Perfectly Simple Table Settings - edb designs

June 02,2024

I’ve always enjoyed entertaining. I love sharing our house and a home cooked meal with our friends and family when they come to visit. I especially love throwing a dinner party here at The Little Glass House. It is a great place to gather with the dining table being the star of our home. It sits right in the middle of our open concept space. So naturally, I like it to look appealing when our guests arrive. What I don’t like is to overthink it. Entertaining should be fun….not something to stress over. I try to do as much as I can beforehand (I set the table in the morning) so that I can be relaxed and present when guests arrive. It’s not easy for folks to enjoy themselves if the hostess is running around like a crazy person trying to take care of last minute details! I like to keep things simple so that the food and the guests are the stars of the evening. For me that means my white Williams-Sonoma everyday dinnerware. Food looks better against a plain white background. Living in a smallish house means there is not a ton of storage for stashing lots of different table settings (no Christmas china for me!), so I have chosen things I really love […]