Dinner at Moose Lodge

It’s amazing the things one uncovers in the course of a move.  Unpacking boxes of items that have been stored away for so long is almost like Christmas.  I’m finding one adorable thing after another, each long forgotten, but now a welcome addition to our home as it continues to take shape.

  

This wonderful Moose Lodge cookie jar is something my mother gave me years ago.  Her guest room had a North Woods feel to it and this cookie jar, that was used to store small containers of toiletries for guests, was a great addition to the room.  But women change their minds and the North Woods theme gave way to something new.  In the changeover she had no idea what to do with the cookie jar so gave it to me.

Living in a 19^th-century Victorian farmhouse as I did at the time, with rooms painted bold colors like French blue in the dining room, and port wine in the living room, this cookie jar just had no place, but I loved it, so boxed it up and stored it away.

Unboxing it the other day I was struck by how perfectly the colors go with the more calming, neutral shades of the new house.  Having not put together a new Tablescape in a while, this piece was my inspiration.

The trees were purchased at the same time as the cookie jar and from the same wonderful shop on Main Street in St. Charles, MO called Oak Tree Furniture that is long gone, I’m sorry to say.  My mother and I used to take monthly trips to Main Street to this shop specifically just to see what was new.  They always had a beautifully set table at the entry and, of course, we both wanted everything that was on it!

These placemats are favorites of mine and have been around for a long time.  They seem to replicate the log cabin look of the cookie jar.

The stones were at the base of a candle holder, so I liberated them and turned them into a little pathway into the “woods.”

I usually don’t pull out the acorn salt and pepper set until Thanksgiving, but I thought it went very well here.

Placemats – Pier 1
Napkins – Cost Plus World Market
Coffee cups – Restaurantware
Salad plates – Lotus-Metlox
Glasses – La Rochere
Soup bowls - Tender Heart

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