Table setting for a birthday: beautiful and original ideas

Any celebration, especially a birthday, requires careful preparation. Since when celebrating at home, the main attribute is a table with treats and drinks for guests, it is important to pay the most attention to its decoration and serving. Skillfully applying the basic rules for placing dishes and cutlery, as well as showing imagination in the design of the table, any hostess will amaze guests who have not even begun to try treats.

Proper serving of the solemn table at home is not much different from the restaurant. Acquaintance of the hostess with the characteristic features of the arrangement of dishes and treats for a birthday will allow you to arrange a feast with taste:

• You should start preparing for the feast in advance. First you need to clarify the number of expected guests. In accordance with this number, you need to prepare individual dishes.
• For special occasions, a nice faience or china service with enough plates should be found in the house, since the use of dishes from different sets can be perceived as bad form. The rules for the location of portioned plates include two points: dishes must be placed at a distance of one centimeter from the edge of the table, and half a meter should be left between adjacent plates.This will allow guests to feel relaxed at the table and at the same time communicate without problems.
• According to the rules of serving, a hot plate is placed at the very bottom, a deep bowl for first courses is placed on it, and small plates for snacks are already on top of it.

• The location of cutlery also plays a significant role. On the left side of the plate should be a fork, on the right side - a spoon and a knife. Spoons and forks, according to the rules of serving, must be laid with the convex side down.
• The next step is the arrangement of containers for drinks. On a birthday, it is customary to serve cold and alcoholic drinks in beautiful glass or crystal dishes. On the left side of the plate of each guest, the largest glasses should be placed, then all available containers are placed in descending order, and at the end, a glass is placed on the right side.
• For organizing a children's birthday, it has recently become acceptable to use disposable tableware that is safe for active kids. In addition to the fact that she does not fight, mom does not have to spend time washing her. Manufacturers provide a huge selection of colorful designs of plastic and paper tableware with images of your favorite characters, which will please any little mischief.

• There should be two types of napkins on the table: paper and fabric. The first ones are necessary for wiping lips and hands during and after the meal, and the second ones - to protect clothes from accidental contamination at the table. Napkins can additionally decorate the table. Paper napkins should be placed around the perimeter of the entire table, beautifully laid in napkin holders, and fabric napkins should be twisted into a tube and tied with a ribbon or threaded into special decorative rings.
• When guests sit down at the table, cold appetizers, salads and sandwiches should already be placed on it. Dishes must be placed so that all guests can easily reach them. Instead of one large salad bowl, it is better to use two or even three containers spaced along the entire length of the table. All salads should be with spoons so that it is more convenient to impose them. The first hot dishes are poured from the common container with a ladle with the utmost care, then the second hot dish is served.

In addition to the correct arrangement of dishes and dishes, any hostess takes care of the festive decor. Decorated in a single style direction and thought out to the smallest detail, the room for meeting guests will allow you to hold a celebration at the highest level even at home.

The choice of style and decorations for serving a festive table largely depends on the dishes and tablecloths. If necessary, a tablecloth as a less expensive attribute can be replaced with a more suitable one. So, for crystal dishes, a snow-white tablecloth without any patterns will be an excellent solution; napkins in this case should also be white. If the service for the celebration is made of porcelain, then when choosing a tablecloth, you can show your imagination. The most practical option is to purchase a universal plain tablecloth that will look good with any set of dishes.

Candles in beautiful candlesticks, arranged in a special way, will help to serve a truly solemn table at home.Whatever the number of candles used, they cannot be a substitute for basic lighting. The color scheme of candles and the style of candlesticks should resonate with the general.

In addition to candles and napkins, today it is customary to decorate the table with other decorative elements that will set the mood during the feast. Often you can find decor recreated from natural materials. This manner of decorating the festive space belongs to the rustic style. It is often used in the design of weddings, but recently the style has become popular for anniversaries.

Depending on the season, a variety of compositions can be placed on the table: baskets with apples and other crops, compositions with pumpkins or corn cobs will come in handy for autumn name days, in the spring and summer months the table can be decorated with unusual designs of seasonal flowers, and in winter the celebration will be decorated spruce branches and cones reminiscent of the approach of the main holiday.

Fans of Russian traditions will love the decoration of the holiday in the style of "a la rus". This style is perfect for the anniversary of 55 years, when women and some men retire. Plates or teapots with Khokhloma, a samovar decorated with a bunch of bagels on the table, nesting dolls and sweet cockerels on sticks will help to recreate the spiritual atmosphere.

Trendy table setting in black and white with gold and hot pink accents in the form of primitive prints will be a great solution. for celebrating a youth birthday. The main thing in this design is the play of colors and minimal decor. The birthday party in this style can be decorated with a composition of balloons.

A woman does not always want to celebrate such a serious date as 45 years old. However, a properly decorated festive table will remind her that this age symbolizes the prime of life and reveals female beauty in a new way. That's why decorating the anniversary in a floral style will come in handy. The ideal option would be to pick up dishes with floral motifs, and arrange the same flowers all over the table in small vases. In addition to flowers, the table can be decorated with edible compositions of berries.

