Table settings will vary depending on the type of event and the food being served. Set up silverware and glassware so guests can work from the outside in and top to bottom. A floral centerpiece is a ...

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Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. In 2023, a standard table setting, the ones today that weirdly try and ...

Place a dinner plate in the center of each place setting. If you're serving salad, place a salad plate on top of the dinner plate. Place a folded napkin to the left of the dinner plate. Place forks on ...

The interior designer Young Huh offers a step-by-step guide to entertaining outdoors with playfulness and style. By Tim McKeough On a beautiful summer day, you don’t need much of an excuse to dine ...

Interior design guru MaCenna Lee teaches how to set a table for any dinner party with style. JFK's niece has message for man ...

Don’t panic if the table is a little on the smaller side. Garten once called a too-large table a “party killer.” In her Barefoot Contessa cookbook, Back to Basics, she shared specifics. “For small ...

Each one of us gravitates toward a certain look or design style, and, based on years of interviews with women around the country, I've come up with what I consider to be the three most distinctive ...

Setting the table for Thanksgiving can be an afterthought. After all, it's just placing some glasses, plates, and silverware down before the food starts coming out of the kitchen, right? Well, that's ...

Society might consider proper table settings an antiquated practice, but every event planner worth their salt knows the importance of a perfectly crafted tablescape. Both a science and an artform, ...

It’s summer: time for alfresco dining! But first, you’ll need to set a table – one that’s “a little more fun and a little less fussy” than you’d set indoors, said the interior designer Young Huh. Here ...