Why Decorate A Dining Table?

Knowing the rules of setting the dining table during parties or home functions is a nice attempt to present yourself in terms of mannerism. Dining etiquettes depend on the type of celebration. It can be a formal business lunch or your husband"s dinner party or an informal birthday party celebration, etiquette matters.

In normal day to day life, a dining table is usually decorated with few dining pieces like plates, glasses, vegetable bowls or fruit bowls, napkins and spoon sets placed on a beautifully designed dining mats. Depending on the menu the table is laid. If it is breakfast, the table is not overloaded but when the lunch or dinner table is laid the table looks different.

Most of the women think that presenting means having a clean table but often forget about the arrangement of food. The table arrangement speaks various factors, and the main one being, the nature of the woman in maintaining the house and also represents her knowledge on the sophistication and etiquettes.

Western concept of placing dining pieces has and is being adopted by housewives. In western culture the table consists of:

1. Bread plate
   
2. Dinner/ lunch plate
   
3. Dinner/ lunch, salad and dessert fork
   
4. Soup, tea and dessert spoon
   
5. Forks
   
6. Knife
   
7. Water and wine glasses
   
8. Napkins tug in napkin rings

Correctly placed dining pieces and well decorated dining room table throws a good impression on visitors and makes you feel proud.

When it comes to decorating your table, nice table designs are available in the market at reasonable prices. Glass tables are very commonly found at houses. Decorating simple tables with glass painting or by getting keeping a glass bowl of colorful plastic balls in water is an easy way to bring a new view of your table. Covering the table chairs with designed cotton clothes is another simple way to make the dining table look appealing.

New designs in dining table like German painted foreground or else Russian or Chinese designed dining set have been highly appreciated by women. Thus if you are organizing a party at your home, don"t just think about decorating the house and dressing well but also about the dining table where the food will be served. Based on the table"s location and the type of party you can plan accordingly. Set up spot lights to make a beautiful surrounding and place beautiful paintings on the background wall to make it look exotic and lively.