Inviting guests for a meal may be fun, but if you want to floor them with your good taste and even better hospitality, you'll need to lay your table out in style. For a contemporary coffee-table look, make sure you make your setting is colourful and cheerful.
If it's a serious dinner, lay out your table aesthetically, making it look sophisticated yet warm.  Benita Toppo, visual merchandiser of The Bombay Store, tells you what to put on the table to make it stand out:

Coffee Break: 1. Kettle-cum-mug Rs 670  2. Tray Rs 325 3. Table runner Rs 325
4. Coaster Rs 80 per piece  5. Tray Rs 650  6. Mugs Rs 225 per piece  7. Paper roses Rs 349 a packet 8. Bedcover Rs 295

Dinner Delight: 1. Plate Rs 220 per piece  2. Glass tray Rs 349  3. Coasters made of egg shells Rs 1,150 for 6 pieces  4. Coasters made of black mother of pearls and shells Rs 990 for a 6 piece set  5. Table cloth Rs 2,975 6. Tray Rs 485 7. Fork set Rs 585 8. Napkins Rs 75 for 6 pieces 9. Spoon set Rs 585 10. Wine glass Rs 229 per piece 11. Flower Rs 145  12. Vase Rs 525 13. Serving tray Rs 1,085 14. Coasters Rs 235 per piece

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