by Helen Kain | Nov 3, 2019 | Amber, Black, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Orange, Terracotta, Thanksgiving, White, Yellow
Adjusting to a six-hour time change and weather whiplash has left me a bit discombobulated. A little over a week ago I was scarfing down pasta in Rome in blissful mid 70s temperatures. Monday of this week saw me boarding a flight to Omaha (for my “real...
by Helen Kain | Sep 12, 2019 | Amber, Blue, Cobalt, Fall Tablescapes, Terracotta, White
The richness of cobalt and burnt orange is a time-honoured combination found in Imari patterns, beloved by collectors for centuries. Collectors Weekly provides us with a concise history: “Imari is a style of porcelain named after the Japanese...
by Helen Kain | Mar 20, 2019 | Blue, Green, Pink and Red, Spring Tablescapes, Terracotta, White
It’s time for some psychedelic wildlife fun. Anthropologie brought us Mooreland by artist Starla Michelle Halfmann a few years ago. A little zany and a lot colourful, these imaginative renderings of wildlife creatures make an unusual table. The first...
by Helen Kain | Feb 7, 2019 | Blue, Spring Tablescapes, Summer Tablescapes, Terracotta, White, Yellow
It’s time for a change of tableware, I think. I’m invoking sunshine, warmth and country living with Rooster Meadow, by Pfaltzgraff. Isn’t that chick the cutest thing? Rooster Meadow is one of those timeless patterns that warms the heart,...
by Helen Kain | Jan 24, 2019 | Brown, Terracotta, White, Winter Tablescapes
Please come and join me for a wintery walk, and let’s see what we spot. Oh my! Who is that masked fellow? And who are his friends? Why, hello there! Nice of you to drop by, little guys. Let’s see, who else has joined us? A Wise Owl. A Wily Fox. And a...
by Helen Kain | Nov 8, 2018 | Blue, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Terracotta, Thanksgiving, White, Winter Tablescapes
One of the delights of fall is waking up to an unexpected jewel of a day with bright sunshine and warm temperatures, just when we’ve resigned ourselves to gloomy skies and plummeting thermometers. We had already brought in the outdoor furniture for the...
