Linen napkins are a simple and affordable way to adorn your table and add a touch of luxury to your dining experience. It is amazing how these small pieces of cloth can really brighten a room, enhance the atmosphere and add elegance to even a casual lunch or dinner.
Why buy linen napkins?
Linen napkins are a very popular choice when it comes to cloth napkins for one’s table design. There are lots of reasons people prefer them. These are most common:
- One of the main reasons is comfort of linen fabric. Linen fabric is nice to touch – this can especially be appreciated when a napkin is used to wipe lips or face. Linen fabric is famous for its ability to absorb moisture instantly and dry quickly – very important qualities for table linen.
- One more important reason to choose linen table napkins is durability of linen fabric. When purchasing linen table linen one is making a lifetime investment – linen is very durable, it gets softer and nicer after each wash. Linen is machine washable and can be tumbled dry. To save perfect shape of them ironing when still damp is recommended. But linen is most beautiful when naturally crumpled, so beautiful soft crumpled napkins on one’s table will stress the natural origins of its fabric and preferences of the host.
- Being made from a durable fabric, linen napkins are a real money saver. One can use them again and again. With good quality paper napkins of beautiful designs costing more and more, cloth napkins make a lot of sense. In spite of huge supply of polyester and cotton napkins, try to find linen ones, because polyester and cotton are stain-magnets and are difficult to wash clean.
What kind of linen napkins to choose?
One of the amazing things about linen napkins is all the choices you have! With capabilities of modern technology, huge variety of sizes, colors and patterns are available. With white linen napkins still being a bestseller, red linen napkins, purple linen napkins and even black linen napkins are getting very popular.
Linen napkins can also be purchased with specific purpose in mind. Maybe you need linen cocktail napkins or linen dinner napkins? Lots of people like to have seasonal napkins that are printed or embroidered with pumpkins for Halloween, beautiful winter or Christmas motifs as the year approaches its end or change their table linen into lighter colors when spring comes.
Should you like some true luxury on your table, check for some hemstitched linen napkins or even monogrammed ones. Most often these are made by hand which makes the napkins unique and they always attract attention of your guests or provide lots of enjoinment for yourself.
Linen napkins are economical, with prices available from less than a dollar to an average of $3-$4 each. Before buying cheap linen napkins be sure you know the seller or have read reviews of their products in order not to get disappointed later.
Napkins differ in size according to the functions they are made for. There are quite small napkins for light luncheons and larger ones for dinners. The most common sizes are 15″ x 15″ and 20″ x 20″. As linen is sturdy but not bulky and soft you can fold them easily in fancy shapes for formal entertaining or use napkin rings to make your table look really special.
Perfect present!
And - don't forget – linen napkins make terrific presents! Nowadays – in this era of disposable everything, people are always delighted to get cloth napkins; it's not something that they would normally buy themselves but they immediately appreciate them and acknowledge what a great gift you’ve chosen! Linen napkins are an always appropriate gift and always appreciated whatever the occasion.
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