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Thursday, August 10, 2023

When life gives you lemons...Set a Table!

I have decided to challenge myself this summer to create a new table setting every other week or so using one component from the previous table setting. You can find my last table setting here. This week I took the colorful Sicilian salad plates from that setting and incorporated them into this lemon-themed setting. Nice, eh? I wasn't so sure how it would work, what with the lemon tablecloth and all, but I really do love it!

The tablecloth I found on Amazon here. I have been eager to use it ever since its purchase in November. It makes the entire room feel sunny and fresh.

On top of the tablecloth, I put leaf placemats that I got a number of years ago from Pier 1. On top of them are Italian Chargers (white with dark green edges) that I inherited from my mother. The yellow Waechtersbach dinner plates provide a nice pop of color. The napkins are from Pottery Barn.

Flatware is vintage Noritake Primastone. The salad bowls in the crescent shape I have had for probably about 40 years. I can’t remember where I got them, but I loved the fact that they took up less room on a table, and at that time I had a very small table.

The chalices I’ve had for a long time, and my mother and I used to pass those back-and-forth. The green water glasses are Villeroy and Boch; the bold blue stemware can be found here.

New this year is the darling lemon salt and peppershakers. I love these!

The pitcher in the center of the table is from a local shop, the faux tulips from Amazon.

Be sure to keep coming back to see what I do with the next table, and which element from this table that I choose to use.

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This post is linked to: Tablescape Thursday

Thursday, August 6, 2015

"A Night in the Tropics" Tablescape

I get table setting inspiration from the strangest places, most recently from a combination of insomnia and Abbott and Costello.

I'm not certain whether it was actually insomnia or the cup of maybe-it-wasn't-really-decaf coffee that I had at 8:00 one night, but I found myself channel surfing and stumbled across the 1940s film debut of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the film

“One Night in the Tropics.” It was typical, goofy, 1940s comedy fare, but the title intrigued me.

Having so thoroughly embraced last month's table to the extent of getting pretty whiny when I had to take it down, I really wanted to do something similar and reuse those leafy placemats. This film title, those placemats, and a pair of monkey bookends swiped from my dad's coffee table (with his permission, of course) and my tropical table was born!

The centerpiece with both monkeys and birdcage sans a bit of leafy greenery is what is on the coffee table in dad's living room. My mother bought those monkeys about 30 years ago when we were going through a “tropical” stage, and I have loved them ever since. It pleased me enormously to have them on this table. She would have loved it.

The tall palm tree candles I have had for ages, so long in fact, that I don't even remember where I bought them. The shorter candle holders called my name from the corner of my favorite local consignment store, so I made that grab immediately.

The leaf placemats and story of how I got them you will recall from here. The round wicker placemats on top of them are from Pier One.

The wonderful bamboo bordered palm and banana tree salad plates are by Fitz and Floyd. Two different tree designs are on these plates, the design is called “Cape Town.”

Considering the monkeys and banana trees, I had serious thoughts about using some bananas as a part of the centerpiece, but Mr. O-P ate them, so I instead chose touches of yellow with these fabulous goblets and Radiant Yellow Primastone flatware by Noritake.

The napkins from Pottery Barn paired perfectly with the plates, I thought.

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Hatch Chile Tablescape

I love setting a seasonal table; any season, any holiday, is reason enough for me. I truly believe in taking joy in little things, and letting my home reflect that joy. One season that I find particularly enjoyable is one with which you are probably unfamiliar, and that is Hatch Chile season.

What are Hatch Chiles, you ask? Considered to be one of the most flavorful peppers in the world (and the official state vegetable of New Mexico), this species of the genus Capsicum is grown in the Hatch Valley. The soil and growing conditions in the area contribute to the unique flavor, enhanced during roasting. I had my own hatch chile roast last weekend, where I scented the air (and myself) with a woodsy deliciousness. Melissa’s Produce is a distributor of these chiles and have produced an amazing cookbook using these peppers that they were kind enough to send me, and that I cannot wait to try. Spread the word on these tasty chiles!

Hatch Chile Powder allows for the taste of these chiles all year long. A great enhancer in Mexican food, I pretty much use it for any dish where I want to inject a lot of taste.

I love these placemats that I bought a number of years ago at Pier One (They are still available if you love them too. Plus, napkins to match! I don’t have those, but they are on my list.) With all of the colors they contain, it is just impossible not to have something to match. I have used them in many a table setting over the years, but find them particularly lovely with the bold colors of Fiestaware.

This lovely napkin fold is shockingly easy to do. It does require two napkins in two different colors, but think of the possibilities here. Pastels for Mother’s Day, springtime, or Easter, earth tones for autumn, patriotic colors for the Fourth of July, or red and green as I have used here for Christmas, or anything boldly festive. You can find a step-by-step tutorial here.

Plunk a pepper in each mug at the table to add a touch of whimsy, and spread the hatch chile joy.

I use this yellow flatware in more table settings that you can possibly imagine. I have had it for decades and never knew the pattern, but someone recently told me that it is “Radiant” by Noritake, available occasionally from Replacements.