New Year’s Day Table

I was surprised at how long the centerpiece from the Christmas Adam party lasted, but I had to take it apart today because the flowers were dropping petals everywhere. I didn’t want to do anything too involved, but our kids are still here, so I wanted it to feel special. After I took my vintageContinue reading “New Year’s Day Table”

Christmas Adam Party Preparations

My husband is off for the next two weeks, so he helped with the last of the food preparation this morning, so I have spent the rest of today getting set up for the party tomorrow. I feel like we are WAY ahead of schedule. I started setting up in the laundry room/butler’s pantry whereContinue reading “Christmas Adam Party Preparations”

Minimalist Christmas

I did a Halloween table with the same dishes and glassware. This is a minimalist holiday table. The centerpiece is simple with a row of artificial fir trees in white pots and black lanterns. The place settings are “Anniversarie” dinner plates by Santa Anita, and “Millbrook” coupe soup bowls and bread plates by Independence. TheContinue reading “Minimalist Christmas”

Just Like Grandma Used to Make

This table is so homey that it feels like a hug from Grandma. I started with the same plaid throw and then used faux greenery and pinecones and a big candle in a rustic metal dish. The place settings are Churchill Blue Willow and Hazel Atlas Big Top Peanut Butter Iced Tea glasses that IContinue reading “Just Like Grandma Used to Make”

A Non-Traditional Table

I was looking at my Dansk Lemon Zest dinner plates the other day, and I thought that I could make a holiday table with them–they have red (ish) and greens in them. So I went to Target and found some cute bottle brush trees in the perfect pink to go with the plates. I setContinue reading “A Non-Traditional Table”

Silent Night Holiday Table

I have had these little cardboard houses for years and finally put them together for this table. It’s a really simple centerpiece–just the 3 houses and the church, along with some mercury glass and porcelain trees, and a couple strands of shiny brite glass garland in pale blues, golds, and white. So serene, like aContinue reading “Silent Night Holiday Table”

Glass Blower’s Holiday

When we have traveled, we have picked up Christmas ornaments, including some handblown ornaments. I also have found 2 really beautiful vases/bowls in my thrifting adventures, so I put together a table using these items. I put the Vietri bowl and the handkerchief vase on the table and added faux greenery, the hand blown ornamentsContinue reading “Glass Blower’s Holiday”

A Cozy Christmas

I started this table with a Pendleton throw that I bought on eBay. I added a silver tone reindeer, some mercury glass trees, some faux greenery and berries, a metal footed bowl with faux greenery, and my peppermint striped candles on mercury glass candle holders. The place settings are the Wedgwood Service plates, Royal StaffordContinue reading “A Cozy Christmas”

And A Partridge in a Pear Tree

This table is basically the Nature’s Bounty table from Thanksgiving, turned into a Christmas table. I think quail are pretty similar to partridges and I had both pears and bowls with pears on them, so I had to do a little visual nod to the classic Christmas carol. To convert the table from Thanksgiving toContinue reading “And A Partridge in a Pear Tree”

Ralph Lauren Christmas Table

Apparently, this is the look of the season, so, of course, I had to give it a whirl. I had everything in the photos, except for the brass deer. I started with a blue oxford tablecloth (that was made years ago from a Ralph Lauren flat sheet) and topped it with a Pendleton wool throwContinue reading “Ralph Lauren Christmas Table”