9 ways to transform a table with stylish tableware

Quirky, fun dinner lay:
When very close friends are in for dinner and the spirit is mischievous and playful you would want your table to reflect the spirit. This is the time to choose quirky and fun tableware. You can use a lyrically, colourful dining set with eclectic visual elements which are colour coordinated and has a motif spelling fun, like the one in the picture with vibrancy of Rajasthani folklore.

Comfortably formal dinner lay:
A mix and match of coloured, customisable tableware in white, elegant, gold etching, overlaid with teal touches and complimented with regal patterns, in high-quality porcelain, elevates the elegance of a comfortable formal dining set up and enhances the fashionable DNA of the host or hostess. For a gentle formal appeal, attention has to be paid to the cutlery layout and the centre piece.

Festive and ethnic dinner lay:
When the mood of the social occasion is festive and ethnic, and you would want to celebrate it with glamour and novelty, what better than to choose a theme with rich gem colours, genuine gold decal and fine porcelain with ancient Indian enameling that will give a new lease of grace for a matchless dinner service.

Elegant and ceremonious dinner lay:
If the guest list is that of new acquaintances and conversation is the priority on the evening list, the choice of apt tableware would be quiet, elegant and ceremoniously classy. Premium quality china with vintage, Barouque, floral designs and lustrous platinum finish to keep the look subtle would be the need of the hour. Table mats, vibrant napkins, well-chosen cutlery and the shimmer of quiet platinum, shining through its fine lines when caught in the light of the central candelabrum, adds to the ceremony thus making the dinner an enchanting modish affaire.

Lazy tea or coffee lay:
Before an opulent dinner party, it can be a clever idea to have a lazy evening tea with close friends so as to add wit to the otherwise stressed nerves. Hours of chit chat and cups of steaming coffee can get gorgeous with well-crafted mugs and whimsical matching serving sets with Indian kitsch print. Morning solace and laidback evenings is the time for a treat to look forward to.

Zen tea or coffee lay:
Features with an inspiration of platinum Buddha print and inscriptions with square serving dishes and mugs make for a stunning lay which can be labelled as meditative. It serves well for a quiet tea time and spells well for a well-deserved design statement. The lay can always be decorated further with Buddha statues and floral lotus-shaped tea light holders to enhance the ambience.

Smart semiformal tea or coffee lay:
​Digging out the perfect balance of keeping an evening dignified and classic is often the need of the hour. So it would be smart to invest in a demurely, decorate, artistic tea set to serve the purpose. 18th-century French Rococo inspiration with vintage floral and a three-tiered cake platter makes for an orthodox look which can be smartly punctuated with mugs, instead of cups and saucers, to keep the mood casual too.

Flamboyant formal tea or coffee lay:
Enameled opulent saucers with rich, floral inlay and classic, gold Meenakari enameling, tea pot set with milk and sugar dispensers, make for a flamboyant, Indian, motif inspired dazzling and vibrant formal tea layout. A must-have in your cabinet to pull out for a formal get-together or even during celebrations.

Classic formal tea lay:
Medieval, regal, Italian designing, brought alive with platina sheen patterning, with its subtle yet rich look rounds off for a truly, well, peerless tea service. A classic formal is one of the essential and highly desirable tableware that is a life saviour at serious tea servings.