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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Thoughts of Paris Tablescape

Our great-niece, Maya, came up with this week's tablescape. She used cork board Parisian-style place mats as the inspiration for the design and then set the table using modern, clear glass dinnerware by Pasabahce and black flatware and glassware to finish it.

The inspiration for the table

In a twist of the norm, Maya used the bread and butter plate as a liner for the individual covered butter dish

Where it came from:

Cork Place Mats - from Bed, Bath, and Beyond twelve or thirteen years ago

Dinnerware - "Milano" by Pasabahce from Tuesday Morning years ago

Bread and Butter Plate/Liner - Black Fiesta(ware) by Homer Laughlin from Replacements,Ltd.

Covered Butter Dish - by Home Essentials from Ross many years ago

Flatware - "Kaya Black" by Jankng from eBay

Glassware - "Jet Black" by Artland from Target years ago

Cranberry Red Napkins - from Pier 1

White Chiffon Napkin - a gift from Pat years ago

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

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Gray and Pink Tablescape

This week, Pat selected a paisley-like grey and white place mat that she purchased several years ago from Tuesday Morning as the inspiration for the color theme on this week's tablescape. She chose light gray chargers (inexpensive plastic thrifted ones and then spray painted them with plastic adhesive spray paint matching the gray on the place mat) and mixed it with Dansk's slate "The Burbs" and "Pearl Pink" from JCPenney dinnerware to create the tablescape.