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19 August 2010

Tablescape Thursday

ZEBRA WITH A TWIST!

Here is a table setting I did a couple of years ago for a local kitchen tour. I was asked to stage the homeowner's dining room, which was empty except for the rug, table and six parson's chairs.
I brought in the French arm chairs and Italian side table. While I loved the existing taupe walls and pure white trim, I felt the room needed a punch of COLOR, so I added needlepoint pillows and a lime-green raw silk throw to my own taupe burlap upholstered chairs, lime green pillar candles in tall white ceramic candle holders from Vietri, decoupage plates and artwork to the room.
The zebra patterned dishes are from The Mane Lion, hand-crafted and painted ceramics from Italy. All pieces come in either raspberry or lime, but I decided to mix them. (They also now come in mocha.) I particularly love the square shapes of all of the different pieces. The melon shaped candle holders are mercury glass. The pink handled serving pieces are Via Veneto pattern, from Modigliani in Italy.
The adorable turtle and lotus chip and dip server is also from The Mane Lion. French napkins and tablecloth are from Garnier-Thiebaut. The pearl handled flatware is French.

The light green ceramic tavern pitcher is from Vietri.

All flower arrangements were done in old milk glass compotes.

To lighten the very dark brick wall of the hearth in the background, I featured a large bright painting by my husband, Jack Dickerson, on the mantle. This seemed a natural since the stripes in the parrot tulip echoed the zebra stripes of the dinnerware.

The green bubbled tulip glasses and pitcher are from Biot, France. The clear bubble stems are Italian, from Vietri.

A close-up of Jack's tulip painting.

An Italian side table, hand painted with faux marbre top, holds a collection of decoupage dishes by John Derian and Ben's Garden. Notice the fiddlehead ferns in the floral arrangement. (I'm so sorry I don't remember the name of the florist who did these.)


Bon Appetit!
To view tablescapes by other bloggers, every Thursday, visit Between Naps On The Porch, where they are all linked in. Enjoy!
                                                                   



10 comments:

  1. Hi, That's WONDERFUL TABLESCAPE!Fantastic yours dishes and color!!! Really beautiful! Hugs, Fatima-Scrapart.

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  2. The pink and green look great with the contrast of the taupe wall!

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  3. Oh, the raspberry and lime color scheme is wonderful -- and so stunning against the snowy white tablecloth and chair coverings! Just lovely!

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  4. OMG, what a stunning table...very, very pretty. Thanks for sharing this wonderful tablescape.

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  5. So fresh and pretty. I am covering the flatware -- beautiful. Your picture really are great. The color combination and all the special extras are just perfect.

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  6. This is one of my favorites this week. I love the colors,and my daughter would FLIP over the pink and green dishes. It's all just too lovely!

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  7. Dear Kate,

    What fabulousness you have set before us my dear lady!.., My, oooh my!

    This is just so exceptionally pretty and delightful, yet all the while so fresh, and somewhat 'pared down' in elegant, lovely, simplicty!..,

    ..,In some regards, you have shown us utter 'eye-candy' delights and whimsy!..,Yet..,

    ..,In other regards, charms duely considered; I love your fabulously fresh take on zebra srips and those wonderful flatware pieces of yours, be-ribboned with pink hues of ribbon bows!..,

    ~Every lovely detail; from your sideboard, to your artwork selection, to the beautiful chandelier and the side chair with the throw so artfully draped over the corner of the chair's arm; why even the uncurtained windows speak ever so eloquently of your fabulous understated elegance, your artistic attention to detail, counter balanced with utter charm!

    I love it all!!..,(Can you tell)?!.., Hehe

    You thought of everything it seems!!

    Please kindly also accept my warm invitaion to also visit my blog for Tablescape Thursday; this week's theme is teapots, afternoon tea and a fashion tea vignette photographed in my dressing room closet and upon my dressing, vanity table, just for fun!

    Cheers and hugs from Wanda Lee
    @ http://theplumedpen.blogspot.com and also
    @ http://silkenpurse.blogspot.com

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  8. FABulous!!! I love the raspberry and lime green zebra stripes! You have created a beautiful table with just the right punch of color and detail!
    Have a beautiful weekend~
    ;-D Kathleen

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