They are preparing with special awe for the upcoming New Year. Not only the festive menu is thought out, but also an important component - the setting of the New Year's table, at which guests and hosts sit down. And this is not the first year that the New Year’s table is made out according to the rules of the Eastern calendar. The color and tastes of the animal ruling the year, priorities in food are taken into account.
Getting to the decor of the room and table setting, it is worth adhering to a single style. In the year of the Dog, shades of the color gamut focused on naturalness are preferable.
And the right choice will be the color scheme of the New Year's table in keys:
green
brown;
yellow;
sand;
beige;
golden;
white.
Shades of khaki and marsala will come in handy. But there should not be both dark, gloomy, and screaming tones. If such a palette seems strict and pale to the owners, it is diluted with bright accents, for example, red ones.
If the furniture countertop is made of wood or material in shades of wood, it will support the color tone of the New Year's table eco-style. Then you don’t need to cover the table with a tablecloth, which corresponds to such a style.
New Year's decoration options
There are a lot of them. Here are some examples to take note of.
Minimalism and grace - for those who celebrate the New Year in a narrow circle. Along the circumference, square or rectangle of the table are placed devices for each participant in the celebration. The middle of the countertop is a composition of decorations and candles. The color scheme of this style will be supported by beige, red, green, brown, white, gold.
The white and gold decoration, although traditional, is still attractive for many people celebrating the New Year. Candles and dishes are chosen in white or in shades of milk and beige, which will add warmth to the atmosphere. Light and purity will be provided by elements of pastel, gold and green tones. Wooden objects, metal candlesticks, bordering on plates and utensils are “friends” with them.
Fans of fantasy options can combine different textures and colors to create a festive atmosphere. The latter should be 3-4 to avoid receiving unnecessary variegation. Dishes are preferably plain or with an unobtrusive ornament. Napkins are selected to match the tablecloths, decorations - in accordance with the general style of the New Year's entourage.
In a living room with many wooden objects, it is appropriate to decorate a wooden table. In this case, the dishes are set simple, giving a soft shine. A large number of candles will create the illusion of a fireplace fire.Tablecloth and napkins made of natural fabrics - in warm dairy, beige, burgundy, brick, green shades.
White and red color combination will also allow you to create a festive atmosphere for the New Year. The contrast of cold white and hot red will soften the warm light of candles. Especially if the top lighting is dimmed or completely absent. A yellow-white background and a combination of cold and warm colors will dilute the white-red background.
Tablecloth
You need to celebrate New Year at a table covered with a tablecloth suitable for the celebration. Choose a canvas in accordance with the size of the countertops in the priority color scheme. The best option would be a tablecloth made of dense fabric in one tone or 2-3 copies of different tonality. Tablecloths can also be used in a restrained color.
One option may be linen or burlap canvas. The brocade covering looks spectacular and rich. If you choose a silk tablecloth, there is a chance to encounter an unstable position of the dishes on the table. Silk has a sliding property, and everything located on the table will move out.
There are many variations for the tablecloth on the table:
The classic location is relevant at all times. At the same time, light fabric will add more light to the room, the damped warm and natural tones will bring notes of comfort to the room.
A rectangular tablecloth laid diagonally looks spectacular on a round, standard table. The highlight of this option will be the combination of paintings of contrasting or shades of the same key.
The flooring looks similar to a carpet path. In this case, the tablecloth is taken with a width slightly not reaching the side faces of the countertop.
A catchy background for dishes and dishes is achieved with the help of 2 tablecloths. The base (in beige, cream or sand shade) covers the entire table. Auxiliary - bright tonality (for example, red, green) and the length is the same as the first, but the width does not exceed 3/4 of the main.
The most suitable fabric for a tablecloth is a smooth or fleecy cloth of a suitable color. White is quite suitable, but it more closely corresponds to a spacious brightly lit room.As well as too light tablecloths, against which in the twilight the festive appearance of dishes and cutlery is lost.
Napkins
Ready-made colorful napkins with New Year's plots will help any housewife. You do not need to do anything with them, these attributes are beautiful and so. But if the options, fabric or paper, are made in one color, the beauty and originality of the design will not hurt them.
