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Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Colorful Autumn Tablescape

This week's table features Pier 1's "Harvest Garden" dinnerware and everyday "Starfire Ivy" glassware by Anchor making a casual setting for a simple family dinner.

Where it came from:

Beige Place Mats and Matching Napkins - from Bed, Bath and Beyond years ago

Yellow Charger - Inexpensive plastic thrifted chargers spray painted

Second Charger and Matching Bread and Butter Plate - "Paprika" Fiesta(ware) by Homer Laughlin from Replacements,Ltd.

Flatware - "Everyday" Stainless Steel by Reed & Barton from Bed, Bath, and Beyond

Glassware - "Starfire Ivy" by Anchor Hocking from Ross years ago

Sage Napkin Rings - from Pier 1 years ago

Green Glass Candle Holders - also from Pier 1 more than eleven or twelve years ago

This week, we will be joining "Tablescape Thursday" at Between Naps on the Porch: http://betweennapsontheporch.net/

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Pat's Annual Duck Season Tablescape

The men (and some of the ladies) from Pat's husband's side of the family are avid duck hunters - strangely, not Pat's husband - but the family "partakes." So every year, Pat sets a table and host a dinner [as a vegetarian for fifty years, I am, needless to say, writhing with pain and nausea at the thought] for that side of her family.

Yes, this table is at my house, but I will be wrapping up the dinnerware for transport to Pat's as soon as I take pictures since I store most of the tablescaping "supplies"