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I love a decorative dinner party. Any excuse to buy themed decor, arrange the table with candles and china plates, and invite your nearest and dearest over is an opportunity I am enthusiastically ...

Setting a gorgeous dinner table is an art—and a science, according to the pros—which actually makes it a lot easier to understand and action yourself. While there is creative freedom in putting ...

Many of us remember our mothers starting a week in advance of Thanksgiving, polishing sterling stemware until it gleamed, setting the table three days in advance with the good china, then cooking ...

When it comes to the holidays, nothing says special like a gorgeously set table. Even if it's the very same table you sit at night after night, dressing it up in linens, family dishware and a touch of ...

Serving Strategy | Buffet or seated? Save formal seated dining for Christmas or New Year’s Day celebrations. Entertaining experts say Thanksgiving Day — with its comfort foods and football games — is ...

As thankful as I am, as we all are, to be able to gather once again this fall with friends and family, and to not have to eat Thanksgiving dinner outside while sitting six feet apart, wearing masks ...

“The rest of the year, we as a society are so fast-paced and casual these days,” says Aaron Shugart, owner of Embellish Decor in Rockridge Plaza. “We never really sit down to prepare a dinner table ...