White Dishes and Table Settings

Learn the basics of dishes, glassware, flatware, linens, and floral arranging. Find your style, products, and colors, at low to moderate prices. This is an exquisite, yet practical, how-to book that illustrates, in depth, what you can do for real in your life now. It shows sets of white dishes, flatware, glassware, as well as vases, bottles, candleholders, jars, and linens in a range of styles—including vintage, traditional, modern, square, artisan, and rustic.

These items are easily accessible at popular stores and sites, which are listed in the book along with prices. This book can save you a great deal of time and hassle in your designing, planning, and shopping.

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Create your registry, wedding, and future home with the photos in this book. Use it as a reference book for a lifetime. It’s a ground-breaking book which has 532 pages and over 1,400 exquisite photos.

There are step-by-step photo instructions on how to set a table and place glassware, and on how to make your own linens, floral arrangements, decorations, and napkin ties. Table settings are shown also by buildup of colors, such as red, gray, blue, or silver and white—with accent colors and accessories, including clear glass, mercury, and colored glass. It shows how to integrate seasonal and trending colors in your style.

Popular floral and event designer Cheki Eklund has over 20 years experience creating floral arrangements, and home and event decorations, for weddings and parties. She shows you how to create a plan for beauty in your everyday life, using affordable basics.

White dishes are classic, timeless and always in style. They are highly versatile and go with all colors and prints. They work for all seasons because they are specific to none. They are used by caterers, chefs, restaurant owners, and venue staffs because they make food look its best. This book shows you how to use white dishes for everyday life on into entertaining, through the year.