Don€t just set the table€"set the mood! 

Planning the ultimate dressy dinner party? Or something more laid-back and casual? There€s an art to tuning your table to the occasion and House BeautifulTablescapes helps you master this often underappreciated skill€"whether it€s for a Sunday supper, freewheeling garden party, or extravagant holiday soir©e. Lavishly photographed, this book explores a stunning range of decorative possibilities utilizing every kind of tabletop d©cor imaginable, from an elegantly curling sterling candelabra to jaw-snapping alligator napkin rings to a whooping troop of porcelain monkeys.