by Helen Kain | Jan 29, 2026 | Blue, Brown, Home, Recent, Winter Tablescapes
Despite some deceptively warm weather and bravado lent by colourful tulips, old man winter has arrived with a vengeance. Even here on usually temperate Cape Cod, we have been buried in snow and are facing two solid weeks where the temperature won’t rise above...
by Helen Kain | Jan 23, 2026 | Green, Home, Recent, Spring Tablescapes, White, Winter Tablescapes, Yellow
January in New England has a particular talent for dampening spirits. The light is thin, the days are short, and winter storms loom with an air of inevitability. Rather than sink into the gloom, I decided to ignore it entirely. The solution was simple: tulips. ...
by Helen Kain | Jan 11, 2026 | Home, Recent
The Queen Anne Dollhouse — and How We Got Here At long last, the Queen Anne dollhouse is finished — with the sole exception of the weathervane, which is currently somewhere between here and the postal system’s sense of humour. Trim is complete front and back,...
by Helen Kain | Jan 4, 2026 | Blue, Cobalt, Green, Home, Pets, Recent, Winter Tablescapes
January feels like a reset around here — a chance to let colour do the work without fuss. The Christmas decorations come down, the light begins to change (for the better) and I start craving tables that feel calm yet cheerful. That usually means blue and white or...
by Helen Kain | Dec 11, 2025 | Christmas, Recent, Winter Tablescapes
Some Christmas tables are quietly refined elegance. Others are minimalist. This one is neither. This one is a swirl of colour, characters, and festive exuberance — a little bit fairy tale, a little bit pantomime, and entirely exuberant. I think of it as A Children’s...
by Helen Kain | Dec 7, 2025 | Christmas, Green, Pink and Red, Recent, Winter Tablescapes
Every once in a while, it’s good to set aside the serious tablescapes — the layered china, the pedigreed makers, the agonized-over colour palettes — and simply embrace joy. Pure, unfiltered, Snoopy-style joy. As a lifelong Peanuts fan (and a bona fide Boomer), I...
