If you have plans to hold a holiday dinner party at your home in the upcoming holiday season, it’s never too early to start thinking about how you’ll set everything up for this event. Especially if you’re wanting your holiday dinner party to be more formal or have a specific aesthetic that you’re going for, it’s going to be beneficial to you to start with the planning as soon as possible.
To help you in doing this, here are three tips for setting up your dining room for a holiday dinner party.
Consider Bench Seating
For your holiday dinner party, you’re likely going to have a lot more people to accommodate than you would on a normal night. Because of this, you’re going to need to find some way to make room for the number of guests that you’ll be inviting.
If you already have the table that you’re wanting to use but you’re wondering how you can fit all of your guests around it, one way to get more people to fit at any table is to use bench seating. Especially if some of your guests are going to be kids, having the children or other smaller guests sitting on a bench will allow for more people to fit on that side of the table for your meal.
Err On The Side Of Keeping Things Simple
While you might love the idea of having a beautiful table setting and design for your holiday dinner party, with everything else that you’re going to have going on at this time and having to prep for your dinner party, you might want to err on the side of keeping things simple for decorating the table you’ll all be eating at.
Particularly if you’re going to try to fit a lot of people at the table or will be serving a lot of food, having less clutter on the table will help make everyone feel more comfortable and have room for them to situate themselves as they eat.
Don’t Forget The Buffet Table
In many cases, keeping the food that you’re eating at a buffet table will be a better idea for a holiday dinner party. While having the food on the table can be great for wanting to get second helpings, if you don’t have enough space at your table, arranging a buffet table is a great option.
If you choose to do this way, you can spread out your decoration to the buffet table and have your theme pull the whole room together in this way. And, with the bulk of the decor away from where you’ll be sitting and eating, it won’t get in anyone’s way either.
If you’re going to be having a holiday dinner party in your dining room this year, consider using the tips mentioned above to help you set up this space.
