The holidays are the perfect time to get everything out of the closet to a beautifully set table, such as special plates and cutlery, home-made cards, and, of course, delicious-smelling kerstgroen. The scientists from the Dutch magazine vtwonen give you their best advice.
Tip # 1: Make it personal
A self-made card will give your christmas table a personal touch and it shows right away with the table plan to see it. Write down every name with a golden pen on a nice piece of paper and decorate it with drawn stars, and christmas trees for a festive look. Or, create a business card that is right as a napkin is used for. Sliding children to be? – Hang their name tags, for example, of a zuurstokje, kerstkoekje or gingerbreadpoppetje nice and friendly.
Tip # 2: Make sure to have a nice
the Dinner will begin with a nice table cloth. This is the basis and the starting point for a beautiful and totally in keeping with the theme, and the colors that you have previously created. A solid-colored tablecloth fits well, if you’re going to have a lot of christmas decorations out from the cupboard to pick it up. A dress with a bold print gives the table a festive look. Chic table linens, it is good to have a traditional christmas table.
you can Make it all the way down, with a beautiful table runner. Go for a light carpet, as you will have a luxurious look and want to make it to the gleaming golden details of crockery or decoration and a higher degree of attention. Not a table runner in your home? A role in pretty wrapping paper or charming wallpaper is also excellent on it’s in the middle of the table.
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and They seem to be at first sight not so important, but with pretty tissue paper, you can have a christmas table more festive to make. They are both functional and decorative and are available in numerous prints and colors. Online, there are plenty of tips to be found to make your paper napkins in a fun way. Fold your napkin for example, in the shape of a christmas tree, bow, or servetzakje. Or roll the napkins and tie it with a piece of string and a dennentakje, zuurstok or a stick of cinnamon and around it. Running out of time? Get a napkin ring with a beautiful text or an embellishment, in the form of a cuisine crèches.
get Creative with your napkins at your christmas table. (Image: 123RF).
Tip 4: Go for the layered dishes,
Give your dishes that extra attention through the various layers to work with. To start with, a onderbord, and stack the plates and bowls of various dishes on the other. However, make sure that the different layers are matched with each other, for example, on the basis of a theme or a color palette so that the artist is not to be restless whole. Dishes with a star or dot pattern gives the table a light-hearted effect, while the earthy tones and such a peaceful atmosphere. The gold accents give it a very simple dishes just that little bit more to do, but it works. Also, a good idea of gold flatware for a luxurious feel.
a Simple, white tableware is a party, when it is adorned with a golden porseleinstift. Decorate it with beautiful words, pictures, or a cheerful print.
Tip 5: Write down a menu, you can use
with A home-made menu we can see there are not only fun, but also for the thrill: you know what they can expect during the evening. Write out the menu with a gold or silver pen and a beautiful card. Or cut out the restaurant’s menu is in the shape of a christmas tree, snowman, or reindeer. Place on each plate, a menu card and decorate it with dennentakjes, flowers, or stars.
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The decoration can be as crazy as you want it to. Wood, holly branches and pine cones are beautiful and add to the ambiance at your christmas table. Or, put in a kerstslinger, and what a shiny (tiny)balls on the table. Your very own feestconfetti take you through the rice, pebbles, leaves, or seeds of gold to the surface. It’s also possible to make yourself happy cocktailprikkers, to make up for it in a newspaper or on the house.
Tip 7: Candles have been a pre –
in The main add to the ambiance of the status of the candles. Also, there are all the possibilities. Put a large candleholder with a long, thin candle on the table to form a row of the multi-tea light candles. You can vary in height, shape, and color for a striking result. Not a great chandelier in your house? When a dinerkaars it in a container and fill it with kerstgroen air, and just a little bit different.