The classic way of table setting is suitable for the 50th anniversary for both men and women. This style of decoration of the celebration is chosen for its simplicity and the absence of unnecessary details, which helps to save money and not be distracted from the person of the hero of the day by various trifles. Characteristic for this style is the obligatory presence of a snow-white tablecloth and the same dishes, but with a gold edging. Modern trends allow you to replace a white tablecloth with any other warm shade.

Another modern trend in the festive sphere is the organization of theme parties. Such ideas are great not only for celebrating a children's birthday, but are quite applicable for adult gatherings. Consider a few original ideas for decorating a holiday:

• Pirate gatherings. Decoration does not require overly complex details. It is enough to hang a pirate flag on the wall, choose a striped print for table textiles, prepare pirate gold coins for competitions as a souvenir.Other festive attributes and costume elements should also reflect the general theme.

• gangster meeting. The stylization of the holiday under the 30s of the last century will be a very stylish and unusual solution for a theme party. The festive table can resemble a poker game, cigars can be prepared for adults, and dummies of pistols can be distributed to children. Subdued lighting will convey the atmosphere of an underground casino, in which the money of the birthday boy's own bank is laid out in every corner.
• Stilyaga-style. Fans of bright colors and crazy emotions will love this anniversary decoration. You can use old vinyl records, retro household items, bright accessories and clothing - everything that will help guests feel the atmosphere of that time.
• Hawaiian party is another very colorful idea for organizing a birthday party. For this style, you can prepare garlands of paper flowers of the brightest shades and distribute them to guests, arrange various transparent containers with water, as well as sea pebbles, shells or flowers around the perimeter of the table. The bottom of the table can be draped with a traditional Hawaiian skirt, and the walls can be decorated with brightly colored, whimsical, wooden masks.

No anniversary or other celebration is complete without flowers. Flowers in this case are not only a compliment from the guests, but also a wonderful decorative composition for decorating the table. Original and aesthetically designed bouquets will set the mood for the holiday, make it truly royal.Often, to create such compositions for an anniversary, they turn to the help of florists, but at home you can create a flower island on your own.

Compliance with several recommendations for the creation and design will allow you to create a competent composition for the festive table:

• Table decoration in this way should be balanced. That is, a bouquet of decent size should be in the singular and decorate the central part of the table or the place of the birthday. Miniature compositions can be located along the entire length of the table.
• When choosing the size and splendor of the bouquet, it should be borne in mind that it should not close the interlocutors from each other. In addition, voluminous flower islands should not be placed on a richly furnished table, and during tea drinking an impressive bouquet would be quite appropriate.
• To decorate a feast, you should choose specimens with a subtle, subtle aroma. This will allow you not to interrupt the smells of food, and also protect guests from allergies or headaches.
• The color scheme of the composition should also be chosen wisely. A colorful bouquet will look great on a classic snow-white tablecloth, but with an abundance of bright colors, it is better to give preference to a monophonic one that echoes the main color scheme of the composition.

• The choice of vases is another important point. The best option is simple shapes and materials that echo other dishes. Laconic glass vases are versatile. For round tables, you can choose oval flower stands, while voluminous bouquets are best placed in the center of the table, and small identical compositions are placed in a circle.The square shape of the tabletop determines the choice of vases with clear lines, and on a rectangular table, the arrangement of vases of any shape along the center on a strip of fabric contrasting to the tablecloth will be successful.

Knowing the rules of table setting and how to decorate it, you can arrange a truly royal feast. A few tricks will help make the holiday as comfortable as possible:

• Before you think over the festive decor, you should analyze the status of the guests. Almost any serving is suitable for a cozy home environment, but it is better to choose light warm colors, floral arrangements and classic dishes. For a youth party, bright design styles with unusual details will be appropriate. A feast with young children requires the presence of sweet treats and safe cutlery. Colleagues, business partners or unfamiliar people are better off organizing a feast in a discreet atmosphere without any frills, observing the rules of business etiquette used in the office.

• If you plan to organize a feast in a sauna or a country bath, you should also carefully consider the serving.. Before steam treatments, you can prepare a small buffet with light vegetable or fruit snacks and non-alcoholic refreshing drinks. In this case, the main treats should be served only after all the guests have swum in the pool, visited the steam room and recovered a little. Vegetable and fruit salads, seafood dishes, and nuts are chosen as dishes in such an environment.

• To arrange flower arrangements, it is not necessary to go to the store for vases. Flower stands can be prepared on their own, based on glass jars, cut plastic bottles or cans from canned food. As a decor, you can use lace, satin ribbons, rhinestones, baggy fabric or paints for working on glass. This approach will allow not only to create truly exclusive things, but also to fit the compositions perfectly into the main decor.

• At a feast with a large number of people who are not always familiar with each other, it would be appropriate use of name cards for seating arrangements. This will allow you to most comfortably arrange guests and not create crushes while seated at the table. Name badges can also be performed independently in a common style format. Instead of names, you can use humorous pseudonyms or children's nicknames.

The table in vintage style involves the use of gilded antique candlesticks, ornate napkin holders and antique cutlery.

Solemnly and colorfully looks the design of the table in the trendy color of Marsala.

For a men's company, an excellent solution would be to use a rich blue color combined with black accents.

How to properly set the table, see the following video.