share

Fresh Easter Table Setting Ideas

Easter is a glorious time to celebrate. Wake up to a sunrise breakfast, then later, gather family and friends for a delicious dinner.

Prev  1 2 3 (of 3)  Next

Breakfast Setting

Wherever you serve Easter breakfast, be sure the setting is light and airy. Raise the shades and fling open the windows, or set the table on the porch or patio for alfresco dining.

The fresh-from-the-garden ambience here includes vegetables and flowers, porcelain bunnies, and a palette in springy pastels. Petite favor baskets attached to the back of each chair will attract the attention of chocolate lovers of any age.


Chandelier Shades

Clever details, such as the chandelier shades, lend a lighthearted touch to the morning festivities. Pull the outer leaves from an artificial cabbage and tie them with twine around plain or rattan chandelier lampshades.


Raspberry Runner

A runner of raspberry silk is a fresh accent that helps highlight the white bunny vases and purple flower arrangements.


Easter Breakfast plate setting with radish
Enlarge Image
 
Embellish white napkins with
a beautiful fresh vegetable
(we used a radish) tied in
place with twine or raffia.
Mix and Match

Elegant china gets a casual treatment when set on woven chargers and topped with a heavy linen napkin tied with twine and one perfect radish. Mixing and matching old glassware in various shapes and sizes is easy if the pieces share a common theme, such as the etching on these. Bamboo-handle silver adds another outdoorsy detail.


Candy Baskets

Fill tiny wire baskets with sphagnum moss or Easter grass, then add a handful of foil-wrapped candies. Tie on a big bow made from silk wire-edge ribbon, and attach a basket to each chair back with twine, tying it tight so the baskets don't sag.


Sideboard Setting

Called into action from the potting shed, an inexpensive terra-cotta saucer serves as a whimsical coffee- and tea-service tray. Fresh garden vegetables fill the lower tiers of a wire basket, and flowers nestled in a bed of lettuce top it off with a joyous finale.

Wrap the flower stems loosely with a rubber band, and tuck the bouquet into a small canning jar filled with water before hiding it inside the leaves. Soak the vegetables in a chilly bath, then blot dry and arrange just before the first guest arrives.


Continued on page 2:  Dinner Setting

 

Related Links


Enjoy tasty, homegrown vegetables on your doorstep, deck, patio, balcony, or garden with these herb and vegetable garden ideas for containers.

Entertaining guru Jennifer Sbranti shows us how to arrange a gorgeous table this Thanksgiving with a hip palette of warm oranges and rich purples.

Related Videos

Make your holiday dinnertable more special with pretty placesettings. Here are some terrific ideas that are really easy ...

Give old furniture a facelift with a fresh texture. All it took was a table runner to inspire this new look for a side t...

Warm up your holiday table by using a pretty quilt to set off your dishes.



Comments

Comments ( 0 )
1871312868

Add your comment

Send to Facebook
 
 
  • Videos
  • Top Tools
  • Calendar
  • Win Daily
Who couldn't use an extra hand around the holidays? Guests will scream -- with laughter -- when they spot this extra app...

Learn the secret to these gently glowing luminaria, and light up your holidays with beautiful natural elements.

Light up your holidays with this bright idea for a tablerunner. You won't believe how pretty this looks -- and how easy...

Neutral Bedroom

Decorating Inspiration

Thousands of gorgeous photos will inspire you to decorate your home this holiday season.

Get Inspired

All Top Tools

Todays Daily Prize
ADVERTISEMENT


swap holiday recipes with your friends
Powered by MixingBowl.com
Snazzy Thanksgiving Sides
101 Members
Christmas Cookie Swap Greatness
318 Members
Yummiest Pumpkin Recipes
201 Members
Cozy Fall Desserts
156 Members
Thanksgiving Potluck Recipes
126 Members
See More Recipe Groups

 

 
By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Service.