Mason’s Quail Blue with Chinoiserie Pumpkins
The beguilingly days of fall are with us, with just a touch of crispness in the air. I’m not quite ready to go the complete fall Monty, though. I still have a foot in the summery shades of blue and white, but some brown and white transferware helps bridge...
Paris by American Atelier
Labour Day weekend is upon us, officially the end of summer. So let’s sneak in one more summer tablescape and make it inspirational. Pack your bags and join me in Paris. American Atelier produced Paris dinnerware from 2002 to 2005, with scenes of four...
Cobalt Blue for a Summer Outdoor Dinner
Our good friends Bill, Maura, Carolyn and Paul, with whom we went on the cruise in 2019 (a lifetime ago, it seems), were visiting recently. Oh, happy days! We took every opportunity during their short stay to get together for a Cape-Cod land-locked reprisal—Maura...
A Watermelon Feast
There is something inherently cheerful about watermelon. It’s astonishingly abundant nature, for starters—they’re so HUGE. Second, the innocuous, virtuous-looking rind, giving way to an unexpectedly vibrantly coloured interior. And then, the delightful...
A Cottage Table with a Berry Tart
Villeroy and Boch are right up there with Gien in terms of high-quality, durable and beautiful tableware. I was introduced to the Cottage pattern through Sophie Winston, from the Domestic Diva series by Krista Davis. Sophie is one of the two fictional Divas...Follow Us
