by Helen Kain | Jul 9, 2026 | Green, Home, Purple, Summer Tablescapes
When this pattern caught my eye about five years ago, I wondered how much I would use it. It certainly is vivid with large curling leaves, flowers, insects, butterflies and vegetables all jostling companionably across the plate. It turns out to be remarkably...
by Helen Kain | Jul 9, 2026 | Appetizers, Holiday, Salads
This is the sort of platter that appears extravagant but is really only a matter of choosing ripe things and arranging them with confidence. Cool honeydew, sweet peaches and figs, ripe tomatoes, soft mozzarella, basil, and salty folds of prosciutto make a proper...
by Helen Kain | Jun 28, 2026 | Blue, Home, Recent, Summer Tablescapes
Cape Cod Calling! Deborah Sears, Juliska, and an Imaginary World We’d All Like to Inhabit Some collections you admire. Others you collect. And then there are those rare collections that quietly become old friends. Enter Juliska’s Country Estate. As America...
by Helen Kain | Jun 11, 2026 | Blue, Home, Pink and Red, Summer Tablescapes
The peonies got a little ahead of me this year. I barely managed to get the bushes at the front trussed up into their constraining corsets in time. I was just congratulating myself on the timely intervention when I noticed that the neglected bush at the back of our...
by Helen Kain | Jun 4, 2026 | Green, Home, Pink and Red, Summer Tablescapes
Certain tablecloths set the entire mood for a table. This cheerful strawberry print from April Cornell immediately transported me to summer gardens, berry patches, and baskets filled with freshly picked fruit. With its charming vintage feel, clusters of ripe...
