Seaside Tablescape

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It is officially summer and time to break out the summer dishes. Perhaps it’s because I live in a landlocked state that I so love my coastal collection of tableware.

The Maxcera salad plates and pitcher are in the “Stamp Seahorse” pattern, and appeal to my artistic nature being a fan of both rubber-stamping and collage. They are layered on top of square black dinner plates. The metal chargers beneath are favorites of mine, and from a local shop.

The teal napkins, knotted and placed on the side are from Pier One. To give them an underwater look I used a stem of mountain mint that I grow in my container garden giving a nod to seaweed.

The bamboo-handled flatware seems appropriate here, as does the little fish plate at upper left that can be used for holding anything from pats of butter, to after dinner mints, to nuts.

I had a hard time deciding which stemware to use, but ultimately went with my mother’s topaz stemware. I think it makes a bolder statement than the turquoise. What do you think?

I used the pitcher as a vase, holding white hydrangeas and additional strands of mountain mint. The fragrance is fresh and clean.

The oatmeal colored cup and saucers were one of my first acquisitions upon setting up housekeeping. They are part of a full set of dinnerware from the galloping gourmet, and were a gift with purchase at the grocery store. I had every member of my family picking up different pieces for me until I got the entire set.

The tablecloth is from wayfair.com; the macramé runner, a versatile favorite, is from Anthropologie.

 

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Tablescape Thursday