How to decorate a table?

It is difficult to find a person who would not like the holidays. This is especially true for children who look forward with great impatience every year to their birthday and all other holidays, when you can have fun with your friends, eat all sorts of goodies to the dump. Any events of this kind, in particular for children, dedicated to the celebration of anniversaries, other significant events, in addition to the positive aspects, have negative ones. They are mainly related to training. The decoration of the room itself and, of course, the table plays a huge role. So, so that you do not encounter similar problems in the future, in this article we will try to reveal all the secrets of how to decorate the table and make the holiday truly unforgettable.

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Features of decorating the premises for the holiday

It is recommended to start the decoration of the hall where the event will be held with its decoration. You can use for this:

• air balloons;
• greeting posters;
• any festive tinsel.

That is, all that can emphasize the special atmosphere, and recall in honor of whom all gathered.

Someone may be surprised, but the choice of a suitable tablecloth also occurs at the stage of registration of the room. Yes, this is indeed so, since it is with its help that you can set the style and mood of the holiday planned for holding:

• It is recommended to decorate the table for a birthday with a tablecloth in which shades of terracotta, golden ocher, reddish or orange tones predominate, since these shades perfectly emphasize the richness of the interior.
• To give the atmosphere sophistication, it is better to choose a canvas of bright red, dark blue or dark green.
• If you liked the bright tablecloth, then keep in mind that it should match the color scheme of the compositions on the table of cutlery.

Important! The significance of the event can easily be emphasized by beautiful covers for chairs, tied with a ribbon, contrasting tone of the tablecloth.

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Serving the right table for the holiday

Table decoration begins, of course, with the serving. This applies to the proper arrangement of tableware, appliances, as well as decorative elements. The dishes are placed on the table, according to the following mandatory rules:

1. First, porcelain, earthenware dishes are placed on the table. Cutlery near the plates should be in a certain sequence, which must be strictly observed.
2. Last but not least, wineglasses, piles, glasses of glass or crystal are displayed, and here, a certain sequence is also observed.
3. According to the established rules, plates must be placed at intervals of half a meter, while one centimeter must be retreated from the edge of the table. First they put shallow plates, from which they eat main dishes. Large appliances for the first courses are directly on top of them. If they are not at the holiday, then instead of them they put snack dishes.
4. Cutlery also needs to be carefully laid out. Note that to the left of the plates should be napkins, forks, to the right - table knives, spoons. Moreover, spoons, forks are located strictly convex part down.
5. A set consisting of glasses, glasses, glasses, is located right behind the plate.It is important to ensure that the largest container is on the left, and the rest of the items are descending further. As a result, the row ends with a miniature glass to the right of the plate.
6. Proper table design involves decorating simultaneously with two sets of napkins - cloth and paper. Textiles designed to protect guests' clothing should be made of the same material as the tablecloth. It is very convenient to use it - just cover your knees, and no spots are scary. But with paper towels, as a rule, they wipe their lips, hands in the process of eating and after the end of the feast.

Important! Perhaps, the napkins are the most important element of table decoration. If you give them an intricate shape, you can involuntarily attract the attention of guests and adjust to the atmosphere of the holiday. The most elegant version of the folding is considered to be bandaged with contrasting satin ribbons in a folded form, although in fact, there are a lot of options.

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Festive table styling

How to decorate a birthday table at home beautifully? Easily! Believe me, even in a small apartment you can create a truly fabulous festive atmosphere for children and please adults with a stylish and original decorated table and room.

Today the most popular are such stylistic ideas:

1. To make the feast truly emotional, you can take advantage of the recently-entered style - “A La Russia”. It is enough to decorate the table with nesting dolls, bagels, and a samovar. Serve it with dishes with golden and red-black painted splashes. The birthday boy will be 100% satisfied.
2. Home celebrations can now be decorated in a rustic style. In this case, decoration takes place exclusively with natural materials. The most appropriate are decorative elements selected for the season. It can be fragrant flowers in the summer, bouquets of golden foliage in the spring, a huge number of ornaments from newly emerged leaves and plants, fir cones decorated with cones in the winter.
3. This season, serving in black and white with interspersed pink and golden prints with various geometric patterns is popular - it can be stripes, polka dots and zigzags.
4. Real classics in the decoration will be table decoration with floral motifs. Moreover, it is recommended to use not only dishes, but also cutlery on which bouquets are painted, as well as vases with huge bouquets of fresh flowers. The main thing is that they should not be too high, otherwise - they will obscure the faces of the guests.

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Table decoration for children's party

The design of the table for the birthday quite admits the presence of real flowers as an ornament. But when it comes to children's parties, here you should think a few times, it might be better to allocate a separate table for placing the presented bouquets and used as decor.

Important! You need to take care that they do not smell too strong, otherwise - this aroma will interrupt the smell of the food served.

We bring to your attention some of the best ideas for celebrating a children's birthday:

1. Pirate Party. In this case, the design of the festive table will be based on the use of striped table textile. Be sure to use pirate symbols when designing special nameplates for guests. Gold piastres are useful as souvenirs. Vases with fruits laid in them should resemble pirate ships in their design. And the final touch is the Jolly Roger style cake.
2. Gangster party. If a child is fond of old films and paintings shot in the style of the 30s, then he will certainly like the design of the holiday through gang weapons, toy cigars and suspenders on the guests' trousers.The table can be turned into a canvas for playing poker, and the fabric with the desired print will symbolize the currency. Original lights and slightly dim lighting will help to create the necessary atmosphere. And for dessert, it’s better not to serve a large cake, but small cakes decorated with themed patterns of edible mastic.
3. Hawaiian party. Everything is simple here - necklaces made of shells, paper flowers, jewelry with starfish, azure dishes and the same table textile. All this will create a festive marine atmosphere. Plastic dishes are placed on the table, and coconut halves are prepared for drinks. Musical accompaniment corresponding to the theme of the party should also be special.

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Table decoration at adult events

Decorating a table for an anniversary with your own hands can be done in the same way, and even use the ideas above, only slightly change the concept and make adjustments to the table setting. Here a lot depends on the age of the hero of the day:

• Plastic dishes can be replaced with more original glass and porcelain.
• The main emphasis on an adult holiday should be done on snacks and alcoholic drinks, and not on sweets.
• In accordance with the changing age category, it is necessary to replace the games with interesting and original contests.

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It will be more difficult to come up with how to decorate a table for an anniversary of 55 years, because the birthday man himself and the invited guests have long since come from the age when the main thing is to dance and have fun with noisy music. Nevertheless, they also want to worthily note this significant and exciting event in their lives. It would be quite appropriate to make the number 55 out of balloons, decorate the room with fresh flowers, photographs of the hero of the occasion and, of course, tastefully design the table - pick up a delicate tablecloth, stylish appliances and beautifully decorate dishes.