A beautifully served table creates a special mood. And it doesn’t matter whether you cook sumptuous dishes or confine yourself to fruit and wine, the main thing is to enjoy sitting at the table and having a casual conversation. If you are planning a romantic dinner with your loved one, you need to create the appropriate atmosphere. How to set the table for two?
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You will need
- - tablecloth;
- - napkins;
- - tableware;
- - cutlery;
- - glasses;
- - candles;
- - flowers;
- - candlesticks;
- - a vase;
- - decoration elements;
- - snacks;
- - beverages.
Instruction manual
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Cover the table with a suitable tablecloth. It is better to take textile. The tablecloth can be plain or with a pattern, bright or pastel colors - to your taste. But linen, lace, white tablecloths always look appropriate, elegant and solemn. Do not be afraid to experiment, for example, you can combine white and colored tablecloths by laying a white table, and making a “path” from the colored table across the table that will connect the two at the festive table. If there is no colored tablecloth, make a “path” from a bright shawl or stole.
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Prepare napkins. Textile napkins look elegant and elegant. If you opted for a white tablecloth, napkins can be in bright contrasting colors, such as burgundy. The color of napkins can be supported by rose petals scattered across the table, or decorate the table with a flower of a similar shade.
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Depending on the season, decorate your table with natural elements of decor. For example, if the holiday is autumn, lay bright leaves on the table or place them in a vase in the form of a bouquet. Wash and dry the leaves in advance. Celebrate the New Year holidays at a table decorated with spruce paws, cones, glass balls and tinsel.
4
Revive warm memories of a joint vacation spent at sea by putting seashells near the plates. Pour bright glass stones into a transparent vase and fill them with water. Such multi-colored stones can be bought at a flower shop. In this case, the tablecloth and napkins should be blue and white.
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Decorate the table with flowers. But avoid big magnificent bouquets, even very beautiful ones, so as not to interfere with communication. It will be appropriate to look and decorate your table with a small bouquet in a low vase. You can also put one rose in a narrow glass, but its stem should not be too long.
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Put candles on the table, this is an indispensable attribute for creating a mysterious romantic atmosphere. Choose tall candles to keep them burning for a long time. The color of candles can be bright, in the tone of a tablecloth or napkin. You can pick up candles of the same shade as the flowers on the table. To prevent the candles from flowing and melting, hold them for several hours in the refrigerator before placing them on the table. Do not buy scented candles. Often their smell is too harsh and specific, it can interrupt the aroma of snacks.
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Candlesticks should be the same. Choose candlesticks that are in harmony with either the dishes (porcelain, earthenware), or with a vase. For example, the combination of a small glass vase with flowers and glass tall candlesticks with candles in tone with flowers looks very beautiful.
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Put the dishes on the table and put the appliances. Do not give up substitution plates, this will give your table elegance. White porcelain looks festively and solemnly on the table. Place a napkin in the center of the large plate, folding it beautifully.
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To the right of the plate, put the knife with a sharp edge to the plate, to the left - the fork. If necessary, put a spoon to the right of the knife. Place cutlery with the teeth facing up. Place wine glasses to the right of the plate. Arrange the glasses in the following order: glasses for champagne, then for wine, then for water.
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Place your crown dish in the center of the table. Then arrange the snacks. Do not get involved in heavy, fatty and very hearty dishes. It is better to give preference to dishes of fish and seafood, snacks, fruit desserts, sweets. The main thing is that there is enough food to satisfy the hunger, but not so much that all your communication is reduced to the absorption of food.
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Pay attention to products that are aphrodisiacs, i.e. natural stimulants of human sexuality. Use them on your dinner menu for two. These are products such as fish, crayfish, oysters, greens, almonds, honey, rice, avocados, bananas, strawberries, mangoes. Do not neglect liquid chocolate and whipped cream in the design of desserts.
note
Refuse from strong spirits, it is better to decorate the table with a bottle of good wine.
Useful advice
Maintain a romantic atmosphere by incorporating appropriate music. But it must be quiet so that you can hear each other well, even talking in a half-whisper.