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Saturday, January 2, 2016

A Cozy New Year's Eve '15

After being away for Christmas, home is where I want to be to ring in the New Year. Mr. Pressed Pants concurs, so we are having a cozy, intimate, boring New Year's Eve....just the way we like it. I hadn't given the evening much thought until I was in the grocery store picking up dinner. I spied these flowers in one of those variety packs in the floral department. I usually pass those by, but since I had a murky plan to use gold on the table, I picked these up.

Can you see the gold dust on these? Sort of cheesy, but I like it. Then to top it off, the plastic champagne bottle takes cheesiness to another level, but hey, it's kind of fun.

For the two of us, I decided to set the table in the keeping room. I really wanted to set it up in front of the fireplace and the Christmas tree, but it is so warm that we'd never light a fire, so why bother. Just white and gold keeps it simple. I haven't used gold much for a very long time, but it is certainly trending now, and so I thought I'd jump on board.

A gold charger is topped with some white Juliska-like china that I got at that very high end store, Kroger!!!! I bought every bit of it they had.

The most interesting thing on the table is this sweet little bowl wishing "Happy Holidays". I bought them last year at Homegoods, but this is the first time I've used them. A cute little gold doily added a bit more sparkle to the look. I thought they would be perfect for peppermint ice cream with chocolate sauce, a Peterson family tradition.

The flatware I chose was my favorite mis-matched silverplate with these ivory handled knives.

And the napkins are a gold, sparkly fabric that doesn't show up very well in this photo.

These napkin rings were a gift from a dear, young friend as a thank you for giving her wedding shower. Aren't they wonderful? They are a bay leaf design from Art Tables.

Here's a prime example of what makes a high-low table. The champagne flutes are from Tiffany, and the wine glasses are Waterford........

but these white spotted tumblers are from Old Time Pottery. One dollar apiece. Yep. I love the mix.

We needed some candlelight to set the mood, so I chose these faux bois tapers that I even forgot I had.

I set them in these Baldwin brass candlesticks that I haven't used in almost a decade. I probably have a dozen of them from the days when my decor was Williamsburg, or wanna-be Williamsburg.

This simple little glass pedestal held our dinner rolls.

It doesn't look too charming here, but trust me, when the sun went down and the candles were lit, it was exactly where I wanted to be.

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Sunday, December 6, 2015

Spode's Glen Lodge Pheasant

When I spotted this fabulous china pattern at B. D. Jeffries, one of Atlanta's nicest gift stores, I fell in LOVE! I kept thinking and thinking about it and decided that I'd spring for it. Before I went back to buy it, what did I find at Homegoods???? Four salad plates! And then, at another Homegoods, I couldn't believe that they had four dinner plates. I had those at the cash wrap faster than you could believe.

This guy was destined to be the centerpiece at this table. I put him on a styrofoam base that I filled with mixed greens.

Once I added some glass ornaments, silk hydrangeas, pine cone and feathers, I was pleased with the centerpiece.

Here's the way the place setting stacked up. I started with a light colored straw placemat, than added a bird's eye maple charger. Then the dinner plate and the salad plate.

Here's the dinner plate by itself. It is "Glen Lodge Pheasant" by Spode. I admit that B.D. Jeffries had the same line with a stag as well, and I was torn. But then when the miracle occurred at Homegoods, the decision was easily made.

Doesn't it go together well?

I used this flatware that gets a lot of use, and on top of the hunter green napkin, instead of a napkin ring, I placed a little pheasant that I took right off of the Christmas tree!

These stems are Imperial Glass, and they have been around forever. The wicker covered glasses are used as stemless wine glasses. The inserts slip right out to go into the dishwasher.

And look who else was waiting to join the party! These salt and pepper shakers don't hold much, but I don't mind refilling, as they are so cute.

I finished the table off with these old wooden candlesticks and brown candles.

Our grandsons call this guy Phil. I think it suits him.

But I'm not so sure he likes it!

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Be Inspired (Tues.)

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Rustic and Refined

Home Sweet Home (Fri.)

The Charm of Home

Feathered Nest Friday

French Country Home

Wow Us Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style

Monday Funday

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Make It Pretty Monday

The Dedicated House

Fridays Unfold

www.nancherrow.com

Moonlight and Mason Jars (Wed.)

Celebrate It Sunday

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Monday, September 7, 2015

Late Summer Table

We've entertained every day this Labor Day weekend, and this is the last dinner. We played golf and had our partners over for a quick, easy meal. For some reason, I didn't want to do red, white and blue, so I decided to do a tribute to the icons of late summer: the sunflower and the tomato.

This color combination is so French, and I have these linens that I love but I rarely use that tie these colors together perfectly. The tablecloth and the napkins are yardage from Pierre Deux. Remember that great store?

On this wicker charger from World Market, I stacked a red Ballard Design dinner plate and a sunflower salad plate by Maxcera that I got at Homegoods. The colors are a little off in this picture, but you get the idea.

These small bowls with tomatoes on them are by 222 Fifth, and also came from Homegoods. Here's a red variety of tomato......

and here's a yellow variety. All four bowls are different.

This flatware is so old that I can't remember where it came from, but those red bread and butter plates are from Walmart.

The glassware picks up these two dominant colors well. The yellow tumbler is from Pottery Barn, and the red stem is vintage.

A couple of years ago, I spied this gold cachepot at a wonderful store in Indianapolis, called Surroundings, and I scooped it up immediately. I still love the way the fruit and handles are so three dimensional. The inside is glazed with turquoise, but it needn't show here. I filled it with the freshest sunflowers that I bought at the Alpharetta farmers market yesterday. Those cherry tomatoes are from there, too. I also bought some small yellow pear tomatoes that I thought I would add to the table, but I used them all in the soup I served, a Corn Gazpacho with Crab. I'll post that recipe tomorrow, because it is soooo yummy.