The simplest thing is to decorate the napkins with special rings of wood, metal, paper or ribbons. You can decorate the rings with small Christmas toys depicting the symbol of the New Year holiday.
But there is a temptation to lay figures out of napkins to match the New Year. More often used for folding options are Christmas trees. One of them is easy to perform. You will need a four-folded napkin. From the planned mid-fold from 1/2 to the left, a triangle is formed, which must be bent by half by pressing along the midline. Do the same with 1/2 wipes on the right. Get a waved Christmas tree. It must be put on a plate.
From a napkin folded four times in the corner, it is possible to make the candle a wave. The cone-shaped workpiece should be rolled up starting from the base. Put a candle on a plate, smoothing the waves.
If there will be children at the table, for them 2 napkins twisted into a straw are decorated with Christmas bells in gold. When unfolding a napkin, children hear a magic ringing.
There are many options for folding napkins. It is important that these festive attributes are combined with a tablecloth. Which of them to prefer, fabric or paper, is decided by the hospitable hostess. And do not forget about the functional purpose of napkins.
Very important: There are symbols of the year on the Eastern calendar who do not like pretentiousness. Echoing their tastes, tinsel is just attached to the edges of each napkin and placed in the form of a triangle on a portion plate.
Tableware
After the tablecloth is spread out, the turn of arranging the dishes comes. The set includes a variety of options.They include:
portioned plates;
cutlery (preferably silver or with a silver tint) for different dishes;
shot glasses;
glasses
wine glasses.
The dishes for the New Year's feast are preferably used simple, no frills, but beautifully designed. The priority is the rounded forms of the specimens. Color performance should not be too bright or dark. The use of several shades and various textures and shapes in the dishes will achieve an indelible effect. On the table for the coming year, the best crockery variations will be clay, semi- and porcelain, wooden and articles made of thick colored glass.
It is permissible to dress cutlery with ribbons in the favorite colors of the animal - the ruler of the year. This will give the overall composition on the table a certain chic. In addition, this will make it easier for the hostess to change already used appliances to clean ones.
The main wide plate should be beautiful and with a New Year's plot (the remaining plates are placed on it when changing meals). Well, if it's a service. But in the absence of such a set will help out in white, which is temporarily easy to transform using stickers, foil, sparkles.
There is definitely no place on the table on the occasion of the New Year's plastic, broken and not washed to shine specimens. All whole dishes should sparkle with purity and reflect festive illumination on the surface.
On the table you need to put the dishes according to the number of guests with the owners. If there are not enough items from one set, it is better to supplement with items that are similar in similarity to those in the main set. The dimensions of all objects must accommodate food without cluttering up the space. It is important to arrange the dishes with cooked dishes so that everyone can easily take everything you need.
Decor Elements
Correctly organized decor creates a festive atmosphere. In this case, it is also worth choosing natural colors and materials. But shine does not need to be abandoned.Here, assistants are, first of all, garlands, sparklers, as well as sources of natural light. Fire can come from fireplaces. But since few people have them, candles become an alternative.
Comfort and magic are achieved by arranging a large number of candles of different sizes. Massive and thin candles in candlesticks made of metal, glass, and ceramics will add mystery to the room. The tone of the attributes is preferred simple and clean, for example, milk, burgundy. Metallic shades such as copper, gold, silver are not excluded.
When setting the table, small candles are placed next to the devices of everyone who celebrates the New Year. Several large candles are placed in the center of the table: their fire resembles a mantelpiece, this hearth unites and “warms”. Around the table on the cabinets and shelves you can also put candles, not forgetting about fire safety.
Small figures of the symbol of the coming year are used as decoration on the table. And, for example, if it is a Dog, soft toys and figurines depicting it will be appropriate. They should be supplemented with figures of bones and favorite treats of this animal. Wooden elements, plants, dried flowers, berries, cloves, vanilla sticks and, of course, coniferous branches (spruce, pine, fir, cedar) will enhance the table setting. Decorating the table with Christmas toys, beads, garlands, create a flickering background on the table for the New Year's feast.
