{"id":3361,"date":"2014-12-24T11:06:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T16:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/?p=3361"},"modified":"2022-10-06T11:08:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T15:08:48","slug":"ask-a-pro-qa-dinner-table-dress-up-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/ask-a-pro-qa-dinner-table-dress-up-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask a Pro Q&#038;A: Dinner Table Dress-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Welcome to another installment of Ask a Pro! Today we are talking to Dream Team member and Lifestyle expert Carolina Buia\u00a0about finding the right placemats to dress up your dinner table!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:<\/strong> I have been trying to find placemats for my table and cannot.\u00a0 Are they still in fashion?\u00a0 Where can I find them?<\/p>\n<p>-Kay C.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/placemats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3451 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/placemats.jpg\" alt=\"placemats\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/placemats.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/placemats-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>A:<\/strong> Where have you been looking?<\/p>\n<p>Placemats are still very much in fashion, especially with all the holiday entertaining. They can dress up a table or keep messes manageable. The latter ones are practical&#8211;as they are plastic and messes can be wiped up quickly. They are great for kids, and IKEA and Etsy have a wide selection. For adding pizazz to your dining, my favorite placemats include the modern <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chilewich.com\/store\/table\/placemats_runners\/mod\/gold_rectangle\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener\">Chilewich line<\/a>. Their gilded ovals are one of my go-to table jewels. Also, check out the whimsical selections from ZGallerie, like these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zgallerie.com\/p-14782-coral-placemat-set-of-4.aspx\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener\">silvered corals<\/a>. These stunning mats are an inexpensive and easy way to elevate your table setting. Yes, these beauties will always have a place at my dinner table.<\/p>\n<p>-Carolina B.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><button class=\"more-link\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1271,"featured_media":3451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[63,571,581],"class_list":["post-3361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-a-pro","tag-entertaining-2","tag-placemats","tag-table-settings","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ask a Pro Q&amp;A: Dinner Table Dress-Up - Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dream Team member and Lifestyle expert Carolina Buia\u00a0about finding the right placemats to dress up your dinner table!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bhgre.com\/bhgrelife\/ask-a-pro-qa-dinner-table-dress-up-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ask a Pro Q&amp;A: Dinner Table Dress-Up - 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