The Secret of a Stunning Thanksgiving Table is Sparkling Silver

Thanksgiving dinner hosts know that there are a million little details that go into pulling off the perfect meal. A scrumptious menu, great wines, and colorful autumn flowers are just the beginning. You want to make sure that your Thanksgiving table looks great. A big part of the magic comes from having sparkling silver on the table.

Polishing the Silver: Really a Do It Yourself Job?

Have you ever watched Downton Abbey and noticed how much time was spent polishing the silver? It’s a job that can take forever, especially when you’re talking about a service for 8 or 12 people, complete with all the forks, spoons and knives! Other silver objects, such as tea services or silver coffee pots, also need to be polished in order to look their best. To do this well is a time consuming task, best performed with someone with an eye for detail and a bit of a perfectionist streak.

So if you want to spend a lot of your limited Thanksgiving dinner preparation time polishing your silver, that option is certainly available to you. There are dip-style cleaners which promise to clean your silver in a flash – please don’t trust any of your fine silver items to these mysterious solutions. You don’t know what’s in them, and a family heirloom can be ruined in the blink of an eye. If you’re going to polish your silver yourself, take the time to do the job properly with a polishing cloth and commercial silver polish.

The time-saving route to sparkling silver for your Thanksgiving dinner table is to have it professionally polished. For a few bucks, a skilled jeweler can restore your silver’s original sparkle and shine while you’re free to take care of the rest of your holiday preparations.

Starting on November 8th, The Jewelry Box of Lake Forest is offering a 20% savings on all silver polishing services. You can have your sterling silver and silver plate flatware and hollowware – a category that includes things like tea services, coffee pots, candlesticks, serving platters and more – polished by their jewelry experts in house.

Your silver will look beautiful when it’s done – shiny and lustrous, the perfect addition to your holiday table. Your guests will be impressed, and you’ll be able to take pride in your awesome hosting skills. The savings are available until November 22nd, just in time for Thanksgiving.