Simple, Serene Summer Tablescape

  How does the song go? “Summertiiiiime, and the living is easy.” That’s going to be my plan for the entire summer of 2024. Easy living, peace, serenity. No complicated food or plans, just relaxing and enjoying. That’s what I had in mind when I created this table — simple and serene.

Even though this is a low maintenance and serene table, that does not mean that it isn’t attractive. I started with the tablecloth that I found in a closet recently and had completely forgot buying. I loved not just the pattern, but the quiet colors. That’s not to say that I don’t like bold colors, but there’s something about entering the summer season, that I like to do quietly.

Rustic chargers are on top of Woven Placemats giving it a simple farmhouse look.

 

The dinnerware is one of my absolute favorites. It is by Portmeirion, and a part of their 'Garden Roses' collection. The salad plate on top has the same pattern as the plate below.

The cup and saucer are also from Portmeirion, from the 'Garden Harmony' collection and complement the plates quite well.The hammered flatware by Mikasa in the 'Opulent' pattern reflects light in various angles as it bounces off each facet. The napkins, from Amazon, in deep green, pair nicely. 

The glazed pitcher in the center, I found here, is filled with a spray of simple grasses.

 

It is flanked on either side by etched crystal, antique candlesticks that the Late Mr. O-P bought me for our first Christmas together. I had thought about using white candles here, but I gave the green a try and I really liked it. I think the green candles keep the table from being washed out. 

The glassware is from La Rocher. These glasses work equally well for water as they do wine, shrimp cocktail, or a dessert mousse. I find them very versatile.I hope that you plan to relax and make the living easy for your family this summer. Enjoy each day.

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Springtime Brunch Tablescape

 

 I don’t know about the rest of you gardeners out there, but I get very eager for seed planting long before I’m able to do so. As tempting as it is to plant seeds on the warm days that we have in April, I know there are going to be some cold, plant-killing frosts before we reach the second week in May, after which it is safe to plant for those of us who live in Zone 6B.

As a consequence, I feel compelled to do tables with a gardening theme, so this is my offering for the month of April. The seed packets scattered about on the tablecloth are part of a set. I am so excited about these because it will allow me to grow things that I haven’t grown before -- at least from seed -- scallions, for example. Fingers crossed that they grow.  

The Sonemone dinner plates that I used in this table are a recent acquisition. They struck me as being Scandinavian, and because I’m such a big fan of Scandi noir, I had to have them. Plus, they’re so different from everything else that I have.

  I paired them with round woven placemats atop of which I placed Bordallo Pinheiro geranium leaf chargers. 

 

 Picking up the salmon pink in the plates, I decided to use my salmon water and juice glasses (pattern unknown) that I bought straight out of college. I fell in love with these because they were the perfect match for a set of Fitz and Floyd “Coquilles” dishes that I spent years buying piecemeal as I could afford them. Funnily enough, I seem to have lost track of those.

 

The wine glass that I chose featured blue hydrangeas that echo the blue hydrangeas the bunnies are holding in the centerpiece. This glass is by Portmeirion.

 

Also from Portmerion is the cup and saucer. The glass and the cup and saucer are a part of their vast “Botanic Garden” and “Garden Harmony” collections. I find this entire set irresistible, but my wallet says no.

 

The “Urban Villa” green napkins are from Amazon, the silverware, also included in last month’s table setting was a gift from a friend and is by International in the “Contessa” pattern.

 

The pair of bunnies at center is reused from my Easter table. They work well in a garden theme, although most gardeners do not want bunnies in their gardens. The little stand holding the brunch menu I got from Michael’s years ago. I don’t use it nearly as often as I should. I have decided that I am going to find one of my mother’s handwritten recipes and use this stand to display it in my kitchen.

 Hopefully, enjoying meals at this table will satisfy me until I can get out and plant those seeds.

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Summertime Supper Tablescape

This week's table is another situation like I had a couple of weeks ago wherein I replaced a few items on an existing table to make something entirely new. You can acquaint yourself with my last table here.

 

As you can see, the round tablecloth in burlap, artificial Monstera leaves, and woven placemats are all the same. Additionally, I left the Bordallo Pinheiro geranium leaf chargers in place, as well as the Blanc Amelie pattern Maison Versailles dinner plate. But this time I topped that dinner plate with a salad plate in the Portmeirion Garden Harmony pattern. I love the leaf border, and anything leafy seems to be perfect for the conservatory.

 On top of that I placed a soup bowl that I inherited from my mother, is decades old, and a part of a luncheon set that you can read about here. These little beauties are made in the good old USA by Hartstone.

Cups and saucers are also a part of Portmeirion’s Garden Harmony, as well as the beautiful stemware.

The stemware inspired the centerpiece which is nothing more than a ceramic plant pot filled with faux hydrangeas and tulips, along with sprigs of real lavender, the same lavender that I used to drape the plates in my last table setting.

Flatware remains the same, one of my favorites, Wallace silversmiths Napoleon bee flatware, and they rest on top of vintage cream napkins that used to belong to my mother. I’ll tell you what, back in the day they made napkins to last. These are at least 30 years old.

 

 In keeping with the garden theme, I added this sweet little cream pitcher that is part of my collection of restaurantware, this particular piece is from the Shenango China Company.

Salt and pepper shakers I’ve had for ages, I used them to add a bit of crystal to that side of the table.

Keep this in mind when you’re setting your table. There’s nothing wrong, first of all, with repeating a table that you’ve used in the past, and second, just changing that table up a bit to give you something entirely new.

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