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Placemats and Coasters for Maintaining the Table

When a person invites someone for lunch or dinner, it is his duty to set up the dining table and place all the necessary items on the table so as to make sure that it will not become untidy while eating and also it contains all the items that a person would need while having his meal. Placemats and coasters fall in the category of these items which are necessary while having a meal on the dining table and prevent the table from becoming untidy.

Placemats are also called table mats by the people and these mats are placed over the table cloth on the on the dining table. Placemats are kept over the table cloth on the dining table so that the table cloth and the table would not become unclean when a person accidently drop food while eating or some oil or wax is dropped on the table while serving or eating the meal. The placemats take all the stain and hence avoid the table cloth from becoming dirty. This way the person will not have to change the table cloth regularly and he can make it easy by just changing the placemats after every meal.

Coasters are also one of the necessary items which should be present on a dining table while having a meal like a lunch or a dinner. Coasters are used for keeping coffee mugs or cups on the table. The mugs or cups are not directly kept over the table cloth as they would leave a stain on the table cloth and it would become difficult to clean them later on. So in order to avoid this situation, these mugs and cups are kept on the coasters which are placed over the table cloth.

A person can buy different types of placemats and coasters form the store. There are different designs and colors of placemats and coasters available in the market. The placemats and coaster come in packs and are not usually sold in loose numbers. So the person, who has to buy the placemats and coasters for his table, will have to buy the whole pack. There are some stores where people can save money as they sell placemats and coasters in loose numbers and hence people can buy only those amounts of items which would be sufficient for their table.

Placemats and Coasters can help a person to keep his table tidy and while having a meal he can prevent his table cloth from becoming dirty to a great extent with the help of these. Because of them, the table cloth does not require changing for a longer period of time and saves the person with a lot of time.



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