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It’s the time of year for your dining room to shine. Table linens are a great place to start and serve as the foundation for any type of celebration. Fine linen and lace. Casual and colorful cotton.

Setting a gorgeous dinner table is an art—and a science, according to the pros—which actually makes it a lot easier to understand and action yourself. While there is creative freedom in putting ...

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While we can’t help with cooking the turkey, these decadent Thanksgiving table centerpiece suggestions might help with the decoration prep. You can pair these centerpiece ideas together for a full, ...

Your holiday table is set with your best linens and grandma’s china. The water goblets sparkle and your flatware never looked so shiny. But something’s missing. If your table isn’t adorned with a ...

Many of us remember our mothers starting a week in advance of Thanksgiving, polishing sterling stemware until it gleamed, setting the table three days in advance with the good china, then cooking ...

“The rest of the year, we as a society are so fast-paced and casual these days,” says Aaron Shugart, owner of Embellish Decor in Rockridge Plaza. “We never really sit down to prepare a dinner table ...