decoration for a holiday table are flowers. It can be also self-made compositions made of green plants and decorative flowers. They help to strengthen a thematic orientation of table decoration and to give it a shade of gentle romanticism.

Use a fir-branch instead of flowers in winter

• In winter instead of flowers it is possible to use a fir-tree branch, cones and some brushes of a red guilder or a rose or a mountain ash. In autumn bouquet of yellow-red leaves will look very originally.A table layout to a dinner is some kind of the art and a harmonious combination of tableware and a cloth, correct arrangement of devices and an interesting décor. All this will create integral composition and guests will remember it for sure.