MANY HAPPY RETURNS
How we’re setting our table for our big day
PARTY TRICKS
• Frankie Unsworth, author of The New Art Of Cooking
(Bloomsbury), swears by ‘goodtime enablers’ guaranteed to get guests into a celebratory spirit. ‘Cosy candlelight, a cracking playlist and a simple table setting are sure-fire shortcuts to a special occasion,’ she says. Background music is coming (ironically) to the fore right now. For an evening do, think blissful Balearic for hedonistic vibes.
• Use centrepieces of differing heights for a charmingly casual table. And don’t set them in a straight line down the middle – the more jumbled they are, the more inviting they seem.
• Keeping with the disorderly theme, tables look looser when the linen doesn’t match, but go for sets with a unifying theme, like an accent colour or motif.