Tablecloth Buying Guide

Tablecloth Buying GuideLearn How to Choose the Most Suitable Tablecloth for Your Indoor or Outdoor Table

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Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................... 3

What are the Most Popular Fabrics that are Used for Tablecloths and How to Choose the Most Suitable One for Your Home? ....................................................... 4

How to Estimate the Most Suitable Colors and Patterns for Your New Tablecloth? 5

Should You Check the Tablecloth's Size? .................................................................. 6

What About the Maintenance? ................................................................................. 7



Introduction

What is a Tablecloth?

The tablecloth is a cloth spread that is used in table covering. The first types were designed to protect tables from scratches and stains. But soon after that people realized how important is the tablecloth for their interior decoration, so it became a part of the buying criteria as well.

What You Can Learn in This Buying Guide?

In this buying guide, you will be able to learn:

• What are the Most Popular Fabrics that are Used for Tablecloths and How to Choose the Most Suitable One for Your Home?

• How to Estimate the Most Suitable Colors and Patterns for Your New Tablecloth?

• Should You Check the Tablecloth's Size?

• What About the Maintenance?



What are the Most Popular Fabrics that are Used for Tablecloths and How to Choose the Most Suitable One for Your Home?

One of the most important criteria that regard the quality of the tablecloth and its maintenance is the made up fabric. There are three different fabrics that are often used as made up fabrics, they are:

• Silk - it's one of the most elegant and stylish options that you could choose for your tablecloth. The covers for tables that are made up of silk are usually designed for ornament usage. They can be used in decorating of tables in living rooms and bedrooms. However, that type of fabric is not suitable for kitchen or dining room tables.

• Poly-Cotton and Cotton - they are used as a made up fabric for table covers that are designed to be used on dining tables. They require easy maintenance, so most of these models are machine washable. The quality of tablecloths that are made up of poly-cotton or cotton could be considered by checking the thread count parameters that shows the number of both horizontal and vertical threads per a square inch. The quality cotton fabrics have higher thread count parameters.

• Oilcloth - it's a popular fabric that is used for both indoor and outdoor tables. Their biggest advantage is that the fabric is waterproof which makes its maintenance to be really easy. Also, the oilcloth is one of the most inexpensive fabric, so tablecloths that are made up of it are one of the cheapest options that could choose for your table covering. In case that you've decided to buy an oilcloth tablecloth, you can check out this oilcloth tablecloth informative website where you can find lots of useful information about tablecloths that are made up of oilcloth.

Note: In case that you are looking for a tablecloth that will be used outside, it should be waterproof. Most of these models of tablecloths are made up of oilcloth, however before buying one, you'd better read the information from tags and instruction if it's designed by the manufacturer to be used outside.



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How to Estimate the Most Suitable Colors and Patterns for Your New Tablecloth?

When it comes to criteria that regard the decoration in our home, one of the most important parameters that we should consider are the colors and patterns of the tablecloth that we plan to buy.

The colors and patterns should be chosen according to the color palette of your interior decoration. It can be done be follow a few simple steps:

1. Make a list with color occurrences that can be seen the room where you plan to use your new tablecloth. Make sure that you've included the colors of the wall, table color, and the colors of the other furniture and accessories.

2. While you are reading the list with colors, try to find one or more colors that would look great when they are used in a combination with the colors from the list.

3. The colors that you've found from second step are that colors that you should choose for background color and pattern for your new tablecloth. In this step, you will have to decide what is the best color combination between colors that you could select for the background and pattern for your new tablecloth.

Note: When you considering what the most suitable pattern is for your tablecloth, it's a good decoration idea to consider it with the patterns that already can be seen in your home. In this way, you will be able to keep the harmony in your interior decoration just by one simple step.

In case that you are looking for a new tablecloth for your kid's birthday party or some other special event then it's no necessary to consider its colors and patterns with the existing interior decoration in your home. Instead of considering colors with home interior decoration, you'd better focus on select tablecloth that is specially designed for such events. For example, you can find tablecloth's that are specially designed to be used for children's parties.



Should You Check the Tablecloth's Size?

When we select beautiful and fashionable tablecloths for our home, we should always check their sizes if they are chosen properly according to the tables on which they will be used.

Most of the tablecloths come in standard sizes such as:

• 52 x 52 inches - that size is designed to be used for tables with square shapes.

• 52 x 70 inches - designed for tables with oblong shapes.

• 60 x 84 inches - also designed for tables with oblong shapes.

• 60 x 144 inches - designed for tables with oval shapes.



• 70 x 70 inches - designed for tables with round shapes.

• 90 x 90 inches - designed for tables with round shapes.

In case that you are not sure if the tablecloth is suitable for your table, before going to the store for table covers, you can note the dimensions if your table and then you can simply ask some of the sellers in the store if the tablecloth that you plan to buy has suitable dimensions for your table.



What About the Maintenance?

Before buying of a new tablecloth for your home, it's a good idea to check out the recommended method that should be used to keep it clean.

The oilcloth tables have easiest maintenances because they are waterproof. They could be cleaned using of sponge and water.

In case that you intend to buy a tablecloth which is made up of different fabric such as silk or cotton, you can check if it's machine washable as well as at what temperature it can be done. It's recommended to check out the dry method as well.



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