Table setting ideas

Looking for fresh ideas to decorate a table? These pictures of elegant table settings are sure to inspire. Impress your party guests with these ideas for colorful and creative table settings and centerpieces.

How many of us have ever thought about the principles of setting a table? For the uninitiated, how you prepare a table is about nothing more than putting silverware and utensils on a table before eating, and if you are lucky, sticking a napkin under each fork. We may ask, what is so difficult or interesting about that? Yet if we stop to think about it, whenever we go to a major event, it is the way that the tables have been set that creates the look and tone of the hall.

To set a table for a party or even a romantic dinner, you don't need expensive crockery or table decorations. All you need is a bit of creativity and imagination. Here are a few table setting ideas that are sure you to get you compliments.

Explore these festive design ideas and arrangements.