How To Make the Right Choices With Your Wedding Table Linens

Weddings and wedding receptions come in as many styles, colors, and sizes, as there are brides and grooms. The one thing that they all have in common is a need for tables at the wedding reception. These tables will serve multiple purposes, but they will all need table linens to dress them up and make the reception a success.

Wedding Table Linens Options

Of course, table linens can include many pieces beyond a tablecloth, though there are even choices available in those. Let’s start by reviewing all that we have available from iQLinens.com. Most people know that tablecloths come in a wide variety of fabrics and colors.

However, did you know that they are also available in different table ‘fits’? Here are a few choices and the wedding reception tables on which they might best be used.

Wedding Tablecloths

Tablecloths for dining tables are the style you most often picture. Covering the tabletop and draping over the side either partway or all the way to the floor, these tablecloths are perfect for any size or shape table you plan to use at your reception. This includes square, rectangle, round and oval tables, plus cocktail tables.

Fitted tablecloths offer solutions to a couple of wedding reception challenges. You can use this style on your dining tables or a wedding party banquet table, but you’ll most often see them on all the extra tables at an event. Here are your options.

A fitted tablecloth with corner pleats that matches your color scheme is a great option for tables holding the buffet or cake because they don’t pool on the floor, causing a trip hazard.

This is also a good option for a gift table for the same reason.

For outdoor weddings where the wind is a concern, you can even opt for a Spandex fitted tablecloth that hugs the top and legs of a table. This style will give your reception a sleek, modern look and keeps the tablecloth in place even during a stiff wind.

Table Runners for Wedding Reception Tables

Sometimes your wedding reception tables might be of beautiful wood that shouldn’t be completely covered.

For this occasion, a table runner can be an excellent way to use your wedding colors in the table décor without covering it completely. Or you can add a second color to your table by layering a table runner on top of a tablecloth.

Like iQ Linens tablecloths, our table runners are available in a wide variety of colors and fabrics, plus you can find options in different lengths to fit your tables.

Cloth Napkins

The use of cloth napkins on your tables can immediately dress them up. Available in multiple sizes, from cocktails to large dinner napkins, iQ Linens has a great selection of colors and fabrics.

You can also fold the napkins into different shapes to dress up your tables. When choosing the size for your cloth dinner napkins, take into consideration the size needed to cover a person’s lap fully.

You might be tempted by a smaller size, but you really need to choose a 19-to-20-inch napkin for the job. Cocktail napkins would be smaller, of course, but they are not generally meant to be used in one’s lap.

Don’t Forget the Chairs

So you’ve made your wedding reception tables beautiful with a variety of table linens from tablecloths to runners don’t ruin the look by surrounding the tables with folding chairs or other battered chair choices your venue might offer.

A lot of chair design issues can be masked by using chair covers and/or chair ties. Chair covers from iQ Linens are offered to cover specific chair styles, like wooden folding chairs, or more general banquet chairs. They also come in the usual variety of colors, fabrics, and styles.

Using chair covers to match your wedding reception color scheme can really bring the room together.

A final choice available to dress up your wedding reception chairs is a chair tie.

Often the chairs in a venue are not ugly enough to need a full cover, but they can be dressed up to fit the reception design by using chair ties in one of your colors. This is often a very affordable option at less than $2 for each chair tie on iQLinens.com.

Choosing Your Style and Colors

From stylish modern décor to rustic farmhouse, there are many options from which you can choose.

Pizzazz Spandex tablecloths and chair covers are very sleek and could give your wedding reception a modern vibe.

Alternatively, investing in cotton/polyester blend burlap tablecloths would be perfect table linens for a rustic wedding reception.

Choosing to use colorful table runners, cloth napkins, and/or chair covers or ties would be a great complement to neutral tablecloths in bright white, black or tan.

Conversely, using a royal blue tablecloth with white napkins sets a beautiful table.

Affordable Wedding Table Linens

There are plenty of affordable table linen choices out there. Renting is always an option, but buying can also be affordable if you choose the right source.

Buying wedding table linens, like cloth napkins in bulk from our website, is easy thanks to all of the options discussed above and more.

There you’ll find the perfect colors to fulfill the table linen needs for your dream wedding reception, and if you don’t, you can even place a special order for your exact needs.