by Helen Kain | Aug 30, 2026 | Brown, Home, Purple, Recent, Summer Tablescapes, Yellow
It’s the end of summer, though Labour Day weekend is still a week off. Sunflowers are everywhere, corn is piled high, tomatoes are finally tasting as tomatoes should, and suddenly the colours have shifted almost imperceptibly from high summer into something...
by Helen Kain | Aug 20, 2026 | Amber, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Home, Pink and Red, Recent
There comes a point in late summer when the garden hasn’t quite given up on the season, but autumn has begun making suggestions. The dahlias are still going magnificently, producing armfuls of flowers in coral, raspberry and deep red. But acorns are appearing...
by Helen Kain | Aug 14, 2026 | Amber, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Home, Recent, Summer Tablescapes, Terracotta, White
Several years ago, when Pier 1 was still among retail stores present and accounted for, I came across these wonderfully cheerful llama plates and was instantly smitten. There is absolutely nothing restrained about them. Each llama has its own expression and...
by Helen Kain | Aug 2, 2026 | Antique glassware, Green, Home, Recent, Summer Tablescapes, White
The calendar has flipped to August and right on time, the limelight hydrangea has begun its annual transition, beginning with the delicate green for which it is named. As the month progresses, the blooms will gradually fade from green to creamy white before eventually...
by Helen Kain | Jul 23, 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 | 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...
