Whether indoors or out - color, lighting and design make a table inviting By Allison Hersh Coastal Senior Blue Toile placemats and napkins by Vera Bradley add casual elegance to a light summer table setting.
Southern hospitality is, quite literally, a way a life in coastal Georgia and South Carolina.
After all, entertaining has long been a Southern tradition, with hosts and hostesses graciously opening their homes to guests for dinner parties, cocktail parties and other social events for centuries. The Southern table may conjure images of formal place settings, candelabras and centerpieces made of hydrangea or magnolia blossoms. Today, however, entertaining Southern-style is about style, class and comfort. It's all about being relaxed, enjoying your friends and enjoying good food. In coastal Georgia and the South Carolina Lowcountry, big oversized pieces like hammered copper buckets that hold icy bottles of beer or giant platters that can be piled high with boiled shrimp or Lowcountry boil tend to be popular among people who like to entertain.