How to set the table beautifully and correctly

Table setting is not just laying out forks and spoons. Once upon a time, the ability to properly set the table served as an indicator of education and high origin. Over time, serving technology has entered all homes, becoming mandatory, if not at every meal, but for a holiday for sure.

Table setting technology

There are general rules that are the basis for table setting:

1. The refectory table must be covered with a tablecloth. At the festive table, you need to use cloth, for everyday dinner, oilcloth is also suitable.
2. Plates are set - two centimeters from the edge of the table.
3. Cutlery is laid out to the right of the plate. The one that is taken first is placed last on the right.
4. The knife is positioned with the blade towards the dish, and forks with spoons with the sunken side up.
5. A drinking glass is installed at the tip of the knife, and a salad bowl to the left of the plate.
6. The napkin is rolled up and placed either on the plate or to the left of it.
7. It is necessary to install several salt and pepper shakers on the table so that from any part of the table, a person can freely reach them without disturbing others.
8. Discreet decorations in the form of fresh flowers should be present on the table. Carefully check their freshness, they should not crumble on the table and guests in the plates.

A properly served table makes you want to sit down and have a snack. This feeling should arise at the beginning of the meal and not leave the person until the very end. Therefore, it is necessary to constantly monitor and maintain it.

There are several ways to set the table for different occasions.

Family dinner

Prepare a plate and place a napkin on top of it. Put a fork on the left, a salad fork (optional) on the right, a knife, a tablespoon and a teaspoon. In front of the appliances on the right are two glasses for wine and water.

Dinner Party

Focusing on the middle of the table, place the center plate. All other devices are located to the left and right of it. Making an indent from the border of the table by two centimeters, set the plates, from the bottom of the dining rooms, from the top for snacks. The space between sitting people and their plates should be no less than seventy, no more than eighty centimeters.

To the left of the plate are forks, dinner and salad forks, behind them is a napkin.

On the right are placed: a knife, a teaspoon, a dinner spoon, a cup and saucer (it is most convenient to take them out for dessert) and just above three glasses, for water and two types of wines.

A cake fork and a dessert spoon are laid out in front of the plate.

To the left of the forks and napkins, a plate for bread and a knife are placed.

Table setting at home

The canonical table setting is very heavy, it contains a lot of forks, spoons, additional cups and salad bowls, which are often not found in any home. Therefore, when serving a home table for the arrival of guests, it is worth making a start on the occasion feast, time, holiday theme.

Let's analyze the table setting at home in stages:

1. Place a nice tablecloth on the table. It should hang at the edges of no more than twenty centimeters. Longer is aesthetically ugly and inconvenient for the person sitting at the table.
2. Arrange the plates. In a classic setting, they are placed on the table from three pieces, but for a home variation, one medium size is enough. In this case, prepare dessert plates in advance. Replace dining rooms with them after use so that dessert can be served.
3. Lay out the appliances. Everything is exactly the same as in the classic version, only we reduce the number of devices to a fork on the left, a knife, a spoon on the right, a teaspoon on top.
4. Drinking devices. A few glasses, or a glass of wine and a glass of juice or water, will be enough.
5. Now the napkins. For special events, you can give them a special shape: a fan, a pyramid, and the like.
6. And the final step is to come up with decor for the table.
7. Make sure that the dishes on the table are all intact and made in the same color palette.

Table setting: ideas

You can set the table not only beautifully, but also interesting, it all depends on your capabilities and imagination. You can decorate the table not only with flowers, so if the event is held for children, toys or sweets can serve as decor. For birthday, you can use balloons and greeting cards. Any table, if desired, can become original and at the same time convenient and attractive.

We present to your attention the methods and ideas for serving a home table for various events. Perhaps they will push you to do something similar or even better.