TIPS FOR MEMORABLE HOME ENTERTAINING
Summer for some means staying in with great company. Here are tips from celebrities who make home entertaining seem like a breeze.
Columnist and style maven Tessa Prieto-Valdes uses elegant and fine dinnerware to spruce up the celebration. Classic china will do the trick but with a modern spin.
Blogger Cat Arambulo makes sure that the five senses are involved. A well-coordinated table setting and serving dishes, room sprays and candles (especially in the bathroom), topped with music, good lighting and, of course, good food are her musts.
Entrepreneur Stephanie Kienle-Gonzales said it was also in the details. A large platter for hors d'oeuvres to start off, good quality cutlery for meals and a lovely vase for fresh flowers or leaves bring it up a notch.
Events organizer Tim Yap likes to use quirky home décor and tableware to start conversations and keep things interesting.
Rustan’s has rounded up a list of must-haves for the host- ess with the mostest.
Elevate the home with fine, classic and elegant dinnerware from Lenox and Royal Albert or spice things up with prints from Goebel and Bernardaud. For a touch of color at the dining table, Kate Spade Home also offers plates, bowls, mugs and even tableware in different patterns.
Set the mood and give awarm, homey feel to the room with diffusers from Diptyque. With its light and fresh signature scents, guests can feel at ease. Bringing in fresh blooms can also lighten up the mood and make a lovely centerpiece. Arranged beautifully in a unique vase from Andrea House.
Vases are not only for hold- ing flowers or plants; they can also be decorative items on their own. Discover a wide assortment of luxury crystal decorative items from Lalique.
Don’t forget fine cutlery. Bring elegance to warm summer nights at the dinner table with fine silver flatware from Christofle.
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Every purchase worth P3,000 across all departments at participating Rustan’s Stores until today, May 31, will entitle shoppers to one electronic raffle entry.