If you’ve never planned a formal dinner party, table setting may be a foreign concept. But you?re not alone; the party planning world has a whole set of rules and ideas that most aren?t privy to. So, when it comes to tablescapes, what should you do" Are there specific rules you need to follow" Of course, it?s always up to you whether you follow the rules or not. You could just have no tables at all and make everyone stand. But if you decide you aren?t cool with a standing-only party, read below for all the tablescaping info you never knew you needed to know.
Utensil Order

You may be thinking, “There?s an order you have to put your utensils in" Are you serious"” Deadly. Now, there are different schools of thought when it comes to this rule. There is the traditional way where forks are placed to the left side of the plate with the fish fork, dinner, and salad forks set from the outside in. Knives and spoons are placed to the right of the plate as well as an oyster fork if shellfish is served. If you want to go more simple, you can always go by the order of use which is still proper and functional. The third order choice is: do whatever you want. Go with your whim. Who’s going to stop you if you want to do knife, spoon, fork, spoon" There?s also a good chance your caterer or venue will have this type of thing already planned out. It?s totally up to you whether you want to micromanage every table detail. However, the order of u...