I love to set beautiful dinner tables with colorful table linens, fresh flowers, placemats, and fun dinnerware.

One day it might be a summer dinner for six on our screen porch in Maine and the next, it might be a Sunday morning bunch or two; either way, I enjoy taking extra time to pull together tablescapes that are welcoming and inviting. 

Over the years, I have established a small collection of table linens, but I don’t have much storage space with my tiny apartment.

However, I don’t always want to use the same four tablecloth designs…so that is where Freshly Set, designer tabletop rentals, comes in to save the day! 

Freshly Set allows you to rent placemats, napkins, and other tabletop essentials for your next dinner party right from their easy-to-use website. 

I have turned to Freshly Set on countless occasions while we have entertained over the past year; from a Patriotic red, white and blue tablescape for 4th of July to our Christmas Eve dinner table. 

As you prep for your next dinner party or fun gathering, Freshly Set could be the perfect solution to make entertaining that much easier. 

Here is how Freshly Set’s tabletop rentals work: 

• browse the website to find the perfect tablecloths, placemats, napkins, and napkin rings to rent for your party

• Select the date you need all your tabletop rentals to arrive by

  • Freshly set suggests having your items arrive 1-2 days before your event, just to be safe.

• All your rentals will ship directly to your home.

• You get to keep your rentals for four days.

• Set your table with your Freshly Set tabletop linens and enjoy your party!

• Afterword your event, simply repack all your Freshly Set rentals back into the reusable shipping bag.

  • There is no need to wash anything – Freshly Set cleans everything upon return.

• Attach the pre-paid shipping label to your package and simply drop the return off at a local UPS or schedule a UPS to pick it up from your home.

• And that’s it!

I was thrilled to connect with the team behind Freshly Set this spring.

They asked if I would be a part of their ‘Table Talk’ series, where I set a colorful outdoor tablescape with their rentals and share some details about how I entertain. 

Read the full feature here:  Table Talk with Nan Philip. 

Interested in recreating this colorful outdoor tablescape – use the links below to shop the look:

• Rentals from Freshly Set

  • Chestnut Green Dascoli Tablecloth

  • Orchid Napkin Rings

  • Festival Napkin in White

  • Vera Flower Raffia Placemat

• Other Tabletop Items

  • Votives

  • Wine Glasses

  • Hand-Painted Dinner Plates by Carolina Irving & Daughters

  • Periwinkle chargers

• Nan’s Outfit

  • Sue Sator Dress

  • Lizzie Fortunato Necklace

  • Gold Hoop Earrings by Jennifer Fisher x Goop

Be sure to take a look at Freshly Set

and keep the company in mind next time you entertain!

Interested in more tabletop content?

Take a look at this summer entertaining story or this outdoor tablescape.

You can shop Nan’s favorite cocktail napkins here or find a range of dinner plate ideas here.