Accessories should be a thematic picture of the feast. Their presence in a reasonable amount should not interfere with the arrangement of plates with holiday dishes, snacks, desserts. According to safety rules, quickly flammable dry flowers and tinsel should be placed away from candlelight.
It is very important: Decorating a table for the New Year, it is reasonable to adhere to the advice "do not overdo it." And, instead of piling up complex compositions, it is better to limit yourself to a few.These can be low trays with cones, spruce branches, tangerines, candles. It is preferable to place the New Year ikebana in the middle of the table on a wide gold ribbon.
Serving Rules
In setting the New Year's table and arranging dishes, priority is given to caring for the comfort of guests. Cutlery should be placed in accordance with etiquette. The number of items should be equal to the number of invitees and hosts.
A beautiful, sparkling serving should be convenient and functional. And since dishes are the main attribute for eating New Year’s dishes, they are placed on the edges of the table. Plates are stacked, next to glasses and forks.
The serving rules provide for the following sequence:
the tablecloth with its ends hangs on all sides by 30-35 cm;
napkins folded in a triangle or rolled up in a tube are located on each set of plates;
the dishes are arranged in the order in which they are served. And if the hot plate is first, a plate for snacks is placed on it. Moreover, all such dishes are placed 2 cm from the edge of the table;
cutlery laid, starting from certain standards. The fork with the teeth up is placed to the left of the plate. The knife is placed on the right, turning its tip to the plate. Dessert spoons are placed on the right side of the knife, with a scoop down;
glasses and glasses will take the place to the right of the plates and in the order in which it is planned to serve drinks. In this case, the placed glasses should not be an obstacle to the use of devices;
the salt shaker and pepper shaker are placed in the center of the table in special stands. To these vessels it is not superfluous to add pike perch with mustard, sauces, butter;
vases with flowers - they should be provided for on the big table according to the number of bouquets. A small bouquet near the appliances for everyone sitting at the table will be replaced. It is necessary to make sure that the flowers do not crumble and block the dishes from the guests;
it is better to repeat cold snacks on dishes in the middle of the countertop at opposite ends of the table, so that those who celebrate the New Year can reach these dishes on their own.
In the buffet, meat, fish, vegetable dishes are arranged in groups. Food is prepared in such a way that it is easy to take it with a fork and eat without using a knife. And these are all kinds of canapes, tartlets, slices.
Decoration and proper serving
In decorating the table, one should observe a measure so as not to interfere with the arrangement of dishes prepared appetizingly and decorated with taste. But even the familiar cut turns into table decoration for the New Year. And there are several rules that will help to give dishes a unique character.
The products are cut very thinly with a slicer or a sharp knife. When choosing product combinations, they are guided by the tastes of the owners. But do not combine too juicy and dried ingredients to prevent the juice from changing its taste.
Compliance with the color compatibility of the cutting components will allow you to create a beautiful compositional layout.
There are plenty of options for laying out chopped foods. Here is some of them:
a fruit plate is obtained from rows of orange and peeled round slices of peeled mandarin oranges arranged in rows along the edges of the dishes; the middle is given to the “flowers” of kiwi. Fill the dish in a circular way from the edge to the center, alternating an ingredient of one tonality with a different shade;
taking a rectangular dish in the form of a “turtle”, spread the taken products in rows on it, while one product takes its own row. For the decor take slices of lemon, cranberries, sprigs of fresh dill;
both cheese with filling and ham and sausage produce wonderful rolls fastened with a skewer - they take food for it.
You can surprise guests by constructing a Christmas tree arrangement, where coniferous branches depict chopped cheese, cucumber, sausage.Delicious "needles" are strung on a skewer attached to the center of the dish. Fruit “paws” of spruce are obtained from lemon, grapefruit, kiwi. Moss under such "Christmas trees" depict sliced vegetables and fruits, berries and pomegranate grains, contrasting in color.
Salads, more salads
Well-known options are used in dressing salads. The Christmas tree, hedgehog, dog, New Year's clock are created from suitable products.
If there is no time, then such methods will help out:
Cut into even 2 parts red bell pepper and peel from seeds. Each half is put on the prepared salad with the skin peeled out, resulting in “bells”. “Tongues” are made of green onion feathers, the top of the salad ellipse is decorated with dill branches.
