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There are several options you can choose from when the time comes to pick out your tabletop accessories - but you have to make sure that every thing you'll pick will conclusively fit your personality. Undermentioned are a few of my all-time favorite tabletop accessories. Personally I have a problem sticking with one specific style because I'm pretty eclectic and like a little bit of everything, so just bear with me!
Wine Glasses: An important part to any table, you can choose from something like a regular wine glass, goblet, tapio and every option in between! Nowadays we don't really follow the conventional rules of wine drinking; we drink what we want, with whatever food we want, when we want. If you are one of these free spirited types of people then you can really pick from any dark wine glass option you please! You can also choose from different colors and different materials as well. FYI, machine made products are almost always going to be the same. So if you buy 12 wine glasses that are machine made, these will not have any clear differences. Whereas if you choose something like hand blown, you are going to probably get different characteristics. Nothing major, but it can give your table a little bit more persona!
Beverage Dispensers & Pitchers: These aren't your grandma's water pitchers I can tell you that. There are some majorly funky and very fun shapes such as the Carafe, Jug, Ice Lip and even "Flasks", which really aren't flasks, but they are the shape of a flask! Again, you can choose from all kinds of colors and shapes - funky or not! You can also choose the types, craftsmanship, material it's made out of, capacity, style, and of course brand and height. For most tabletop accessories they say to choose different heights because it will give your table more of a presence as far as presentation goes. Think of it as a plate of food, you wouldn't ever see a chef putting white food on a white plate with white sauce. It has no depth! Choose different colors and different heights and make your table really stand out!
Dining Accessories: Some of these items I have never even seen before, but they seem really cool! For example, I found an actual glass honey pot! It has the same grooves as a should-be beehive does and it comes with a metal lid and an attached "honey scooper". Why not just use the glass jar the honey is in? Because this ends up bringing a whole 'nother level of customization and elegance!
Flatware: You need flatware to eat! Unless you choose really crazy themes like Indian or Japanese dinner... When it comes to flatware or silverware you again have a ton of options available to you not only sizes and types of materials, but colors, different patterns.
Remember, these accessories are for your home, your table and it's supposed to ooze your personality. If you want classic, go classic. If you want retro go retro. The point here is that no matter what your taste or style or personality is, you can truly choose from any options your heart desires!
Heck, you can even mix and match if you want to. A lot of people even choose to do this with their home decor, they might have an eclectic taste so they go with a little bit of French country, a dash of contemporary with a flair or two of classic! I think tabletop accessories and the options that come along with something like this is so exciting, this is supposed to be fun!
