Ringing in the New Year in Stylish Aqua

by Helen Kain | Dec 31, 2021 | Antique glassware, Blue, Christmas, New Year, Recent, Winter Tablescapes

It’s been a year of ups and downs. A bit like a Covid remake of the shower scene from Psycho, on repeat. I’m all for switching off the screen and turning our attention elsewhere. So let’s end on an up note with a stylishly sophisticated table....

Inslee Fariss’ 12 Days of Christmas

by Helen Kain | Dec 22, 2021 | Christmas, Pink and Red, Recent, White, Winter Tablescapes

On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me… … A Patridge in a Pear Tree. Thank you, Anthropologie, for a new and somewhat whacky twist on an old favourite. These particular plates are from a couple of years ago. Anthropologie has a new set by...

Royal Stafford Christmas

by Helen Kain | Dec 4, 2021 | Black, Christmas, Green, Pink and Red, Recent, Winter Tablescapes

There is something infinitely appealing about an old-fashioned Christmas scene, with half-timbered houses, ladies in bonnets and long skirts, and wait … what is that cart?  Carol singers, people exchanging greetings, the decorated tree and a happy dog are...

Just in Time with Halloween Dogs

by Helen Kain | Oct 30, 2021 | Black, Fall Tablescapes, Halloween, Pink and Red, White

Greetings, dear readers. We flew from Heathrow Airport yesterday after spending eighteen days in various parts of England, beginning and ending in London. We were blessed with marvellous weather—warm and dry enough for a leather jacket and jeans, mainly, with only a...

Canadian Thanksgiving in Rust and Pewter Grey

by Helen Kain | Oct 10, 2021 | Amber, Fall Tablescapes, Grey and Pewter, Terracotta, Thanksgiving

We had a perfect autumn day to host our family Thanksgiving dinner last weekend. If I hadn’t set the table the previous day, I would have been tempted to move it outdoors. This table began with the napkins. I’ve had them for a few years and can’t...

Mason’s Quail Blue with Chinoiserie Pumpkins

by Helen Kain | Sep 25, 2021 | Blue, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Thanksgiving, Yellow

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...