A “clock” with hands is made on a flat surface of the salad. On its circumference, it is enough to draw the numbers 3, 6, 9, 12, the rest are indicated by olives. For the arrows, the ingredients that are “at hand” are selected.
Many salads are served mixed irregularly. To decorate them, use a boiled egg yolk, crushed on a grater, pomegranate granules, cranberry berries. The salad surface is simply sprinkled abundantly with one of these components.
But the most accessible as a decoration for the salad slices of the products that make up the salad dish, and herbs. It is easy to make a rose from sausage (tomato) and add a leaf of green salad. So you can decorate a separate piece of salad cake.
What's hot
As for hot dishes, even on the eve of its preparation, you should think about the decor. Especially if the dish is done in a mixture, such as pilaf, roast. For the traditional baked goose in the oven, papillots on its feet and apples, pears, lemons for wrapping a bird, twigs of fresh herbs are suitable. Do not forget about curly chopped carrots, beets, cucumbers, fruits.
If the garnish is served separately, it is worthwhile to prepare a multi-colored mashed potato and build a slide from it. Dyes for this will serve as natural vegetable juices. Do the same with pasta, which is best done independently.
Whipped cream and sour cream do a good job of decorating dishes. A “cap” of these salted products will add a twist to the dish or take the place of sauce.
Fresh fruits on a large dish (possible in several tiers), natural juice poured into sparkling transparent decanters - these products will bring childhood memories to the New Year's table setting. And an integral part of the New Year - tangerines are good both on a separate dish and as a basis for fruit platter.
Worthy Tips
The abundance and variety of delicious dishes and drinks is an indispensable condition for creating a good mood for guests. The priority on the table will be cooked meat variations and meat components in salads, sandwiches, and slices. Vegetables, fruits and small snacks will complement the celebration picture.
Dishes are served in the desired sequence. Access to them celebrating the New Year should be unlimited. Items and food are arranged taking into account the needs of everyone at the table.
A multi-story tiered dish will help out in the event of a convenient and solemn arrangement of sweets and fruits. It will also save space on the table.
“One tooth” snacks are best served with skewers decorated with images of the symbol of the year.
Each napkin needs to attach a nameplate - so it will be easier for guests to sit down at the table. The plates on each plate (next to it) with the images of an animal, the ruler of the coming year, made on them, are also relevant.
A presentation to each guest in the form of a miniature animal made of wood, fabric, clay will not hurt. A gift wrapped in golden packaging can also be put near each guest’s personal plate.
The first night of the year is met at a beautifully decorated and served table. A variety of hearty and delicious dishes predicts an abundance of food throughout the year.
They are preparing with special awe for the upcoming New Year. Not only the festive menu is thought out, but also an important component - the setting of the New Year's table, at which guests and hosts sit down. And this is not the first year that the New Year’s table is made out according to the rules of the Eastern calendar. The color and tastes of the animal ruling the year, priorities in food are taken into account.
Content
Color scheme
Getting to the decor of the room and table setting, it is worth adhering to a single style. In the year of the Dog, shades of the color gamut focused on naturalness are preferable.
And the right choice will be the color scheme of the New Year's table in keys:
Shades of khaki and marsala will come in handy. But there should not be both dark, gloomy, and screaming tones. If such a palette seems strict and pale to the owners, it is diluted with bright accents, for example, red ones.
If the furniture countertop is made of wood or material in shades of wood, it will support the color tone of the New Year's table eco-style. Then you don’t need to cover the table with a tablecloth, which corresponds to such a style.
New Year's decoration options
There are a lot of them. Here are some examples to take note of.
Tablecloth
You need to celebrate New Year at a table covered with a tablecloth suitable for the celebration. Choose a canvas in accordance with the size of the countertops in the priority color scheme. The best option would be a tablecloth made of dense fabric in one tone or 2-3 copies of different tonality. Tablecloths can also be used in a restrained color.
One option may be linen or burlap canvas. The brocade covering looks spectacular and rich. If you choose a silk tablecloth, there is a chance to encounter an unstable position of the dishes on the table. Silk has a sliding property, and everything located on the table will move out.
