by Helen Kain | Apr 26, 2018 | By Colour, By Season, Fall Tablescapes, Spring Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes, Winter Tablescapes
Over at Between Naps on the Porch, Susan is celebrating 500 Tablescape Thursdays and 10 years of blogging. Imagine! That is dedication of no uncommon order. At three to four blogs a week, she’s like put together between 1500 and 2000 blogs over the years, to the...
by Helen Kain | Apr 19, 2018 | Antiques, Green, Pink & Red, Purple, Spring Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes
Hello, hello! Sorry for the relative silence over the past few days; I’ve been travelling for business and haven’t had great access to secure wi-fi. Today I want to share a set of Aesthetic Movement dessert plates I picked up a couple of years ago. Soft...
by Helen Kain | Apr 5, 2018 | Amber, Green, Summer Tablescapes, Terracotta, Yellow
We are home safe and sound from England, and I’m already missing spring with the daffodils and lambs. We were greeted with sleet, sleet, as we landed yesterday. Shudder. A little warmth is in order. So let’s pull out some pictures of Geese by Pier 1. I...
by Helen Kain | Mar 12, 2018 | Blue, Featured, Spring Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes, White
Classic blue and white. Suitable for any season, it seems particularly appealing in the warmer months. It is because it reminds us of pools of cool water below a soaring blue sky? This pattern by Royal Doulton (romantically called RD78) reached out to me...
by Helen Kain | Feb 1, 2018 | Black & White, Blue, Cobalt, Fall Tablescapes, Featured, Green, Pink & Red, Spring Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes, White, Winter Tablescapes, Yellow
Duck confit, foie gras, asparagus and many varieties of luscious strawberries. That’s what the Perigord region conjures up for me, and what we experienced when we visited the market while staying in a lovely flat right in the middle of Sarlat a few year ago....
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...
