A Romantic Tuscan Atmosphere

Here are essential tips you need to make your Tuscan dinner seem as Tuscan as possible.

Tuscan Tabletop

The Tuscan countryside is a scenic landscape of fruit trees, grapevines, olive groves and flowering fields.

Bring Tuscany's beauty on to your tabletop.

• Create a familial atmosphere at your engagement party by setting up a long continuous dining table. Rent 8-foot tables and join them end-to-end. Also, rent tablecloths in your partys color scheme.

• Drape tables with fabric overlays that depict a Tuscan theme and choose plates, napkins, and table accessories based on the overlays colors.

• Or go with some fabulous ceramic Tuscan dinnerware and pick up the colors in your table linens.

• As a finishing touch, place rustic arrangements of sunflowers on the table and wrought iron candleholders with candles that match your party colors.

Tuscan Decor

Model your party space after the courtyard of a Tuscan villa.

• Place an iron scrollwork arch at the entrance of the party or in another area as grand focal point. Rent an arch or purchase one and give to the soon-to-be newlyweds after the party!

• Decorate doorways and the arch with green leaf garland that is embellished with fresh flowers.

• Add potted Ficus trees or topiaries both inside and outside, and make them sparkle with battery-operated twinkle lights. Use these portable trees to light up dark areas of the party.

• Illuminate the party space with white twinkle lights.