It’s a bit more chilly than sweater weather, but I guess if you start out with a fur coat, a sweater is sufficient.
These creatures all seem to come with the built-in fur coat. The garb is additional! Dapper Animals by West Elm continue to enchant.
I love her soft eyes, in a rather disapproving expression, actually.
In keeping with the chilly season attire, I styled the table with pine cones and stark white linens.
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- Bear
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- fox
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- Doe
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- Lynx
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- Giraffe
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- Zebra
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- Penguin
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- Hare
West Elm has been producing these plates for quite some time, and does various renditions of them. I loved the “couples plates”, as well as the more exotic creatures. And this set is a bit of mixed bag. Clearly the zebra and giraffe don’t quite fit the Woodland theme – but who’s going to get fussy?
I used Spode blue & white transferware plates as the base.
Most of them are the zoological series (seemed appropriate) as they have a consistent border (photo courtesy of Replacements.com).
I’ve had the lounging boar open salt for quite some time and believe I got it from Pier 1 a couple of years ago.
The cobalt cut to clear tea lights fit right in…
…supplementing the candle light from the pillar candles.
We received the goblets as a Christmas gift from our pet sitter, Cindy and her husband Mike. I love the smoky bottom of the glass which picked up the tawny shades of all the furred creatures.
The Cupola flatware is from Williams Sonoma.
Happy Thursday, everyone! Stay dry. And warm. I hear that we are about to be deluged, then frozen, then buried in snow… Sigh. Well, it keeps things interesting!
I’m sharing this post with Between Naps on the Porch.
Fun table. The blue is a great accent color and nice that it is used so extensively–linens, candles and base plates. My favorite part of the table was the wood slab that the candles sit on. It appears to be footed? I have not seen one like that used. We do some wood cutting every year. I might have to do a little research in time to grab some slabs before it is all split and stacked.
Hi Lorri,
The pedestal is this one from Pier 1: https://www.pier1.com/live-edge-dakota-wooden-pedestal-server/2930312.html?cgid=dining_entertaining#nav=left&q=pedestal&start=1
It’s a “live edge” (yup – slab with bark still on), quite reasonably priced and I snagged it on sale last year.
I can’t believe the price of wooden slice chargers. Susan at BNOTP did some research on them a while back and came up with some less pricey options.
Looooved your blog on the storage cabinet. Great job you did!
Have a good one. HK
Thanks for the link to the pedestal. I love the live edge. Thanks also for your nice comment about my dish closet. I have admired your beautiful dish storage but sadly it would never work here. My house is small and most of my wall space is broken up with doors and windows. We are cold today too. Yesterday it was mid 40s. Today it is +1 very windy and tonight -12. January in Minnesota.
This is such a cute table! Love the whimsy of the dressed animal plates. The mini pinecones and twigs against the stark white runner really set a wintery tone.
Thanks, Ann. I found the branches, little pine ones clinging to them, while I was out walking the dogs. The table went from there!