A Forest Foraging Table

by Helen Kain | Sep 25, 2022 | Amber, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Home, Recent, Terracotta

Fall is indeed on the way when the wild mushrooms begin to flourish. We have a couple of spots in the garden at the Cape where some particularly gorgeous specimens return each year. So this year, I was ready with some new table-friendly velvet versions from Mrs Alice....

Coq du Village by Fitz & Floyd

by Helen Kain | Sep 16, 2022 | Black, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Home, Pink and Red, Recent, White

Cozy blankets and hearty breakfasts. Oh—and chickens. Of course! Wynadotte hens and a Leghorn rooster pack a lot of visual punch. We can still get some wonderful warm days in September in the Cape. Warm enough to sit outside, though my stomach has definitely switched...

Pumpkins and Soup Tureens

by Helen Kain | Sep 4, 2022 | Amber, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Orange, Recent, Terracotta, Thanksgiving

It’s Labour Day weekend, and the kids are back to school next week. While I’m always sad to say goodbye to summer, soup season is a cause for celebration in my books. Starting with Fall Vegetable Chowder. And with soup comes individual soup tureens to...

Spode Leaf Plates with Sunflowers

by Helen Kain | Aug 31, 2022 | Amber, Brown, Fall Tablescapes, Green, Orange, Recent, Terracotta, Thanksgiving

The sunflowers are out in the grocery stores, a sure sign that summer’s end approacheth. Soon the trees will don their brilliant fall colours, and we will reach for a jacket before embarking on our morning walk. Spode’s Harvest figural leaf plates...

Villeroy & Boch Naif Breakfast

by Helen Kain | Aug 28, 2022 | Black, Green, Recent, Summer Tablescapes, White

Bucolic, simple, charming— Design Naif, by Villeroy and Boch.The name “Naif” is a tribute to the school of artists who emigrated from France during the mid-to-late Victorian period. Villeroy and Boch describe the pattern more fulsomely:  “When it...

Chelsea Porcelain Plums

by Helen Kain | Aug 21, 2022 | Blue, Green, Purple, Recent, Summer Tablescapes

It’s always a happy day when I discover a previously unknown china pattern. When it involves a modern (and therefore, attainable) replica of a much-loved antique design, it’s even better. Such was the case last autumn when Glenn, Lauren, and I visited...