Holiday Table for Two

Despite the fact that many people start decorating for Christmas after Halloween, for me, the Christmas season doesn’t officially begin until the day after Thanksgiving. As such, I have spent the past number of days going up and down the steps carting up my holiday decorations. During this month I hope to have a number of different tables to share with you, beginning with this one.

 

What I hope to convey with this table is that you do not have to have Christmas dishes, or any type of Christmas decorations in order to create a festive, seasonal table. Upon close inspection, there is nothing Christmassy on this table at all, with the exception of the Christmas colors of red and green, colors that I chose because they are the color of apples as reflected in the Franciscan “Apple” dinnerware pieces that I have used here.

A hunter green tablecloth provides the base. I manufactured a red runner out of some fabric that I had stored in the closet. I simply folded it to the size that I wanted and ran it down the center of the table.

The charger plates are Italian ceramic; I inherited these from my mother. I topped them with a bright red dinner plate from Pier One. A Bordallo Pinheiro geranium salad plate was placed on top of this, with the final piece being a bread and butter plate in the Franciscan “Apple” pattern.

The cups and saucers are also Franciscan apple. The red stemmed water glasses are by Villeroy and Boch; the wine glasses are from Rogaska in the “Gallia” pattern. 

The Milano red flatware by Ginkgo International in the Le Pris pattern seemed the perfect choice. The Apple napkin rings that I used here I have had for decades, and have no idea where I got them originally. I decided to go bold with lime green napkins, and I really like the look. 

This is a lovely table that would be perfect for a holiday lunch, while employing no specialty pieces whatsoever. Start shopping at your house for items that you can use for the holidays. 

The pitcher is Fiestaware, the centerpiece is nothing more than a simple candle ring, hurricane, and pillar candle. I scattered apples of various sizes at the base of the hurricane to pull everything together.

 

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Winter Forest Tablescape

 

Don’t you hate those articles that tell you what’s “in” and what’s “out?” I am not a violent person, but oftentimes I want to punch the writers of such articles right in the face. Earlier this month I read that what’s “out” for this holiday season is traditional colors. Now, as you can see from this table setting, I did not use traditional colors, but this is a table for two that I enjoy on my own. The big table that’s going to hold Christmas Eve dinner is going to be all kinds of red and green.

 

These are the dishes that I told you about in this post. It was more challenging than I anticipated to create a table around them because they are not traditional colors, nor are they colors that I generally embrace; I struggled a bit to put it together. It took a decent amount of experimenting before I ended up with this particular setting, and I’m quite pleased.

 

A hunter green tablecloth provides the base. It is draped with a gauzy runner providing a bit of soft elegance. Simple wicker placemats hold the plate stack that consists of aqua chargers, and Lenox “Balsam Lane” dinner and salad plates.

 

Mini covered cupcake stands on top of each salad plate worked perfectly to hold a dinner roll. The mug is from the same dinnerware pattern as is the salt and pepper set; the water glasses, Villeroy and Boch, the crystal is “Gallia” by Rogaska.

I wasn’t sure that teal napkins would work here, but they did, and I like them. The gold flatware and metallic gold tapers were used in order to pick up the gold stars in the dinnerware.

 

The candlestick holders are antiques that the late Mr. O-P bought me about 20 years ago. I still love them. The snowflake votive candle holders are from Crate and Barrel years ago.

The centerpiece that I rather like in its simplicity, I can’t tell you a thing about. I’m not sure just where I got the reindeer with the removable wooden bowl, or the colorful potpourri that I used inside it.

 

The champagne bucket is a new acquisition and a big favorite. I never knew how much I wanted one of these until I got one. Now it holds juice, champagne, wine, you name it.

 These dishes are not specifically Christmas, so will be able to carry me into February until I bring out red and white. I hope you enjoy this different color palette for Christmas, and remember that no matter what is “in” or what is “out,” do as you please.

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