Tablescape with Books

Rainy dreary winter makes me crave substantial colors and tablescapes during the winter.  It's akin to eating soups and stews during this time.  Something that fills the eyes and senses can be a requirement for me during the cold months. Something I love to do is pull out vintage books to meld and bulk up the table together.  Picking up the green color in the tablecloth, I brought out these green vintage books that help build up the table.  Purple goblets pick up the hues in the dinner plates.  Silver sugar and creamer help make the table feel more special.



Violet Wedgewood lunch plates sit atop the larger Wedgwood.



It commemorates the inauguration of George Waf hington at Federal Hall, New York, April 30, 1789. It actually misspells the Washington name.



Edition of 1955 - 56 made expressly for R.H. Macy & Co.






























Jan

For The Girls

This is for the girls because most girls I know swoon over flowers.



Wisteria, irises, dried hydrangeas and dried roses sitting pretty together on the table.  Vintage plates with no pedigree along with an old lavender top, bring the colors all together.  I get in a hurry when I feel like I have the look I am aiming for.  I am afraid a big wind will blow it away or I will trip and hit my head or the dogs spot a lizard in it and break everything!   Then I feel like I better hurry up and share it because well...something could always happen!
















Wisteria, irises, loropetalums, oleander and crepe myrtles live back here.  I have seen loropetalums spelled lorapetalums and loropetalums.  The Southern Living Grumpy Gardner spells it loropetalums, so I guess I will go with the letter O after the R instead of an A.  I get confused every time I type it now.







The buffet is dressed with irises too.


































































































Jan

Lettuce, Anyone?

One way I like to set a pretty table is by using something I have on hand anyway.  We bought a variety of lettuce and before it got planted I decided to make up a pretty table.  The mums bring the table to life.  Before we see the table I have a few fall photos to share with you.

There's just a few green leaves left on this tree but mostly a glorious yellow to admire.

I didn't realize until I loaded this photo that it looks so much like the background on my blog!  The red leaves on this little tree make me want to break off a branch or two and bring it home with me. 

These pumpkins are sitting outside a business in my small downtown.

It was a pretty day for taking sweet nature photos.

On the back porch the picnic table is set.  Blue Willow dinner plates with white bowls centered on top, set the look.  I broke off small piece of jute to add more interest to the setting.  I call it jute, does anyone know the real name?

Pretty different varieties of lettuce.  You could tie a couple of dish towel together and wrap it around the base of the lettuce if you so desired.

The lettuce was so full you could barely see the bottom of these.

A different look that was practically free.

I love eating outside when it is cool.  This is a very casual and comfortable setting.

Jan




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Pumpkins On The Table

Hello!  I have a simple table set up outside for us today.  It's simple but has plenty of color.  Roses from my yard share my table with store bought roses.  There's pumpkins and ornamental squash as well out here.  A bird's nest with a little egg.  All these beauties are resting on blue toile and blue willow plates. 

Blue always looks its best paired with orange and red.  We take a note from nature's blue skies in Fall and imitate it in our decorating. 

But the blue skies always outdo anything we could attempt.  Blue skies with cooler temps are always guaranteed to make you smile.

If we were to be able to live in any season we choose, I would stay in Autumn.  It's exhilarating!

Not unlike taking that first swim in the blue water of swimming pools and oceans in the hot summer, after months of intense heat the cool blue skies rejuvenate us.

The chilly temperatures bring out an excitement, a joyous relief knowing the heavy burden of heat has left us for the season.

 

Jan




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