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You may not be able to set the table for breakfast every morning, but when you do get the chance, it adds a really nice touch to the start of your day! Make your table as fancy or as laid-back as you prefer. For a basic setting, you’ll need plates, bowls, silverware, mugs, and juice glasses.
For more complex table settings, use cloth napkins, extra utensils for different dishes, and carafes full of delicious beverages. You can even prepare a breakfast buffet for when you’re having a lot of guests over. A lot of your decisions will be based on how large of a table you have, but even if you have limited room, you can still present a beautiful table.
1 Provide plates or bowls for guests, depending on what you’re serving. For a meal like pancakes or eggs and toast, a dinner plate should be provided to each guest. If you’re serving oatmeal or cereal, give everyone a bowl. If you’re serving both types of breakfasts, set a plate at each place and put a bowl on top of the plate.[1]
Setting a basic table for your everyday breakfast doesn’t need to take long at all. Just think ahead about what you’re planning to make, and make sure to set out the dishware that’ll be needed.
2 Lay out silverware at each place setting. A fork, butter knife, and a small spoon should be adequate for a more casual table setting. Place the fork on the left-hand side of the plate, and put the butter knife and spoon on the right-hand side.[2]
Always place the knife with its blade pointing toward the plate.
You could also put silverware into a basket on the table and let your guests take what they need for their meal. Some people may not need a knife or a spoon, and this could cut down on the dishes you need to clean later.
3 Give each guest a mug or juice glass for their morning beverage. Rather than setting out a mug and a glass for each person, ask each guest what they’d like to drink and set their place with the appropriate drinkware. Juice glasses can be used for water, juice, or drinks like bloody marys. Mugs are great for coffee, tea, or hot chocolate. Set the glass above the plate, between where the plate and the utensils are.[3]
If you’re serving mimosas or some other kind of batch-drink, provide a pitcher of the beverage and the appropriate glasses next to the pitcher so guests can help themselves.
4 Set a napkin at each place setting. Use cloth napkins if that’s what you prefer, or give everyone paper napkins for easy clean-up. You can put the napkin underneath the fork on the left-hand side of the plate, or just set the napkin on top of the plate.[4]
If you normally use a napkin-holder at your table, it’s okay to just set that out, too, instead of placing a table at each setting.
1 Put a plate directly across from each chair. Depending on what you’re serving and how large your table is, use either a dinner plate or a salad plate for the main setting. Leave about 2 inches (5.1 cm) of space between the table’s edge and the bottom of the plate.[5]
If you’re planning to use a tablecloth, lay it out before setting any plates down on the table.
If you do happen to use a dinner plate, provide a salad plate as well for bread or muffins. Place the salad plate at the upper-left corner of the dinner plate.
It’s okay if your dishes don’t all match! Mismatched plates hold a certain kind of charm when presented nicely.
2 Set a bowl either on top of the plate or directly above the plate. Provide bowls if you’re serving hot cereal, cold cereal, or yogurt. If you’re not serving any of those options, you don’t need to set a bowl.[6]
Use smaller bowls for breakfast if you have them. A deep soup-bowl might look cumbersome on your breakfast table.
3 Place the silverware around the plate. Provide 1 fork, 1 butter knife, and 2 spoons for each person. Place the fork on the left side of the plate. On the right side, place the butter knife down first, with the cutting edge facing inwards toward the plate. Next to the knife, set a soup spoon and then a teaspoon. If you aren’t serving cereal or yogurt, you don’t need to set out the soup spoon.[7]
The soup spoon is for cereal or yogurt, and the teaspoon is for stirring hot beverages.
4 Position a juice glass directly above the knife and spoons. Use juice glasses if you have them, but if not, normal water glasses are just fine. Some people even use mason jars for beverages.[8]
You can often find pretty, unique glassware at thrift stores.
If you’re serving an alcoholic drink, like mimosas or…
