{"id":538,"date":"2012-07-10T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T18:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eventsbyandrewells.com\/?p=538"},"modified":"2017-02-13T07:58:24","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T11:58:24","slug":"entertaining-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eventsbyandrewells.com\/site\/2012\/entertaining-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Entertaining At Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although extravagant galas and over the top parties are fun, many of the best parties happen at home.\u00a0 Whether you are entertaining 4 guests or 40 preparation is the key to success.\u00a0 If you are know in your group as the party planner, this post is for you.\u00a0 Setting up your home for entertaining will be the key to well planned or last minute shindigs.\u00a0 You\u2019ll want to keep a good decordrobe* for your dining room table.\u00a0 You don\u2019t want your table seen in the same garb two parties in a row.\u00a0 This included cloth napkins, tablecloths, dinner ware, etc.\u00a0 Having serving dishes specifically for entertaining will leave you always feeling prepared.\u00a0 There are so many cool ways to serve guests, take some time to find some unique to your personality.<\/p>\n

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Aside from keeping a stocked bar, bar tools will take you a long way with guests.\u00a0 Ice buckets will keep you from making repeated kitchen runs to grab wine from the fridge or ice from the freezer.\u00a0 It\u2019s a proven fact that the best drinks are shaken so the shaker is a must.\u00a0 Having everything you need in a centralized area will keep the flow from being broken description<\/a>.\u00a0 Garnish tools and ingredients are the things that will make you seem as though you have beenplanning your gathering for weeks even if it\u2019s a drop by.\u00a0 Toothpicks, lemons, limes, candied ginger or\u00a0citrus peels<\/a>, mint leaves, etc.<\/p>\n

If you have a small space but still love to entertain invest in expandable tables and stow away seats.\u00a0 Yes your living room can double as your dining room.<\/p>\n

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Also, don\u2019t forget, scent is one of the most important yet forgotten senses.\u00a0 It plays a much larger role in entertaining at home than it does at large gatherings and functions.\u00a0 Be sure that the first breath guests take when they enter is a pleasant one.<\/p>\n

The smallest details make the best memories<\/p>\n

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*Decordrobe: A wardrobe for your home , consisting of seasonal d\u00e9cor and products specifically for entertaining.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although extravagant galas and over the top parties are fun, many of the best parties happen at home.\u00a0 Whether you are entertaining 4 guests or 40 preparation is the key to success.\u00a0 If you are know in your group as the party planner, this post is for you.\u00a0 Setting up your home for entertaining will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eventsbyandrewells.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eventsbyandrewells.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eventsbyandrewells.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eventsbyandrewells.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eventsbyandrewells.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/eventsbyandrewells.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":971,"href":"https:\/\/eventsbyandrewells.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions\/971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eventsbyandrewells.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eventsbyandrewells.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eventsbyandrewells.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eventsbyandrewells.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}