How to choose the right cutlery for each tableware set

Do you know how to choose the best cutlery for each tableware? We tell you how to do it so that you can create the best possible combinations. Just as wine can improve depending on how it is paired with food, a dinner service can look much better when accompanied by the right cutlery.

Here are 5 keys that will help you:

1.- ELEGANT CUTLERY.

Choose elegant cutlery, such as Sabre Tortoise, to give importance to the set when you are bringing more traditional crockery to the table that needs to be accompanied by other elements that follow the same line. At the same time, cutlery in dark tones will always be a good choice to contrast with white or cream-coloured tableware.

2.- COLOUR CONTRAST OR THE SAME RANGE?

It is not necessary to match, or try to achieve the same colour of the cutlery with that of the tableware. Of course it is a good idea but sometimes looking for a different colour that for example follows the range of the textiles present on the table, or of the glassware, can be a great way to surprise and get it right.

3.- CUTLERY WITH WOODEN HANDLES.

Cutlery with wooden handles gives a casual air to the tableware. We can use them to reduce the formality of a less modern or modern tableware, or to give warmth to a more minimal tableware as in the case of Roda Piedra. They always look great with tableware with a country feel or floral motifs.

4.- MINIMALIST STYLE CUTLERY.

Minimalist style cutlery, such as Cutipol's Goa range, can completely change the feel of the set. Their slim, contemporary design is unmistakable. We could say that this type of modern cutlery can update a more neutral tableware without special appeal or revive old pieces that we keep in the cupboard giving the set a contemporary touch.

5.- VINTAGE STYLE CUTLERY.

Vintage-style cutlery, such as Tribeca Vintage, works well with any white or neutral-coloured tableware. They are a great choice if we are looking to give a more informal look to the table setting or an industrial feel. Again, they can rejuvenate traditional or too serious tableware.

Knowing how to choose the right cutlery for the right tableware is something you train yourself to do. It works well to observe and then replicate at home schemes that we have seen elsewhere and that have caught our eye.
So when you particularly like a table, try to notice how the cutlery has been combined with the crockery and learn to see how one enhances the other, or if they are happening the other way around.