Because of a simple error, you end up with a tablecloth too large for your table and it exceeds. Worse still, it drags miserably on the ground … Fortunately, a very stupid method exists to solve this problem, without scissors or ugly pliers.
You may have centered it well, nothing helps. She hangs on one side, folds on the other and threatens to highlight everything at the slightest gesture a little lively. It is frankly painful. However, there is no question of cutting it or buying another. Fortunately for you, it only takes a discreet and fast manipulation, which a lot of decor fans have just discovered thanks to a tiktok video that has become viral.
It is the user @cirqnamics who shares her in a sequence as simple as it is effective. And as often with the tips that really work, everything is based on a gesture that we would never have thought of doing. Without a tool, or special skills, the result is nickel. The tablecloth is still there, well posed, but it finally marries the edges of the table and nothing touches the ground. We see the designer taking a tablecloth far too long and adjusting it with a single hand. The transformation is immediate. And what is stunning is that the whole thing literally takes only a second. It is much clearer than an elegant knot or pliers.
So what is this famous tip exactly? It is quite simply a fold. A fold that is made in the corner, inside the tablecloth, where it overflows. The surplus is folded up on itself, origami-style, forming a small triangle that is slide under the rim of the table. The fabric holds alone, without pliers or staples. The effect is clear, the tablecloth remains straight, without dragging or hiding. And it works on any table, whether rectangle, round or square.
In addition, this magic fold has another advantage: it remains completely invisible. We keep the natural fall, without giving the air of having hacked something. It’s clean, stable, and above all, it is reversible.
If you ever change your mind or table, just unfold the tablecloth. A stunning solution of simplicity, which gives all the tablecloths a small tailor -made effect – without cutting anything, sewing or buying!
