Concept, art direction, video editing, title design, and writing for West Elm
Videography by Zack Taylor. Styling by Marie Sullivan. Food Styling by Jason Schreiber.
Originally published for the West Elm blog as “How To Set Your Table for The Holidays”
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If you’re miserable at chopping vegetables and a roasting turkey is best left in somebody else’s care, chances are you’re the type of person who gets tasked with setting the table at holiday dinners. Although this not-quite-thrilling duty is simple (does it really matter where the salad fork goes?), it does present the culinarily challenged a rare opportunity to show off. Follow the simple tips in this video below and you’ll earn extra points with your host and compliments from other dinner guests. “What a lovely table setting! Who did that?” YOU DID.