How to Decorate a Buffet Table for an Adult's Birthday Party
At many birthday celebrations, food takes center stage. By filling a buffet table with tasty treats, you can offer celebrators the opportunity to fill their stomachs while mixing and mingling. Instead of allowing this food-filled space to be merely utilitarian, dress it up a bit to make it an attractive addition to your adult birthday bash. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Table linens
- Serving platters and bowls
- Elevated serving trays
- Place cards
- Greenery or flowers
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Feature the party colors in the table linens. Select a tablecloth or two featuring the birthday celebrant's favorite color or reflecting of the overall theme of the party. For example, if you have planned a penguin-themed bash, feature a black-and-white striped tablecloth. To tie in the other dominant colors, place cloth napkins under each platter, allowing them to frame the dishes and amp up the color.
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Mix and match serving pieces for an engaging and attractive display. You likely don’t have enough of any one type of platter to fill the table. Instead of racking up quite the bill, use platters from different sets, seeking specifically those featuring the colors that you are featuring in your table linens. You can borrow these serving pieces from friends or purchase them at a garage sale or flea market.
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Create height with elevated serving trays. Use cake serving platters or other elevated trays, placing these in the back of a table that you have against the wall, or in the center of the table if you are allowing guests to travel down both sides of the buffet line. This extra height will add some sophistication and visual interest.
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Organize foods by type. Place them down the line, starting with salad and then moving through the main dish and sides, making it easy for buffet visitors to fill their plates in a logical manner.
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Use place cards to label dishes, particularly if they are exotic. Hand-write or type the names of these dishes, and rest them against the rim of each plate. This addition of name cards makes the space more attractive and prevents guests from having to inquire as to the contents of each offered dish.
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Add greenery or flowers to the table, weaving them between the dishes. Particularly if you are using living decorations elsewhere, placing flowers, greenery or even just petals among the dishes provides an attractive finishing touch.
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