To properly set a table, you will need a table cloth or table runner, a place mat, dinner plates, napkins, silverware (forks, ...

The intricacies of table settings have gone the way of butlers and parasol flirtations, calling cards and dressing for dinner. But that may be changing. After all, Downton Abbey was wildly popular for ...

Start with spreading clean, ironed linen on the table. Then set the dishes, glasses and cutleries properly. Then add decorative items to amp up the look of the table. It's that time of the year when ...

Though British and American table settings play by their own set of rules, many of them overlap; forks on the left, knives and spoons on the right; glassware above the knives. Make sure the knife ...

Mackenzie Schmidt is the Home and Travel Editor for PEOPLE. She's worked at PEOPLE for over five years as a writer and editor on the Lifestyle team. Real talk: You eat all your meals on the couch.

If you want cooking advice that focuses on making things simple and realistic, you turn to Ina Garten. The same goes for advice about dinner parties and entertaining. Garten has repeatedly centered ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. In 2023, a standard table setting, the ones today that weirdly try and ...

Ina Garten joins TODAY to share simple ways to make your dinner table stand out at the next party you throw. Garten says dinner parties don’t have to be large and you can have just four people, adding ...

The interior designer Young Huh offers a step-by-step guide to entertaining outdoors with playfulness and style. By Tim McKeough On a beautiful summer day, you don’t need much of an excuse to dine ...