Outdoor Party Table Setting Tips
Set the perfect outdoor table for party guests with our stress-free ideas and tips.
- Buy two of the same tablecloth if your patio table is too large for one to cover. Simply fold each in half and drape over the ends of the table.
- Keep your tablecloth weighted down on windy days by wrapping raffia a few times around pretty stones or heavy seashells, then attaching them to the tablecloth with a thread and needle so they’ll dangle from the corners and edges.
- Coordinate your tablecloth, place settings, and table decorations to give your outdoor party table a coordinated look.
- Carve holes into apples, pears, or other firm produce to make unique garden-theme candleholders. Produce can make attractive serving pieces as well—serve fruit salads in melon halves and sherbet or seafood in lemon halves.