How to Set a Formal Table | At Home With P. Allen Smith

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  • Опубликовано: 11 янв 2025

Комментарии • 33

  • @MariaRamirez-jd5yh
    @MariaRamirez-jd5yh 2 года назад

    I always learn so much from P. Allen. He's an inspiration when it comes to home and gardening.

  • @PAllenSmith
    @PAllenSmith 12 лет назад +2

    Thank you for the compliments and Easter wishes, hope you had a happy one as well!

    • @stevebrown6256
      @stevebrown6256 6 лет назад

      P. Allen Smith do you recall the menu for this luncheon?

  • @jolyndaj
    @jolyndaj 5 лет назад +2

    I love it all especially the plates and the monogrammed linen. You definitely have the designer eye.

  • @annemann8048
    @annemann8048 7 лет назад +1

    Mr Smith... The gold and white is always a classic beauty... Very wonderful light and beautiful gathering space.

  • @lisamartinez6899
    @lisamartinez6899 3 года назад

    Absolutely beautiful plates, and of course the flowers

  • @susanharrah3462
    @susanharrah3462 2 года назад

    Very pretty table. I set my table everyday and use it to eat at. It's what we were brought up on. And it makes us comfortable. Love eating at a pretty table

  • @snowyrange1712
    @snowyrange1712 Год назад

    I first saw this video years ago and am still haunted by those beautiful Coalport salad plates. I'm always in search of them or something similar. Just gorgeous...all of it.

  • @mjlvnv
    @mjlvnv 5 лет назад

    That table is stunning

  • @TheMaceyb
    @TheMaceyb 12 лет назад +1

    i love the fact that you have lice flowers in your centerpieces. i loved your wine decanter as well. i just broke my cool terracotta one that i bought in Peru so I'm missing it. The next time I get a replacement, I'll look for a matching set with a water bottle. Cheers and thanks

  • @tishsmiddy71
    @tishsmiddy71 9 лет назад +1

    I can't believe that u put that together in 2012 and it's 2015 almost 2016 a true design eye.thanks for

  • @linlen4866
    @linlen4866 2 года назад

    Love this video. I would have thought it was new one if the date wasn't on it.

  • @curlycurly004u
    @curlycurly004u 9 лет назад +1

    Lovely! I enjoyed seeing how your thought processed worked to set this up.

  • @nybaby40
    @nybaby40 9 лет назад +3

    Absolutely gorgeous setting! The room, the table, the materials! Good advice on placing containers with liquid on a saucer or plate so that it does not damage the wood! Never thought about that! .... Question: What kind of setting would you say plate chargers are more appropriate in, if at all?

  • @culinarygirl3
    @culinarygirl3 10 лет назад +1

    Love it! I think it is great to mix and match as it makes the table more interesting!

  • @willowcoulter8274
    @willowcoulter8274 6 лет назад +1

    You set a gorgeous table, always.

  • @lindaparker6102
    @lindaparker6102 5 лет назад

    Love the setting !Thank you !

  • @misslaciegirl
    @misslaciegirl 9 лет назад +2

    Love this setting, will try soon.

  • @ruthannamarteifio2956
    @ruthannamarteifio2956 6 лет назад +1

    Big thumbs up!!

  • @carolinevanwinkle3755
    @carolinevanwinkle3755 Год назад

    Adored your table setting.

  • @timothyspurling2102
    @timothyspurling2102 4 года назад

    Beautiful table

  • @stevebrown6256
    @stevebrown6256 6 лет назад +1

    Love this...wish he told us the menu.

  • @JB-sc5yi
    @JB-sc5yi 6 лет назад +1

    Beautiful!

  • @peggytaylor8333
    @peggytaylor8333 8 лет назад +1

    I want those plates love

  • @dahlia42k12
    @dahlia42k12 9 лет назад

    Beautiful, like it!

  • @srelliot3090
    @srelliot3090 8 лет назад

    nunca mais vou errar, obrigado.
    gostei da parte que ensina a craftar a espada de diamante!

  • @emilionunez2037
    @emilionunez2037 10 лет назад +2

    love it!!!\

  • @Mjordan7962
    @Mjordan7962 2 года назад

    I love your sense of style and your channel, but I question why would you set a luncheon table with candles?

  • @jewelwilliams777
    @jewelwilliams777 3 года назад

    Beautiful I like

  • @rbdind1
    @rbdind1 6 лет назад

    As lovely as this is, this is a 'Modern American Table Setting' and not a formal setting. Formal refers to any meal of ceremony. This disinformation is confusing to people wanting to learn to navigate a formal table, and will result in some uncomfortable guests. For example, bread plates are never part of a formal table service as butter is never part of a formal menu. Ever. At a formal meal, bread is properly laid on the rim of the entree plate or on the tablecloth to the right of the guest. And one would never find empty plates stacked as you are demonstrating here. Never. A napkin, folded in a rectangle, is laid on the center of the place plate. As each guest places their napkin in their lap, a soup plate with contents or a salad plate with salad is laid on the place plate. Call this what it is, and do a little research. Arranging a stylish tablescape as you have done, is a skill to be proud of. But this is not a formal setting.