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After undergoing a lot of activity, no harm to at weekends, you invite your relatives, friends or relations to eat together in a small dinner party at home. While you are chatting to relieve fatigue, a meal together, also strengthened the relations between each other. Therefore, build a fun atmosphere surrounding dining area became the important things that should be planned. An interesting arrangement on the dining table, will make an invited guest feeling happy, while making yourself be proud. Here are some important things that can help you make a dinner party at home.

1. Select the appropriate table
Table, which is used depends on how many guests you invite. You can use a rectangular table, box, or round. But for those of you who have a small room does not need to worry, you can use the pantry area to entertain your guests. If the table that used is not sufficient to accommodate the entire dish, you can use a buffet to put the dessert, like wine, cake, cookies, and fruit.

2. Use beautiful fabrics
For the harmony of design, can use a tapestry, runner, upholstery, Napkin and coasters, which is similar. You could spend your collection fabrics like woven fabrics. Try, the use of cloth is still in the gradation of the same or similar color and design.

3. Create centerpieces
As a point of interest of the whole arrangement, you can put objects that can be the centerpiece of the whole arrangement. This Centerpiece, can form a flower arrangement, a meal which had been set as beautiful as possible, the candles, and many others. Instead, adjust your centerpiece with party themes that you create. For example, for serving the party with the concept of white party, can put a bouquet of roses or lilies in a beautiful sequence in the middle of the table. Read the rest of this entry »

Since a separate dining room is normally used for one purpose only, plaining here is more straight forward than in other areas where many activities must be catered for. Essential furniture – dining table anda chairs, plus some form of storage should be positioned according to your family’s requirements and the size and shape of the room. If you prefer to keep such items as cutlery, crockery, linen and place  mats in the kitchen, you might be able to get away without a storage unit; but try to have a trolley or serving area which you can use to put out other courses of food or stack dirty plates.

If your home is small and generally short of storage space, you may find a built-in corner cupboard in this room will hold a great many items without interfering with the room’s main function or taking up valuable space.

Tables
The size of the table will be determined by the number of people in the family, the amount of entertaining to be allowed for and, of course, the size of the room. The shape of the table is another factor affected by the dimensions of the room, although there are some practical guidelines you should consider before buying a table.

Since each person needs approximately 700mm (or 28in) elbow room and 300mm (or 12in) knee space, a small square or round table is comfortable for only four people; the average family would probably need one which extends to a rectangular or oval shape capable of accommodating at least six people. If you have a large household or are in the habit of entertaining a number of guest at any one time, go for a larger version which will seat at least eight. The extra money you will have to pay for a table which inculudes a drop end or a removable leaf is well worth the convenience it provides. Read the rest of this entry »

Your dining room may be separate or part of the general living area; in either case, you should plan it with great care. Whatever scheme you choose must be practical, comfortable and adaptable so you can use it to the best advantage. Many olders homes – and some newer ones – have a purpose-built dining area; if your home has one, you must first decide whether you want to devote so much space to a room which is used only at certain times during the day.

If the dining room is next to the living room or kitchen, you may prefer to knock down a wall, thus forming a living/dining or kitchen/dining room for a more open, larger effect. If you like the idea of having a separate eating area for dinner parties and special occasions, consider sliding or folding doors between adjoining rooms which will make it possible to have the best of both arrangements.

Before making structural alternations of any kind, however, check with a builder or architect to be sure no load-bearing wall is removed without being replaced by a suitable support system. Any work of this nature must comply with the Building Regulations.

Try to make sure the dining area you choose is easily accessible from the kitchen; you will not want to carry hot, heavy dishes of food very far or push past guests when you are laden down with the cutlery, glass and china. If possible, cut a serving hatch through from the kitchen to the dining area to save a lot of walking backwards and forwards and ensure food can be served quickly and efficiently. A well designed serving hatch should be at least 600mm (or 24in) wide and 450mm (or 18in) high – and ideally its base should be level with the kitchen work surface. On the dining room side, it is good idea to have a serving counter – possibly a small table or the top of sideboard, if suitably protected to take hot dishes – or a hinged flap which can be raised or lowered when required.