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‘Tablescaping’ is the latest trend you’ve never heard of – and it’s coming to ruin your Christmas

For those who want to compete over the dining room table but can’t quite fathom how to do it, fear not, there are now professional companies who will box up an entire ‘look’ for an extortionate amount of money 

 

Jenny Eclair
Monday 18 November 2019 16:20 GMT
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These days it’s not sufficient to check your cutlery for bits of dried egg and sling a few raffia mats down
These days it’s not sufficient to check your cutlery for bits of dried egg and sling a few raffia mats down

Sometimes you read about the new latest thing and you have to check the date in case it’s 1 April and someone has pulled a fast one on you.

“Tablescaping” is such a thing. I first heard the word about a week ago and since then it’s rapidly been creeping into the bloodstream of our vocabulary. Within a couple of years it might even sound normal.

Tablescaping is the art of laying a table, but not just with knives, forks, spoons and napkins but with other more exciting trinkets and folderol. Because these days it’s not sufficient to check your cutlery for bits of dried egg, sling a few raffia mats down, dig out that packet of dinosaur-themed kids-party napkins and bung a couple of tea lights on a saucer. Who wants to Instagram that?

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