Blue and Gold Table Setting

Dressing up the table can completely transform the mood of your meal, potentially from a rushed everyday meal, to an elegant affair. The other day, I styled the table with this blue and gold table setting, as below. (I realise that the fish fork made it there instead of the main course fork, but I was just so excited to throw it all together!)

To bring colour to the table, I love using a few coloured table runners across the short side of the table, instead of across its its entire length. They become sort of place settings, while injecting colour. The ones I used here are golden turmeric linens from France.

I do also love blue vintage plates (this is a Swedish-patterned dining plate, and a Danish serving plate), and they just look amazing contrasting with the yellow. I grounded each space by laying the napkin under the plate, draping off of the table.

And something that’s always great with mini-vases, or bud-vases, is that we can bring flowers and nature to the table, while still being able to see over them to the person across the table!

Build your own version with these bits, or similar:

Vintage silverware, drinking glasses, and blue-and-white plates via markets

Mini-vases/ budvases H&M mini-vase

Modern tea lights from Granit

Linen table runner as placeholder La Redoute