Sometimes you just want to prepare and enjoy a perfect dinner… You prepare some beautiful (or simple) perfect food, buy some beautiful paper towels, maybe some candles and decorations, and the rest is to set up beautiful tableware.

Formal table setting

Formal or elegant dinners, usually consisting of three courses, tableware, a little more than casual dinners…tablecloths, placemats, chargers, different plates, soup bowls, bread plates, napkins, two or more different fork, two different knives, two different spoons, water glasses, 2 wine glasses.

Formal dinner table setting instructions:

1. Lay out a crisp tablecloth
2. Place the dinner plate in the middle of the setting (place a charger plate beneath the dinner plate for more traditional effect)
3. Place the salad plate on top of the dinner plate
4. Place the bread plate above and to the left of the dinner and salad plate; Place a butter knife horizontally, on top of the bread plate, with the blade facing inwards and the handle pointing to the right
5. The dinner and salad fork are placed as for the casual dinner table, to the left of the dinner plate
6. The dinner knife and the spoon as also set as for the casual dinner table setting, to the right of the dinner plate (place the knife next to the plate (blade pointing in, towards the plate) and place the spoon next to the knife)
7. Place the dessert spoon horizontally above the dinner plate (with the handle pointing to the right).
8. Water and wineglasses go in the upper right corner or the place setting (same as for the casual dinner setting). The red wineglass goes just behind the white wineglass. Three glasses should form a sort of a triangle with the water glass being closest and red wine glass furthest from the dinner plate
9. Fold the napkin and place it on top of the salad plate (you can find many elegant and stylish folding methods, just don’t overdo it)
10. The coffee/tea cup and saucer can be set below the glasses with the dessert course
11. If using a place card lay it above the dessert spoon and plate.

Basic Table Setting for Everyday Dinner

For this method it’s just the simple rules that everyone already knows… Of course, you can make it a bit nice, but it’s a matter of dinnerware you have available and some extra time.

Casual Table Setting for a Laid-back Dinner Party

Casual table setting is kind of an informal table setting for a casual get-together or a relaxed, friendly dinner party. In essence, it is quite similar to the basic table setting, nearly identical, but in a casual table setting, there is the addition of a soup bowl and a wine glass.

Now all that’s left to do is enjoy your dinner, and most importantly, enjoy your dinner partner!

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