by Helen Kain | Jan 18, 2018 | Blue, Cobalt, Pink & Red, Spring Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes, Terracotta, White, Winter Tablescapes, Yellow
High quality French faience pottery is renowned for its warmth and visual appeal, and Choisy le Roi was one of the premier producers of beautiful wares for just over a hundred years, between 1804 and 1910, according to the Majolica International Society. This set of...
by Helen Kain | Jan 15, 2018 | Blue, Green, Pink & Red, Spring Tablescapes
How fun is this? Full Bloom by Pier 1 includes a set of four multicoloured appetizer plates, reminiscent of English Chintz patterns. The more I look at them, the more I like them. What a fun table to set. I was able to pick up some primula from Trader...
by Helen Kain | Jan 11, 2018 | Blue, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Grey and Pewter, Winter Tablescapes
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...
by Helen Kain | Dec 14, 2017 | Black & White, Blue, Christmas, Green, Pink & Red, Winter Tablescapes
Colourful nutcrackers caught my eye at World Market at the start of the Christmas season. Napkin rings in red, blue, green and black… …matched boxes of crackers in the same colours. What fun (despite the rather sinister facial expressions that nutcrackers...
by Helen Kain | Dec 11, 2017 | Black & White, Blue, Christmas, Green, Pink & Red, White, Winter Tablescapes
Nostalgic scenes of a country village all decked out for Christmas; David Carter Brown has done it again. Each of the four salad plates highlights one area of the street that comprises the original artwork. And such a lovely, heartwarming street it is! Take me to that...
by Helen Kain | Nov 16, 2017 | Amber, Blue, Christmas, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Winter Tablescapes
Part of the Dapper Animals series by West Elm, these four “couples” plates stole my heart. Especially the Hedgehog, with his Chipmunk wife. I was late to the party on these plates, and discovered them on Pinterest long after they’d been...
