Parsimonious Décor Darling: Table settings

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Saturday, December 23, 2023

Set Your Table With Flair--A Winterberry and Tartan Christmas Tablescape

Merry Christmas and hello! I hope all of you who care to stop by my blog are well and in good health.

I just wanted to pop in and share my tablescape for this year's festivities. I do hope you enjoy.

This year, to match the theme and décor of the house, I set a very traditional table. The theme in the house featured lots of tartan and winter berries. If you would like to view the complete house tour, you may do so by visiting the post on my blog here.

I wanted the table to be cohesive with the rest of the home, so I was mindful of that as I considered the feeling I wanted the table to emulate.

I began setting this table with a rich green damask. A glamourous black charger with ornate silver detail was placed next. A dramatic napkin was placed alongside the charger.

A festive tartan plate sets the scene for a Merry fête.

The placement of black dessert plates comes next, building a cohesive look on the tabletop.

For bread service, a dainty appetizer plate with a darling holly motif completes the plate stack.

At each setting, I placed a little box filled with a Lindt chocolate and two Ferrero Rocher hazelnut candies. A perfect take-away treat for guests!

Once closed, each box was tied with a tartan ribbon and adorned with a tiny pine and berry spray.

So sweet!

Closeup of the details.

A tiny coaster in shiny stainless steel works on this table as a saucer

when paired with beautiful ruby red teacups.

A water goblet and elegant flute are placed next for beverages.

The proper accoutrement

along with candlesticks in silver with one white and one dark red taper

complete the table setting.

Completed tablescape.

Place setting.

The floral arrangement matches the theme in the home this year with its bold color palette.

Details.

A few more shots.

From my family to yours, wishing you a wonderful holiday season and a Happy New Year!

'Til next we meet...

--Y

From my collection:

Green damask topper, Amazon

Dramatic floral napkins, April Cornell Merry Black Collection, purchased via Ebay

Ornate black charger plates, Amazon

Tartan plates, Tommy Bahama, HomeGoods

Black plates, from several years ago, Housewares International, Generic

Appetizer/Bread Holly plates, Robert Stanley Home Collection, Local Antique

Silver Flatware, Wallace Silversmiths Antique Baroque Collection, Horchow/Neiman Marcus

Red teacups, Anchor Hocking Ruby Red, Local Antique

Champagne flutes, Ralph Lauren Aston Collection

Green goblets, Generic

Shorter silver candle holder, Godinger, Local Antique

Tall silver candle holder, Unknown Maker, Local Antique

Stainless steel coasters used as saucers, Local Antique

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Friday, March 17, 2023

Set Your Table With Flair--A Lucky Saint Patrick's Day Al Afresco

Hello, dear friends in the bloggerverse and beyond!! I hope this post finds you in good spirits!!

I know I definitely am. I have just had two back-to back health scares, and today I feel so fortunate that I am better! God is good. Since this happened just recently, I thought it would be apropos to share these photos for a tablescape that I shot some time ago. They are absolutely appropriate in this case...and perfect for Saint Patrick's Day.

This table began with sea of green.

Black and white placemats with a lovely white damask pattern came next.

At each setting, I placed these wonderful transferware plates in the coordinating colors of black, green, and white.

A closer look at the pattern.

A simple and small pitcher made for an ideal flower receptacle.

Fresh clippings right from my garden made the perfect impromptu arrangement.

Stemware in green

were followed by flatware in matte black

and simple white linen napkins adorned with green ribbon.

Completed tablescape.

Setting.

The lucky part...as I shot these, I was unaware until I looked that several shots captured a rainbow dancing across the table!! It is likely attributed to my being a complete novice with a camera, I know nothing of lighting techniques, et cetera lol...however, I still feel fortunate to have caught them!