It's an occasion worthy of your best china, crystal and silver. But where do all the pieces go? This simple how to will provide your road map to creating a formal place setting.

Difficulty Level: Easy      Time Required: 5 minutes

1. Place the dinner plate on the table directly in front of where guest will be sitting.
2. Locate the bread and butter plate at the 10:00 position in relation to dinner plate.
3. The butter knife should be placed on the bread and butter plate in a vertical position.
4. Place water glass at 1:00 position relative to dinner plate.
5. Put red-wine glass just below and to right of water glass.
6. Set white-wine glass just below and to right of red-wine glass.
7. Put dessert spoon above dinner plate in a horizontal position
8. Place dessert fork above dessert spoon, facing in opposite direction.
9. Dinner knife should be located to the right of dinner plate.
10. Place fish knife to the right of dinner knife.
11. Put soupspoon to the right of dinner knife.
12. Fish fork should be located to the right of soupspoon.
13. Place salad fork to the left of dinner plate.
14. Put dinner fork next to salad fork.
15. Place napkin to the left of dinner fork.
    

1. For less formal dinners, remove unnecessary pieces such as fish forks and knives and extraneous wine glasses.