What are Table Runners?
Table runners are a terrific way to “dress up” a kitchen or dining room table. Instead of covering the entire table, a table runner covers only the middle section of the table, “running” the length of the table. They come in a variety of sizes designed for different length tables, and also have many patterns from which to choose. Some people use table runners on the bare table, just to provide some extra color in the center of their table. They might purchase coordinating place mats that can create protection of the table at each place setting. Alternately, smaller runners may make the perfect tablecloth for coffee tables of a certain length. The other way table runners can be employed is by placing them over a coordinating tablecloth. This can add an extra layer and it may be a terrific choice when a person wants to add a specific theme to a decorated table. For instance, people can have solid color tablecloths for use around the year, and then buy table runners that have holiday or h
Table runners are an elegant way to dress up an every day table. They are extremely popular during the Holidays to add a special touch to Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s celebrations. A table runner is a wide piece of fabric, backed with another piece of fabric, pointed on both ends, and sometimes adorned with a tassel on each point. Table runners are placed in the center of the table, lengthwise, and hang off each end to add a decorative touch. Table runners can be the only linen on the table, or can be combined with a table cloth, place mats, and/or napkins. Table runners are most often cloth, but can also be made of lengths of ribbon festooned down the center, or branches of pine boughs placed in lengths down the middle. Table runners can be the only adornment on the table, or can be topped with a floral arrangement or other centerpiece. Table runners come in many different fabrics for every day use as well as in finer fabrics such as linen, silk, lace and velvet for special
