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How to set a stylish Easter table

Luxurious serveware, colourful crockery, dainty linen napkins, and freshly cut flowers for a seasonal finishing touch: this is how our design expert dresses the perfect Easter table.

By Antoinette Design

Whether you’re hosting an Easter brunch, a spring soirée, or one of the season’s first barbecues, delight in spending the Easter weekend with your loved ones. Friend of the Village Céline Delcourte, founder of Antoinette Design, shares step-by-step advice on creating a beautiful tablescape using things foraged and found around the home…

01

Cover the table

“Part tabletop protection, part pure aesthetics, a tablecloth, charger plate or placemat is the first building block of your tablescape.”

Antoinette Design how to set an Easter Table step by step guide

Antoinette Design how to set an Easter Table step by step guide

Antoinette Design

Villeroy & Boch

Runner ecru

Villeroy & Boch

Placemat

Villeroy & Boch

Spring fantasy runner
02

Create the centrepiece

“Be creative: garden flowers, fruit, vegetables, … They all have the potential to become the shining centrepiece of your table. My tip: don’t underestimate the power of a single flower. Tumblers, wine and tot glasses and small bottles make perfect vases. Play with heights – a cut rose here, a sprig of spring blossom there – to add texture and depth.”

Antoinette Design how to set an Easter Table step by step guide

Antoinette Design how to set an Easter Table step by step guide

Antoinette Design

Villeroy & Boch

Flower bells ornament

Villeroy & Boch

Spring fantasy vase

Villeroy & Boch

Mini flower bells
03

Add candles

“Dust off those silver candlesticks for a sense of occasion. If possible, choose a single colour to unify your tablescape look.”

Antoinette Design how to set an Easter Table step by step guide

Antoinette Design how to set an Easter Table step by step guide

Antoinette Design

Villeroy & Boch

Candle ivory

Villeroy & Boch

Green candle

Villeroy & Boch

Candle essential
04

Lay the plates

“One per person and perfectly aligned, strictly speaking plates should be 60 centimetres apart and about one centimetre from the edge of the table.”

Antoinette Design how to set an Easter Table step by step guide

Antoinette Design how to set an Easter Table step by step guide

Antoinette Design

Villeroy & Boch

Salad plate

Villeroy & Boch

Spring plate

Le Creuset

Mini cocotte
05

Arrange the cutlery

“Start with the main-course cutlery, placing the knife to the right of the plate – blade facing inwards – and the fork to the left. Add the entrée cutlery on the outside, aligning the ensemble with the dinner plate. The soup spoon sits next to the knives, the dessert spoon above the plate. British table etiquette dictates that the curved parts of the cutlery, like the bowl of the spoon and the tines of the fork, face upwards, while French table experts insist on the reverse.”

Antoinette Design how to set an Easter Table step by step guide

Antoinette Design how to set an Easter Table step by step guide

Antoinette Design

ZWILLING

68 pieces cutlery set

Home & Cook

Lagostina 24 pieces cutlery
06

Add napkins

“Fabric beats paper when it comes to class – and white linen is always a winner. Fold your napkins into squares, rectangles or hexagons or simply roll and secure with a napkin ring.”

Antoinette Design how to set an Easter Table step by step guide

Antoinette Design how to set an Easter Table step by step guide

Antoinette Design

Villeroy & Boch

Butterflies napkins

Villeroy & Boch

Bunny napkins

Villeroy & Boch

Napkin spring
07

Name it

“Use your imagination! From paper to pebbles, nametags can be made from practically anything.”

Antoinette Design how to set an Easter Table step by step guide

Antoinette Design how to set an Easter Table step by step guide

Antoinette Design

08

Say cheers!

“Put wine glasses at the top right-hand side of the plate, starting with the largest and ending with the smallest. If you’re following French rules, they should be diagonally aligned. According to British etiquette, they should sit parallel to the edge of the table.”

Take joy in life’s simple pleasures and have a happy Easter!

Antoinette Design how to set an Easter Table step by step guide

Antoinette Design how to set an Easter Table step by step guide

Antoinette Design

Villeroy & Boch

Burgundy goblet

Villeroy & Boch

Champagne flute

Villeroy & Boch

Water goblet green

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