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[ReggieRagu]

@house_cat 

I totally understand what your husband and sons are saying BUT the reasons you cited for covering the cloth are the very same reasons that I do not have a cloth tablecloth...period. I have often thought about purchasing and using a plastic topper but have always wondered how it would look. I am happy that you included a picture, because in my humble opinion, it looks fine. You can still see the beautiful details of the tablecloth and it is very well protected. In fact you have helped me decide to purchase a cloth tablecloth next year for both Thanksgiving and Christmas and will buy a plastic topper to help to keep them in pristine condition. 😀
Reggie

PS. Always love your posts!

[Lilysmom]

@house_cat , I had a piece of glass cut to the size of my table and I place tablecloths under that.  That is my kitchen table.

 I have a formal dining room and my MIL brought me tablecloths from all over the world for that.  That was her passion, not mine.  

I don't even use them so I did a major purge and gave most of them away.  The ones I kept, I use.  I am the same way about my fine China and crystal.   I don't have glass for this table as it easily sits 8 so it would be too cumbersome.  I mainly use wash and wear tablecloths.  I find people tend to look at the dishes, silverwear and crystal more than the tablecloth but maybe that is just me.

To be honest, I don't care for the look of plastic.  It's your home.  Do what you like. The older I get, the less I care about what others think.  Also, your DH and sons don't have to clean the tablecloth, you do.   LM

[jackthebear]

beautiful tablecloth

now confession time I bought a plastic cover my kitchen table too, it's a wood Ethan Allen one,  I could get a piece of glass but don't want to

what I might do is put the cover one while everyone is eating that's a compromise 

[AuntG]

We're not all Martha Stewart. While it might be frowned on in some circles, what you did was sensible @house_cat . I know I've read the suggestion to have a piece of glass cut to protect the table top, but that doesn't protect the edges of the tablecloth from sticky hands.

[Kachina624]

It's not that big of a deal and the plastic seems like a practical solution.  You got to enjoy your tablecloth throughout the season with no washing and ironing.  That's a good thing!   👍

[JYWilliams]

I like it 

[VaBelle35]

My mother and grandmothers did this.  Sunday dinner was red sauce and it is impossible to get red sauce, red wine and grease out of a cloth tablecloth without bleaching and ruining it.

If you don't want it to be disposable, it's what you have to do.

[Sooner]

I would rather have a cloth that I didn't worry about for eating.  

[blackhole99]

I don't think the plastic looks bad, but I would not be satisfied with the look. I would just enjoy the table cloth at holiday time and launder it as needed. I wouldn't think twice about it because my husband does the laundry.LOL

[Imaoldhippie]

I think it looks great, tell all concerned you like it and as long as that cloth is on the table it plastic stays, get over it.