There are many variations for the tablecloth on the table:
The most suitable fabric for a tablecloth is a smooth or fleecy cloth of a suitable color. White is quite suitable, but it more closely corresponds to a spacious brightly lit room.As well as too light tablecloths, against which in the twilight the festive appearance of dishes and cutlery is lost.
Napkins
Ready-made colorful napkins with New Year's plots will help any housewife. You do not need to do anything with them, these attributes are beautiful and so. But if the options, fabric or paper, are made in one color, the beauty and originality of the design will not hurt them.
The simplest thing is to decorate the napkins with special rings of wood, metal, paper or ribbons. You can decorate the rings with small Christmas toys depicting the symbol of the New Year holiday.
From a napkin folded four times in the corner, it is possible to make the candle a wave. The cone-shaped workpiece should be rolled up starting from the base. Put a candle on a plate, smoothing the waves.
If there will be children at the table, for them 2 napkins twisted into a straw are decorated with Christmas bells in gold. When unfolding a napkin, children hear a magic ringing.
There are many options for folding napkins. It is important that these festive attributes are combined with a tablecloth. Which of them to prefer, fabric or paper, is decided by the hospitable hostess. And do not forget about the functional purpose of napkins.
Tableware
After the tablecloth is spread out, the turn of arranging the dishes comes. The set includes a variety of options.They include:
The dishes for the New Year's feast are preferably used simple, no frills, but beautifully designed. The priority is the rounded forms of the specimens. Color performance should not be too bright or dark. The use of several shades and various textures and shapes in the dishes will achieve an indelible effect. On the table for the coming year, the best crockery variations will be clay, semi- and porcelain, wooden and articles made of thick colored glass.
It is permissible to dress cutlery with ribbons in the favorite colors of the animal - the ruler of the year. This will give the overall composition on the table a certain chic. In addition, this will make it easier for the hostess to change already used appliances to clean ones.
The main wide plate should be beautiful and with a New Year's plot (the remaining plates are placed on it when changing meals). Well, if it's a service. But in the absence of such a set will help out in white, which is temporarily easy to transform using stickers, foil, sparkles.
There is definitely no place on the table on the occasion of the New Year's plastic, broken and not washed to shine specimens. All whole dishes should sparkle with purity and reflect festive illumination on the surface.
On the table you need to put the dishes according to the number of guests with the owners. If there are not enough items from one set, it is better to supplement with items that are similar in similarity to those in the main set. The dimensions of all objects must accommodate food without cluttering up the space. It is important to arrange the dishes with cooked dishes so that everyone can easily take everything you need.
Decor Elements
Correctly organized decor creates a festive atmosphere. In this case, it is also worth choosing natural colors and materials. But shine does not need to be abandoned.Here, assistants are, first of all, garlands, sparklers, as well as sources of natural light. Fire can come from fireplaces. But since few people have them, candles become an alternative.
Comfort and magic are achieved by arranging a large number of candles of different sizes. Massive and thin candles in candlesticks made of metal, glass, and ceramics will add mystery to the room. The tone of the attributes is preferred simple and clean, for example, milk, burgundy. Metallic shades such as copper, gold, silver are not excluded.
When setting the table, small candles are placed next to the devices of everyone who celebrates the New Year. Several large candles are placed in the center of the table: their fire resembles a mantelpiece, this hearth unites and “warms”. Around the table on the cabinets and shelves you can also put candles, not forgetting about fire safety.
Small figures of the symbol of the coming year are used as decoration on the table. And, for example, if it is a Dog, soft toys and figurines depicting it will be appropriate. They should be supplemented with figures of bones and favorite treats of this animal. Wooden elements, plants, dried flowers, berries, cloves, vanilla sticks and, of course, coniferous branches (spruce, pine, fir, cedar) will enhance the table setting. Decorating the table with Christmas toys, beads, garlands, create a flickering background on the table for the New Year's feast.
Accessories should be a thematic picture of the feast. Their presence in a reasonable amount should not interfere with the arrangement of plates with holiday dishes, snacks, desserts. According to safety rules, quickly flammable dry flowers and tinsel should be placed away from candlelight.
