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Marie and Rob's downtown Tampa wedding featured an elegant evening that began with a traditional Catholic ceremony followed by dinner and dancing in a

Ready to set your wedding day dinner table? Find 45 wedding place setting ideas that can work with every style of celebration from simple to glamorous to bohemian.

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After struggling to find a venue in the US that spoke to them, Jessie and Nick happened upon Hacienda Tamchen while on vacation in Merida and it was perfect. "With guests coming from all over the world, we wanted our wedding to be an exciting vacation for everyone. We wanted the event to feel like an intimate backyard party that would allow for all of our friends and family to feel connected to each other and the unique architecture of the space."

Learn how to set a table with easy-to-follow charts and diagrams for setting formal occasions and casual parties and dinners.

Sam and Kellen wanted their wedding to be purposeful and natural, rather than forced and contrived. "We directed our focus on making sure everyone genuinely had a great time, and in doing so we worried less and actually had an amazing time ourselves. We wanted our wedding to be purposeful, thoughtful, intimate, unpretentious, unfussy, organic, sustainable, and filled with lots of love!"

Hotel Fouquet, with its pink, green and brass interiors, alongside the recently opened GH on the Park, transform into a vibrant canvas where color finds its home, love fills the air and forever becomes a promise you can truly feel.

Learn how to set a table using these three amazing tips to create a simple, yet layered look for Spring. Includes a place setting diagram.