Setting the Table (5 comments)

The only dishes I know how to prepare are cereal with milk and chicken noodle soup from the can, so I often take on table setting and dishwashing duty as my contribution to the kitchen. These are just a few inspiring tables, from styled product shots to a casually thrown together table where we made do with what we had in a rental house.

How do you feel about printed china? I love it as a work of art, like in the first image, but I really don't want to muck up an artful plate with globs of sweet potatos or gravy. Thus, I usually opt for Plain Jane white china, clear glass, or solid Fiestaware. I tend to leave the lovely printed plates out as an accessory or hang them on the wall.

Candlelight and flowers add charm to the simplest of table settings. If you have those two elements, you really cannot go wrong. If you don't, count on dimmed light from overhead fixtures, and make do with empty vases or even common objects like wine bottles for your centerpieces.

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