It is very important: Decorating a table for the New Year, it is reasonable to adhere to the advice "do not overdo it." And, instead of piling up complex compositions, it is better to limit yourself to a few.These can be low trays with cones, spruce branches, tangerines, candles. It is preferable to place the New Year ikebana in the middle of the table on a wide gold ribbon.
Serving Rules
In setting the New Year's table and arranging dishes, priority is given to caring for the comfort of guests. Cutlery should be placed in accordance with etiquette. The number of items should be equal to the number of invitees and hosts.
A beautiful, sparkling serving should be convenient and functional. And since dishes are the main attribute for eating New Year’s dishes, they are placed on the edges of the table. Plates are stacked, next to glasses and forks.
The serving rules provide for the following sequence:
In the buffet, meat, fish, vegetable dishes are arranged in groups. Food is prepared in such a way that it is easy to take it with a fork and eat without using a knife. And these are all kinds of canapes, tartlets, slices.
Decoration and proper serving
In decorating the table, one should observe a measure so as not to interfere with the arrangement of dishes prepared appetizingly and decorated with taste. But even the familiar cut turns into table decoration for the New Year. And there are several rules that will help to give dishes a unique character.
The products are cut very thinly with a slicer or a sharp knife.
When choosing product combinations, they are guided by the tastes of the owners. But do not combine too juicy and dried ingredients to prevent the juice from changing its taste.
There are plenty of options for laying out chopped foods. Here is some of them:
You can surprise guests by constructing a Christmas tree arrangement, where coniferous branches depict chopped cheese, cucumber, sausage.Delicious "needles" are strung on a skewer attached to the center of the dish. Fruit “paws” of spruce are obtained from lemon, grapefruit, kiwi. Moss under such "Christmas trees" depict sliced vegetables and fruits, berries and pomegranate grains, contrasting in color.
Salads, more salads
Well-known options are used in dressing salads. The Christmas tree, hedgehog, dog, New Year's clock are created from suitable products.
If there is no time, then such methods will help out:
But the most accessible as a decoration for the salad slices of the products that make up the salad dish, and herbs. It is easy to make a rose from sausage (tomato) and add a leaf of green salad. So you can decorate a separate piece of salad cake.
What's hot
As for hot dishes, even on the eve of its preparation, you should think about the decor. Especially if the dish is done in a mixture, such as pilaf, roast. For the traditional baked goose in the oven, papillots on its feet and apples, pears, lemons for wrapping a bird, twigs of fresh herbs are suitable. Do not forget about curly chopped carrots, beets, cucumbers, fruits.
If the garnish is served separately, it is worthwhile to prepare a multi-colored mashed potato and build a slide from it. Dyes for this will serve as natural vegetable juices. Do the same with pasta, which is best done independently.
Whipped cream and sour cream do a good job of decorating dishes. A “cap” of these salted products will add a twist to the dish or take the place of sauce.
Fresh fruits on a large dish (possible in several tiers), natural juice poured into sparkling transparent decanters - these products will bring childhood memories to the New Year's table setting. And an integral part of the New Year - tangerines are good both on a separate dish and as a basis for fruit platter.
Worthy Tips
The abundance and variety of delicious dishes and drinks is an indispensable condition for creating a good mood for guests. The priority on the table will be cooked meat variations and meat components in salads, sandwiches, and slices. Vegetables, fruits and small snacks will complement the celebration picture.
Dishes are served in the desired sequence. Access to them celebrating the New Year should be unlimited. Items and food are arranged taking into account the needs of everyone at the table.
A multi-story tiered dish will help out in the event of a convenient and solemn arrangement of sweets and fruits. It will also save space on the table.
“One tooth” snacks are best served with skewers decorated with images of the symbol of the year.
Each napkin needs to attach a nameplate - so it will be easier for guests to sit down at the table. The plates on each plate (next to it) with the images of an animal, the ruler of the coming year, made on them, are also relevant.
A presentation to each guest in the form of a miniature animal made of wood, fabric, clay will not hurt. A gift wrapped in golden packaging can also be put near each guest’s personal plate.
The first night of the year is met at a beautifully decorated and served table. A variety of hearty and delicious dishes predicts an abundance of food throughout the year.