Don't just set the table-set the mood! Setting a stylish table!

Planning the ultimate dressy dinner party?
Or something more laid-back and casual?

There's an art to tuning your table to the occasion and House BeautifulTablescapes helps you master this often underappreciated skill-whether it's for a Sunday supper, freewheeling garden party, or extravagant holiday soiree. Lavishly photographed, this book explores a stunning range of decorative possibilities utilizing every kind of tabletop decor imaginable, from an elegantly curling sterling candelabra to jaw-snapping alligator napkin rings to a whooping troop of porcelain monkeys.