We welcome the New Year and say goodbye to the old. New Year’s Eve is the time for doing a little extra when it comes to dressing up, eating delicious food, having sparkling drinks - but also when it comes to setting a beautiful table.
A beautiful table setting can really create a delightful atmosphere for a dinner party, and it doesn’t have to be expensive or time consuming. In this blog post, we will inspire you to set a table for New Year’s Eve that will impress your guests.
Set the scene with lanterns and candles
Before you do anything else, make sure that you have all the gold, glitter and sparkle, that belongs on a traditional New Year’s Eve dinner party. Make a collection of pillar candles on a tray on the table. Put a light string in a glass vase or simply put all your candlesticks on the table - they don’t have to match to look amazing.
Infuse your table setting with some shine in the shape of serpentine streamers or reuse some of the glitzy Christmas ornaments in your table decoration.
Focus on the whole room and not just on the dinner table. Place lanterns and candles in the room so they function as a backdrop for the table setting. When including the entire room in your decoration, that’s where the truly magical atmosphere emerge: Your guests will be encircled by flickering lights.
Mix colours and textures in the tableware
Now, concentrate on the tableware. If you are in doubt about where to place the wineglasses and the salad fork you can read our guide How to set a table.
Plates and bowls don’t have to belong to the same collection to match. It is easy and fun to mix different looks and colours to create a sophisticated and elegant expression. Try combining the unique plates FERDUS with the bowl KLAES and add the ASLAUG star to create an elegant touch.
Flowers create a festive atmosphere
The icing on the cake and a sure way to create the right atmosphere is by putting vases with flowers on the table. Decorate your table using glass and ceramic vases, using the decorative pieces you already have in your home. The vases can function as statement centrepieces on the table. Style them with branches and flowers. Spray twigs with a little shimmer for that New Year’s feel or blow a serpentine streamer over the table.
Artificial flowers make decorating the table for New Year’s Eve even easier. You can do it well in advance, as the flowers maintain their fresh appearance. And as a bonus, they keep their beautiful looks for a long time to come.
Happy New Year!
