How to decorate a holiday table yourself?

Taking guests in your house is a great pleasure. Pleasant memories of the holidays, when all the close people get together, exchange gifts and enjoy the joint pastime, are truly priceless. Create an atmosphere of comfort, beauty and hospitality - this is the main concern of every hostess. But little to cook delicious food. It is necessary to know how to decorate a festive table, which will become a pleasant attribute of any celebration.

Let's look at some decorative elements for decoration. Festive table setting begins with a tablecloth. It should fit perfectly with dishes, cutlery and napkins. For especially solemn occasions, white, red and blue tablecloths are used.

Look great multi-layered options. In that case, you cover the table with a white tablecloth. On top of it you have a smaller size and a blue tablecloth, placing it in the form of a diamond. The track ends with one or two white tracks running through the center of the table. If you use two or more tracks, then place them crosswise or as a snowflake.

Have thought how to decorate a festive table with the help of garlands? Simple enough. For garland, use artificial flowers, long ribbons, beads, Christmas balls and snowflakes. The selected elements depend on the time of year and the holiday. To begin with, we make the table plain with a tablecloth. We mark with needles the distance intended for the location of one guest. Between these points we fix the ribbon, interwoven with a string of beads. New-year balls hang on ribbons and fix them at different heights at the marked points. Close the place of connection with a large bow with a snowflake in the center.

How to decorate a festive table with the help of different compositions? For a beautiful design, you need to remember a few basic rules:

• Any jewelry should be in moderation. Using multi-layer tablecloths or side garlands, focus on the elegance of dishes and cutlery.
• It is enough to have one high bouquet in the center of the table or several small ones, located at the same distance and stretched into a chain.
• Ornaments should not prevent guests from using cutlery. They should not fall and roll down on the floor, but also interfere with comfortable communication between people sitting opposite each other.
• The tablecloth, ornaments, appliances, service should harmoniously complement each other. If some element does not fit into the overall design, then it should be removed.

Beautiful design of the table in the New Year theme necessarily includes a variety of compositions from spruce and pine branches. They are complemented by colorful cones, beads, serpentine, candles and small Christmas balls. Instead of candles, you can use an electric garland. In this case, it is necessary to disguise the wire so that it is invisible and does not interfere with the guests.

Thinking about how to decorate a festive table, take care of decorating dishes. Any snack should be not only tasty, but also beautiful. Then your guests will doubly admire the skills of the hostess and for a long time remember the past holiday. Place dishes evenly. If something does not fit, then it will be necessary to arrange a small serving table in addition, placing on it chopped bread and snack canapés. For fruit and sweet, you can also serve a separate table.

For a romantic dinner quite a beautiful candlestick, scattered petals of flowers on tablecloths and small pialas with water and floating flowers, arranged on the table. If you do not want to clutter the table with large candlesticks, then use the floating aromatic candles, placing them in the bowls along with the flowers.

Decorate the festive table simply. The main thing is to do it with love and imagination.