“A white plate provides the perfect canvas for a neutral, Scandinavian-inspired table."—Camille Styles, founder of camillestyles.com To buy: Swedish Grace dinner plate, $35, jungleeny.com; Cheese stone, from $65, farmhousepottery.com. “Don’t downplay this disposable dinner plate. Instead, highlight it with a ‘Plant Lady’ theme."—Emma Chapman and Elsie Larson, sisters and coauthors of A Beautiful Mess Weekday Weekend Cookbook To buy: Disposable bamboo plates, $32 for 25, bambuhome.com; Preserved boxwood placemat, $34, shopterrain.com. “Your pastel dishes become unexpectedly seasonal when combined with fall fruit and greenery."—Roxy Te, founder of Society Social To buy: Wood-grain chargers in gray, $30, surlatable.com; palette linen napkins, $38 for 2, leifshop.com. Enhance a simple blue-and-white color scheme with metallic touches, like gilded flatware and gold-rimmed chargers. “Balance out the formality of a traditional patterned plate with some laid-back elements."—Nicole Gibbons, Interior Designer To buy: Mottahedeh blue lace dinner plate, $105, williams-sonoma.com; Dinner plate with gold rim; $16, bedbathandbeyond.com; Cobalt blue candle holders, $16 for 4, jamaligarden.com.