There are few things as wonderful as gathering for a holiday meal with your nearest and dearest. A beautiful table is the perfect complement to amazing food and company. I am always looking for ways to elevate my tables to create an extra special experience for my guests and have picked up a few show-stopping tips that I’m thrilled to be able to share with you today.
Our first fall holiday is fast approaching – Halloween is going to be here before we know it! As a seasonal décor fanatic I can hardly wait for the weather to start cooling off and the jack-o-lanterns to begin glowing. As a mother to a candy obsessed 3-year-old (and a person with quite the sweet tooth myself) I am especially excited to decorate our home to the nines this year to start instilling a love of holiday traditions with our family beyond trick-or-treating.
Local designer friend Will Brown is always jet setting around the globe and I’m always living vicariously though his Instagram updates! One of his recent trips was to the Amalfi Cost to celebrate a significant birthday. Since it’ll be a while yet until I can escape to that particular coast myself, I asked Will to bring the coast to me! I invited him into the shop last week to set a table worthy of an Amalfi birthday soiree and we’re sharing it with you in today’s blog post!
Every holiday and birthday can bring gift giving challenges, and Mother’s Day is no exception. In this week blog post I give my take on the perfect gifts for the mother (or mothers) you love!
Creating a tablescape is no easy feat! With all the options in material, size, color and on and on – it’s easy to get lost in the process. This week I want to highlight some of the displays from our Tabletop Weekend event. I hope that this inspires you to step outside of your comfort zone and take your tabletop to the next level!
I recently received an Instagram message from a customer in need of tablescape inspiration for a Valentine’s Day dinner for her and 11 of her closest friends. She, like many of us, felt uninspired by the abundance of sparkly red hearts and chubby little cupids floating around this time of year. I totally get it! So of course, we did what we do best – we turned up some of our favorite tunes and got to work designing a solution!
There are some iconic pairings that stand the test of time. Like peanut butter and jelly (still a viable dinner option after a long day in the shop for this working mama), Holmes and Watson, and of course Blue and White chinoiserie in home décor. This iconic color combo is having a major moment in interior design, but we’re here to remind you that it simply never went out of style!
As you read two weeks ago, I went on my first Market adventure Mary Carol and two of our visual team members in search of Christmas décor and decorative accents. And PHEW was it a wild ride. We’re sourcing products a full year ahead which is going to take some getting use to for this new gal! It proves an interesting challenge, but I like to think of it as giving us the ability to create trends instead of chasing them. Read more to see the Christmas trends we can’t live without.
If you have heirloom dishes, glassware or silver, get it out of that china cabinet and onto your table. Here’s how to do a china makeover!
This holiday season, set your table with plaid! Here are some inspiration tables filled with ideas to inspire you to make your holiday table beautiful.
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