Dahlias Delight

by Helen Kain | Sep 30, 2020 | Fall Tablescapes, Home, Orange, Pink and Red, Purple, Recent

I’ve never been a big dahlia fan. They’re a pain in the butt to grow. The magnificent flowers come from quite unprepossessing tubers that need to be hauled in and out of the ground each year. Tulips and daffodil bulbs survive (and even...

Embracing Fall Colours with Ashworth Ironstone

by Helen Kain | Sep 2, 2020 | Amber, Cobalt, Fall Tablescapes, Home, Recent, Terracotta, White

Suddenly, it feels like fall. Chrysanthemums abound at roadside vegetable stands. I’ve found myself reaching for jeans, rather than shorts, and donning long-sleeved tops rather than sleeveless. We’re getting close to the autumn equinox, and the shrinking...

An Al Fresco Meal of Lobster Risotto

by Helen Kain | Aug 26, 2020 | Blue, Orange, Summer Tablescapes

A refreshing wind is tossing the trees around this morning. Temperatures dropped about 10 degrees overnight, bringing welcome relief from the humidity. It’s late August – time to pack in all the “lasts” of summer – lobster rolls on the beach at...

A French Menu

by Helen Kain | Apr 1, 2020 | Amber, Blue, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Spring Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes, Vintage glassware

Let’s go to France this week and see the tulips.  Wait … that’s wrong … tulips are Holland. And they’re supposed to come in the spring. But these tulips arrived last summer, at Trader Joe’s. It’s a mixed-up world right...

A Coral and Pewter Table with Country Estate by Juliska

by Helen Kain | Feb 26, 2020 | Black, Orange, Terracotta, Winter Tablescapes

Winter is treating us to a blast of icy cold weather for the next few days. It’s time for some warming counter-measures: flame-coloured parrot tulips to warm the cockles of the even the most frozen heart (or fingers). The inspiration for this table bubbled up...

You’re in Clover with Victoria & Albert

by Helen Kain | Jan 30, 2020 | Blue, Green, Orange, Spring Tablescapes

January is making a gracious exit here in the Great Canadian North, and I for one am very thankful. Only one more month of winter to go (she says, somewhat defiantly). Yup – spring begins on March 1, according to the widely accepted meteorological definition of...