I agree with you 100%! I was negatively impacted by the past pandemic on my design business. I have had to reinvent myself through the years. Keeps you on your toes. Thank you for a wonderful video.
Thank you thank you Matthew! I loved it all. Thank you for making such an effort to teach us so much. Laughed out loud at the "no spa water on the table". I will have to rethink my use of chargers. And I love flowers that are wild and a maybe a bit high based on your instructions. Yes I would love to hear your views on cheese boards. This is my favorite thing to do for h'ordeuvres and I have forgotten all I learned when I lived in Paris. If we have a desire for a certain size/colour vintage tablecloth in exquisite quality, as a paid service, would you keep an eye out for us?
Hello and thanks for watching and asking--what a great question! I'm generally not inclined to lay a runner over a base linen, but several considerations inform the ultimate choice. Do you want to see or conceal your bare tabletop? Are you depending on concealing heat-proof pads under your runner to protect your table when serving hot food/dishes? How do you feel about guests engaging directly with china, flatware, and glassware on your tabletop? My best advice is to consider scenarios individually. Can a base cloth be a helpful foundation on which to build your table setting, even with a runner? Yes. Can a runner be successfully used on a bare tabletop? Absolutely. Overall, I'd generally avoid competing fabrics or ornate edgings that visually complicate the table unnecessarily, and I don't see much benefit in laying a runner over a cloth of the same fabric, which may be obvious but is worth specifically mentioning. A compromise that often works well, and this goes for casual and more formal settings when the whole context is composed mindfully, is using a runner and place mats of the same fabric and design. This allows you to use a runner AND cover individual place settings while still seeing some tabletop. My preference is to keep such a scheme simple. Since the fabric blocks will break up your tabletop, creating its own pattern, use relatively visually subdued fabric and shapes to prevent visual clutter. For me, a long, straight-sided runner, laid flat, that overhangs both short ends of the table, paired with similarly straight-edged rectangular place mats, can be a classic, tailored, successful middle ground. I hope this helps!
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I agree with you 100%! I was negatively impacted by the past pandemic on my design business. I have had to reinvent myself through the years. Keeps you on your toes. Thank you for a wonderful video.
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Thank you thank you Matthew! I loved it all. Thank you for making such an effort to teach us so much. Laughed out loud at the "no spa water on the table". I will have to rethink my use of chargers. And I love flowers that are wild and a maybe a bit high based on your instructions. Yes I would love to hear your views on cheese boards. This is my favorite thing to do for h'ordeuvres and I have forgotten all I learned when I lived in Paris. If we have a desire for a certain size/colour vintage tablecloth in exquisite quality, as a paid service, would you keep an eye out for us?
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Question? Would you place a table runner on a clothed table or a bare table only.
Hello and thanks for watching and asking--what a great question!
I'm generally not inclined to lay a runner over a base linen, but several considerations inform the ultimate choice. Do you want to see or conceal your bare tabletop? Are you depending on concealing heat-proof pads under your runner to protect your table when serving hot food/dishes? How do you feel about guests engaging directly with china, flatware, and glassware on your tabletop?
My best advice is to consider scenarios individually. Can a base cloth be a helpful foundation on which to build your table setting, even with a runner? Yes. Can a runner be successfully used on a bare tabletop? Absolutely. Overall, I'd generally avoid competing fabrics or ornate edgings that visually complicate the table unnecessarily, and I don't see much benefit in laying a runner over a cloth of the same fabric, which may be obvious but is worth specifically mentioning.
A compromise that often works well, and this goes for casual and more formal settings when the whole context is composed mindfully, is using a runner and place mats of the same fabric and design. This allows you to use a runner AND cover individual place settings while still seeing some tabletop. My preference is to keep such a scheme simple. Since the fabric blocks will break up your tabletop, creating its own pattern, use relatively visually subdued fabric and shapes to prevent visual clutter. For me, a long, straight-sided runner, laid flat, that overhangs both short ends of the table, paired with similarly straight-edged rectangular place mats, can be a classic, tailored, successful middle ground.
I hope this helps!
Yes, cheeseboard, please.