Mackenzie Schmidt is the Home and Travel Editor for PEOPLE. She's worked at PEOPLE for over five years as a writer and editor on the Lifestyle team. Real talk: You eat all your meals on the couch.

When hosting formal events, which entail a multi-course meal, elegance is of the utmost importance. Supporting pieces, such as chargers, napkin rings, and place cards play a critical role in ensuring ...

No wedding is complete with the right food option. For some this is a sit down meal that mingles the guests, bridesmaids, and groomsmen together. Plus, it’s really quite comfortable to have a dining ...

For many social events and dinners the buffet setting is the favoured style of dining. It provides a wider variety of food catering for all types of diets, menu choices and health options, it is ...

Romanticising life’s small moments has never been truer than in Athena Calderone’s Thanksgiving table. Casually folded linens, rustic, earthy vegetables, and cascading fruits come together to form a ...

There are few things as exciting as setting up a new home. Are you newly married and have moved into your ‘new’ home? Are you a seasoned hausfrau, taking immense pride in your home and hearth? Are you ...