A Farmhouse Table with Sunset Rooster Dinner Bowls

by Helen Kain | Jul 15, 2018 | Blue, Cobalt, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Orange, Spring Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes, White, Winter Tablescapes, Yellow

I love a great pasta bowl. It’s all about the depth; t needs to be deep enough to contain a surfeit of sauce, and shallow enough to twirl a fork gracefully. These Sunset Rooster bowls from Pier 1 fit the bill nicely. They call them “dinner bowls”,...

Ship Ahoy!

by Helen Kain | Jul 5, 2018 | Blue, Cobalt, Summer Tablescapes, White

A nautical classic with a modern twist!  Anthropologie brought out this set of six appetizer plates this spring and it’s already sold out. Called Caskata Rigging, it is a fine addition to their From The Deep dinnerware. Inspired by the New England...

Signals by American Atelier

by Helen Kain | Jun 24, 2018 | Blue, Cobalt, Green, Summer Tablescapes, White, Yellow

Now that it’s officially summer it’s time to break out the nautically themed dinnerware.  Where better to start than with Signals by American Atelier? A thoroughly seafaring pattern, you can smell the salt air just looking at it. The pattern was...

Wildflower Study by Jen Garrido for Anthropologie

by Helen Kain | May 10, 2018 | Blue, Cobalt, Mother's Day, Pink and Red, Spring Tablescapes

Mother’s Day approacheth.  When I was a child back in the Stone Age, Mother’s Day offerings tended to comprise a homemade card produced under the watchful eye of a teacher, proudly presented to Mum on a tray with breakfast in bed, usually pancakes...

“Come and Dine” at Highclere Castle – The Dinner!

by Helen Kain | Feb 25, 2018 | Antiques, Ballgown, Cobalt, White, Winter Tablescapes

First of all, thanks everyone for your interest in the event! Your comments were so heartening; I felt like you were right there with me from preparation through to clean up.   Update: Here is the video of the event We had a fabulous time, and judging from the...

Highclere Castle Dinner Preparations Update #2

by Helen Kain | Feb 23, 2018 | Antiques, Blue, Cobalt, Winter Tablescapes

I’m off to give a presentation this afternoon (my other life…), but I thought you might like to know how things are shaping up for the Great Dinner tomorrow. We have set out the plates, bowls and glassware in the order in which it will be needed tomorrow,...