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How to Set a Table

How to Set a Table

  • Inspiration, ideas and etiquette for hosting friends and family

This beautiful guide includes creative ways to style a table - for dinner, a cocktail party, brunch, picnic in the park, and other fun occasions.

Whatever the size of your home or budget, How to Set a Table features stylish, modern ideas for welcoming friends and family in your home.

This pretty gift book serves as a practical step-by-step guide to entertaining - with information on etiquette, place setting basics, centerpieces, mixing and matching, essential glassware, napkin folds, and unexpected ideas for using the great tableware you can find at flea markets. How to Set a Table updates a classic topic for a new generation of hosts.

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