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...
by Helen Kain | May 28, 2026 | Amber, Cobalt, Home, Pink and Red, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, Yellow
I had intended to wait. The Royal Doulton Anemone plates had only recently arrived, tucked into my luggage on a recent trip back from England. I had discovered them months earlier on eBay while searching for a Royal Doulton series ware pattern I might have overlooked....
by Helen Kain | Apr 9, 2026 | Green, Pink and Red, Spring Tablescapes, White, Yellow
They’re here. At first, it is a single, tentative chirp. Then another. And then, quite suddenly, a full choir seems to convene just outside the bedroom window at an hour that can only be described as optimistic. It is, apparently, spring. The birds have...
by Helen Kain | Mar 11, 2026 | Pink and Red, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, Vintage glassware
In searching for inspiration for a table, the sources vary. Sometimes it’s a plate that nudges towards a particular colour, often it’s a flower that suggests a mood.. In this case, it was toss-up between the flowers and the Royal Worcester Astley plates,...
by Helen Kain | Feb 5, 2026 | Antique china, Antique glassware, Pink and Red, Recent, Valentine's Day, Winter Tablescapes
There is something irresistibly girly about this table — in the best possible way. Pink enamelled antique Venetian glass provides the requisite Valentine colour, fashion illustrations flirt from every place setting, and the overall mood feels lighthearted, romantic,...
