Table detting for Christmas

[thesleepyprincess]

I wasn't sure if this should go here or in Good Housekeeping...I'll try here first!
We are hosting Christmas this year for the first time in years. Obviously I want everything to loook great but I am stressing about the dining table for the Christmas lunch. We live in an old cottage and so my decorations are mainly dark reds and gold, which complement the style of the house. Ideally, I would decorate the dining table with reds and golds as well. HOWEVER our 'smart' plates etc are Denby Imperial Blue, which is white with blue rims. It won't go at all with reds and golds.

So so trivial, I know, but please does anyone have any ideas for a lovely looking scheme for the table, incorporating the damned blue-rims? Whites and silver? Blue is not a very Christmassy colour, really...I'd change the whole lot if I had my way but DH would never let me!!

Thanks!

Thread title - table SETTING

bump? this is obviously the wrong place

In the scale of things does it really matter what colour your plates are

Nope.

Aww, no need for the face.

I was just intrigued to find out what a 'table detting' was

Umm...will have a think about plates + matching table dsetting.

I know how utterly trivial my query is, and I did say so in my OP, but are most 'style and beauty' posts deeply highbrow and serious anyway?!!

Thanks Rindercella - I think I'm going for whites and silvers with the touch of blue. Table will be all covered with plates of food and remnants of crackers anyway so the setting will prob not even show

You are over thinking this.

No one will be bothered by your blue rimmed plates.

do simple simple simple

Don't do silver and blue decorations on the table if the rest of the house is red and gold.

It will clash.

I think you can absolutely have white plates with blue rims and then lots of red and gold. It will look very imperial. Blue and white/silver is cold.

I think you should just decorate the table with gold...gold and blue go beautifully and then that will tie-in with the rest of your red/gold theme, without having the immediate clash of red/gold/blue on your table.

True re clash but I can't see any way around it. (Apart from buying all new plates which would be ridiculous just for one day!!)

no get new plates, a pound a pop in Wilco.

Sorry cross posts - thanks Hullygully, and Rindercella - I hadn't thought of it like that before, of actually 'embracing' the blue
Many thanks!

Red gold and blue do so not clash. What is wrong with you people?

I think you should buy all new white plates.

You obviously made a grave error with your wedding list.

get some ceramic paint and repaint the rims

Very true Lynette - eight years ago my taste was somewhat different!! Maybe I should get married again and have another wedding list?

Ceramic paint - I'm afraid I don't know if you're joking or not, Cybil...would that actually work?? (Dumb emoticon)

Take no notice of Cybil, she has been at the sherry to clebrate the advent of the christmas season. She is a BIG fan.

Red gold and blue. it'll be lovely.

Thanks all!!

This is quite a fun website:

here

You might get some ideas.

Have a lovely Christmas

Gold goes very nicely with blue. How about blue and gold, with a few touches of cream here and there? I think blue with silver always seems a bit "cold", so the gold and cream would make it a bit warmer.

Leave out the gold and just have red and blue. V tasteful!

Great ideas - hurray!

o the red and gold. it will look luxurious