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New Year’s dinner in a family circle is a special event, filled with soothing warmth and comfort. Every hostess wants to make it unforgettable and create an extraordinary holiday for her loved ones. To do this, you need to think in detail not only the perfect menu, but also the original serving. How to set the table with fiction? What trends are relevant this year? And how to please the hostess of the celebration-the Yellow Earth Dog?
Holiday in color
Whatever year is listed in the calendar, serving a festive table at home begins with the correct color scheme. After all, the favor of the stars and forecasts for the coming year depend on it. In its choice, we will start from the preferences of the Yellow Earth Dog. And she likes calm natural warm colors: all shades of brown, sand, mustard, terracotta, beige, brick. You can add bright expressive touches in the form of burgundy, orange and muted red. If you want to feel close to nature, come up with interesting combinations with grassy shades or rich khaki.
Use shiny accents with a sense of proportion. They should not prevail in the table decoration. Moreover, unlike the Fiery Rooster, the Yellow Dog is alien to unrestrained pomp. This can be a sparkling decor on the candlesticks, an iridescent elegant garland or a chandelier of sparkling snowflakes above the table.
Setting the tone for the feast
It is not necessary that the tablecloth is full of all the above-mentioned colors. Try to combine no more than two close shades, and avoid sharp contrasts. A traditional snow-white or cream tablecloth with a discreet pattern or without it at all is perfect. Choose classic prints — check, stripe or polka dots.
What the tablecloth is made of is much more important. Completely abandon synthetics in favor of noble natural materials: airy cotton, warm rough linen, silk with artful jacquard weaving. The main thing is not to overdo it with luxury. An overly pompous entourage will confuse the Yellow Earth Dog.
A tablecloth made of burlap with lush ruffles made of light fabric in several tiers will look very unusual on the table. You can limit yourself to paths made of burlap framed by laconic white lace. Such a detail will add warmth and comfort to the table decoration, and will advantageously emphasize the theme of unity with nature.
Win-win scenario
Designers recommend a little fantasy with a beautiful table setting with paper napkins. Only you do not need to build bulky and intricate compositions out of them. This is fundamentally inconsistent with the temperament of the mascot of the year. Arrange the napkins in a fan in beautiful porcelain napkin holders or wide glasses. You can resort to the origami technique: make simple Christmas trees out of green napkins and put them under the cutlery next to the plates.
Fabric napkins on the New Year’s table-a tribute to tradition. And their Yellow Dog honors above all else. It is better if the napkins are plain or at least without flashy patterns. Roll the napkin into a roll, intercept it in the middle with a metal or wooden ring and straighten the folds to make a wide bow. Instead of rings, you can take a ribbon, velvet braid, and even ordinary twine. Put such an accessory on a plate for each guest.
Union of glass, clay and wood
Tableware is the most important part of the festive table setting. Etiquette, with all its conventions, is of little concern to the Yellow Earth Dog. The main thing is that everything is cozy and family-like. Plates made of the most ordinary glass, snow-white or with a restrained pattern, will appeal to her. Clay, porcelain, and ceramic dishes are another win-win solution. Salads and homemade pickles can be served in deep bowls, and hot and cold snacks can be served beautifully on wide dishes.
This time, even wooden dishes will come in handy. An elegant wicker bread basket, laconic coasters for hot dishes or a carved tray with homemade cake will look very colorful. And you can also put on the table a wooden salt and pepper shaker in the form of barrels with lids. At the end of the evening, arrange a family tea party with a porcelain set for special occasions. Just be sure to check that there are no small chips on the cups and saucers — this promises a lot of small troubles in the new year.
Big Celebration Lights
Nothing creates an atmosphere of warm home comfort like candles burning with a steady flame. It’s great if they are massive wide candles of milky white, pale green, lilac or chocolate color. Candles with a metallic coating of copper or gold will add a little festive sparkle.
An interesting and beautiful setting of the New Year’s table at home will help you create unusual candlesticks made with your own hands. Take a wide transparent glass, carefully cover with twigs of thuja from the outside, at the very bottom, wrap a wide scarlet ribbon and tie a neat bow. Here’s another idea. Take a small jar, with the help of twine, fasten two cones next to each other on the neck. Apply glue to the rim of the jar and the cones themselves, sprinkle plenty of artificial snow. Inside the jar itself, also pour artificial snow with a slide and light a small white candle.
Pleasant little things to the eye
Despite the fighting spirit, there is a place for sentiment in the soul of the Yellow Earth Dog. Therefore, she will be happy to see on the festive table a decorative figure made of wood or ceramics in her honor. Especially for the New Year, you can grow a grass plant in the form of a dog. These are very popular souvenirs today, made in the form of figurines with soil and seeds inside. If you take good care of them, then the dog will grow a lush head of hair from the soft green grass.
Decorate the center of the table with a decorative composition. Take a round white dish on a leg, put three wide snow-white candles on it and fasten it together with a red ribbon. Surround them generously with clusters of mountain ash. Guests will also remember this decoration. Weave a small nest of thin, flexible branches. Beautifully arrange inside the gilded cones and nuts, fresh tangerines, cinnamon sticks and viburnum berries. Continuing this theme, you can put a small bouquet of dried flowers on a plate for each guest. This is just the case when a lot of natural decor does not happen.
Thematic sites on the Internet are full of ideas for a beautiful setting of a festive table with photos. Among them, you can find interesting variations, creatively rework them and create your own unique serving of the New Year’s feast. Let our recommendations help you with this, nature in a luxurious winter decoration and a Yellow Earth Dog full of inspiration.