The hot seasons and the summer in particular are more than ever the time to be together and to be together with family and friends, an operation that often brings everyone gathered around a table, because food has always been a great aggregator. Lovable and fresh dinners, shaded lunches, long breakfasts and nighttime snacks come to life in which you (re) find yourself, finally with less stress, around more or less richly laid tables. Large tables in which, however, in addition to good food, a suitable mise en place should never be missing, something that is as easy as the season requires, but also particular and appropriate to the context. So here are some tips to create a refined and functional summer appliance that is perfect for all hours of the day. 1. What to start from
Setting up with care, whether indoors or outdoors, means giving importance and making guests feel special. For this reason, choosing the right elements paying particular attention to the details can make the difference. When setting up outdoors, the watchword should be lightness, too precious dishes, important cutlery and sumptuous glasses are prohibited, no silverware or Baccarat crystal to be clear, the key thing is that there is freshness and cleanliness, regardless the type of style you want to achieve. In such situations, details are more important than ever. Among the many things, two should never be neglected and are: the textile elements (tablecloth, placemats, runner, napkins …) better if chosen in one color only, possibly also to be developed with games of fantasies and nuances and the right centerpiece; the latter must not be too bulky or too small, it can be made, for example, with fresh seasonal flowers or fruit to be placed in small personalized containers. These are simple details that will give the mise en place the right personality and make the table particular and less anonymous.2. Choose a theme
From the city balcony to the terrace overlooking the sea, from the garden to the patio in the countryside, for an outdoor lunch, as well as on color, focusing on a theme that characterizes the mise en place will always be a winning idea. Whether it is elements recovered around the outdoor space such as: branches, pine cones, aromatic plants and wildflowers, or something related to the sea if you are on the coast or near a beach, give the table a mood that connote it and refer to the immediate surroundings will be a way to leave amazed diners and guests. The advice is to first get a clear idea and then choose a few elements to use as a place marker and / or in addition to the centerpiece.3. The most suitable colors, white, green and blue
As in the furniture, pure white is also an inevitable color when we talk about outdoor spaces, fresh, bright and luminous opens the field to always winning combinations. An excellent stratagem also for mixing crockery and accessories of various kinds, it allows many combinations, offers a guaranteed result and an evergreen that never tires. Even green, declined in patterns and solid colors, combined with white and / or neutral shades is a color that is simply perfect for decorating the table. Decisive or sweet, energetic or soft in its many shades, to be mixed or used ton sur ton, it allows you to create infinite solutions all with a high level of refinement. Perfect by the sea, but not only, the range of blues gives freshness and breath and opens up to the summer even if you find yourself having to create a small mise en place for two on a mini city balcony. Rich in shades and gradations from classic blue, to ultramarine through the Greek blue or the more particular peacock blue, the color of the sky and the sea is always a very valid answer to give quality. Intense and at the same time soothing, bold, strong and full of energy, blue at the table offers elegant experiments that go beyond trends and passing fashions.
Banned, as much as possible, disposable plates, glasses and cutlery, for the table on the market there are light, practical and economical solutions that open the field to simple and extremely dynamic mise en place. Elements made with various materials and for all tastes that wink at contemporary trends and allow you to set the table, even for many diners, with extreme ease and respecting the Planet.
