Show WOMANS WOMAN'S WORLD Artistry Will Help Heap Set Your Dining Table Attractively By Ertta Haley I IF F Just once In your our life lite you have set an nn attractive table you k know that you are never content content content con con- tent to sit down to one which shows no imagination or beauty Even simple everyday meals take toke on something special when they are served on a well appoint ed table The average homemaker must set the table m many my and almost c countless times during her career as the head of her household If It can mean meon fun tun for her and enjoyment enjoyment enjoyment en en- for tor the family then this task becomes less of ot a chore and more of ot a hobby Each womans woman's family deserves her very best and especially inthe Inthe in inthe the matter of table setting for forthe the they are the ones who sit down downto to eat most often Practice your skill every day with every meal even i if its it's only a tray lunch for yourself at noon and see how mu much h pleasure there is in table setting Consider your table as carefully I as a picture when youre you're setting it Start with a few tew well chosen items and add to them as your skill and interest increase With simple and even inexpensive accessories you youcan youcan youcan can create tables that are interest- interest catching ci as well as important to the pleasure of dining In gathering china glass silverware silverware silverware sil sil- sil- sil and linens for the table have some idea of what you want or some motif in mind so that the items will be related Table accessories ac nc- should harmonize with Set Sel every table dramatically whatever period predominates in your home This does not mean match natch exactly your furnishings but ut at least have them the same some samen in n spirit and feeling so there is no noack lack ack of ot harmony present Set the Dining Scene Carefully It does not matter which room you use for dining part of the kitchen a regular dining room or even the living room The room should be restful in the way its it's decorated and it should be be appealing appealing appealing ap ap- ap- ap pealing so as to enhance your dinIng dining din- din ing ng pleasure Dining is more than just eating the food you need It is a way of at doing it graciously It should be pleasant talk and relaxation and complete enjoyment To do this you must have a room for dining which helps you in these things If the room for dining is small use just a single color on the walls This makes the room appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear larger If you go in for something that tha t has design be tam tain it creates a restful feeling rather than one of ness busy or jitters Have only the essential pieces of furniture in the dining room for tor when you set the table you add quite a bit to the room and you do not want it to look over fur Small dining rooms should have furniture appropriate in design and size so they do not make the room look overcrowded If It you are starting to furnish then by byall byall byall all means get only those pieces which you need You can always add more as you get the room as aswell aswell aswell well as the money with which to purchase extra furnishings Keep accessories to a minimum Its It's poor taste to display much of at your dishes glassware or even silverware Only those pieces which are functional and decorative decorative decorative decora decora- tive should be displayed on shelves or glassed cupboards Tastefully Set Tables Use Decorating Principles I Just as you decorate a room properly you will set your our table These are time tested principles vI I I t J pL I and give th the family your our best besl and you'll want to apply them for good taste as well a ao 33 good sense For example if it you hav hay strong dominantly dinnerware It l should have a plain background Use plain glass with it so the dinnerware dinnerware dinnerware din din- will stand out Or if it you have havo ornate glassware combine it with plain dinnerware Two ornate ornate ornate or or- nate things together will give you too busy as well as too restless an atmosphere Do you have a cloth handed down from grandmother or great grandmother for special occasIons occasions occa occa- Display it to best hest advantage advantage tage by keeping china and glassware glassware glassware glass glass- ware simple Let the cloth tell its own story and without inter inter- Rich and very heavy silverware should be allowed to stand out in all its beauty set it on an table cloth and combine with plain or at the most banded dinnerware and plain glass There should be a consistency of ot quality in everything which you use on your table Though both silverware and china cannot be elaborate in design their quality and can and should match i if they're going to be used together or one will show off to disadvantage vantage Take a tea table for instance You would not use delicate tea cups and nice silverware with inexpensive inexpensive inexpensive inex inex- pensive cotton napkins would you You do not have to be an expert to know that these just would not go together The same holds true of whatever kind of table you set Those whose budget permits only pottery and textured cotton doilies or cloths will find that the te luscious colors and good design can lend a dramatic touch that is just as effective in its way as asmore asmore asmore more expensive accessories Build Perfect Settings Piece by Piece In buying glassware you might start with a small seven even or eight Inches in diameter to o use for both desserts and salads Next choose water tumblers with wit or without a foot is in keeping with your taste and style of ot home stemmed Long-stemmed hand blown Crystal Cry ry stal Is considered formal whilo while low stemmed short glasses are aro equally good in t taste ste ste. Some of tho the formal modern patt us ms ns have low- low slug lines If It you cannot buy a great variety variety variety va va- va- va remember that finger bowls can be used for tor dessert or for tor holding small flowers and cigarettes cigar ettes ash trays double as candleholders candleholders candle candleholders holders vases double a as bock borc ends Decorative Arrangements Need to be bo Simple You will often like some decoration decoration decoration decora decora- tion for tables be he these flowers figurines or a combination These should be low and simple You donot donot do donot not want to detract from the beauty of the other things Flowers should always be real as anything else is an Imitation I of ot the real thing and imitation is just not in good taste Few flowers are often better than many and and you'll find that birds s and figures often make flowers go a long way There is so much available in inthe inthe inthe the decorative line A simple green plant in an attractive tureen tureen tureen tu tu- tu- tu reen bowl arrangements of ot ds b-ds on a mirror or carved woods or ceramic figures all these can he e l used effectively |