How to Set a Dining Table

Introduction:

The dinner guests are about to arrive; and you have no idea how to set the dining table! Don't panic! Depending on the occasion, a few dishes properly placed here and there will transform your table into a five-star restaurant.

The common types of dining table are generally made from wood or Formica, which both of them have very hard texture and surface. Due to it has very hard texture, this kind of table usually have problems, some people who may do not like them, especially when resting arms and elbows on the table and they feel coarse and uncomfortable. The other problem is, this kind of table will have noise when other material, especially plates or spoons hit the surface or drop down on it.

However, you can fix this problem by use a soft flannel sheet to cover on the table surface, then, if you want your dining table looks beautiful and fancy, you can use another table cover sheet to over lay on the top again

Follow these steps to impress your friends so much they will be convinced you had a former career in fine dining.

Things You'll Need
1.Dinner plate
2.Salad plate
3.Soup bowl
4.Bread plate
5.Dinner fork
6.Salad fork
7.Dinner knife
8.Bread-and-butter knife
9.Soup spoon
10.Dessert spoon
11.Dessert fork
12.Cloth napkin
13.Wine goblet

14.Drinking goblet

Steps

1.Start by laying out a nice tablecloth to show your personal style and a special touch. Think traditional white, perhaps, for a formal setting or something with more color for a festive occasion.

2.Place a dinner plate directly in front of each guest's chair. On top of each dinner plate, you may place a salad plate or soup bowl, if appropriate.

3.Lay the forks on the table to the left of the plate, with the shorter and wider salad fork directly next to the plate, and the longer and more slender dinner fork to the left of the salad fork. Line up the bottoms of the forks.

4.Place a dinner knife on the table directly to the right of the dinner plate, with its blade facing the plate.

5.Set a soup spoon to the right of the knife, again lining up the bottoms of the utensils.

6.Position all drinking glasses at the top right corner of the plate, directly above the knife and spoon. Arrange the glasses in a slanting or V pattern, whichever you prefer, just so long as all glasses are easily accessible.

7.Place a small bread plate directly above the forks. Lay a bread-and-butter knife horizontally across the plate.

8.Arrange a dessert spoon and fork horizontally on the dining table above the main plate. Place them close together, aimed in opposite directions.

9.Finally, add a cloth napkin to the far left of the place set, next to the forks; or, fold the napkin into any number of fancy designs and place it on top of the plates. Add your personal touch!

10.Besides, if you want to create beautiful and fresh atmosphere, you can have a vase decorated with flowers put on the table, but have to make sure the flower won't be too high and obstruct people. Candle is also a good idea to have some on the dining table, which you may or may not light it, and don't forget an ashtray. Music will make you visitors happy, but choose only soft or jazz music unless you have a modern party.