2026 BLUE AND WHITE, BUNNIES, AND BOWS EASTER TABLE

Hello friends, Happy Holy Week! We are hosting our family for Easter lunch this year and I'm looking forward to having a house full! I'm trying to do what prep work I can ahead of time, so having one of the tables already set helps free up more time this weekend.  This year I started with a blue and white tablecloth and loaded the table with bunnies, bows, and all of the Spring-y things for our Easter Table.  I had an idea of the pieces I wanted to gather for the centerpiece and also added in several vintage and special family pieces to use at the place settings.  I wanted to use my new faux grass bunnies as part of the centerpiece and collected a variety of Easter-y things to mix in with them.   Faux Grass Bunnies  || Pink Gingham Ribbon- John Mark's in Memphis but Similar Here I've had this pewter tiered stand for over 20 years, I left off the bottom layer because it was too big and  loaded it up with colorful eggs.   I wanted a pot or two ......

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2025 CHRISTMAS HOME TOUR PART 1 || DINING ROOM

Welcome to my 2025 Christmas Home Tour!  Today we're kicking off part 1 with my Dining Room and Christmas Tablescape.  I'll be sharing several spaces around my home with you all through the week, so I hope you are sitting with some sparkly lights and a cozy blanket and warm drink and enjoy the tours!  I mentioned in  a post a few weeks ago  that I was inspired by this year's  Southern Living Christmas collection  at Dillards and how they mixed a classic plaid with my favorites I already use- pink and red, blue and white, and green cabbage ware style dishes. It hadn't really occured to me before to mix my usual colors along with the plaid which I also love, so it was fun to be able to use it all and you'll see some hints of that color and pattern mix on my table this year.  We are kicking off our Christmas celebrations schedule this weekend.  Our ER nurse son has to work on Christmas Day, but they have a few days off this weekend so we'll cele......

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BLUSH PINK AND BROWN THANKSGIVING TABLE

Hello, Happy (almost) Thanksgiving!  My table is all set and we are actually hosting here this year so we are busy bees getting ready for our crew.  A few weeks ago I shared a preview of my plans for a blush pink and brown Thanksgiving table, here's how it came together!   It was dreary and rainy when I photographed, my photos are a bit more shadowy than normal.  But, notice something new?  I played musical chairs!  These rattan chairs are part of a set with a table that I got on FBMP for the patio.  I decided to split them up and liked how these looked with the DR table for a change.  I had the seats recovered, you can't tell here but it's a small blue and white herringbone pattern. With all of the pillows and curtains and colors and patterns I always have in here I decided to go with something more toned down for the chairs.  I've never seen chairs like this and think they're so cool!  (The green and blue upholstered chairs aren......

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THIS YEAR'S THANKSGIVING TABLE PLANS AND INSPIRATION FROM YEARS PAST

I'll be sharing my Thanksgiving table with you next week, but today I thought I'd give you a little preview and show you the plan I have to put it together in case you're looking for a few ideas to use on your table too.  I also went back through the archives and picked out my top five Thanksgiving tables from years past if you are looking for a variety of table inspiration today!  Here's the direction I'm planning to go this year, this is just a starting point so I'll add in and switch around some things as I'm actually putting it together I'm sure.  As I mentioned in my Fall home tour , I've been loving the blush pink + brown combo for Fall this year, so when I bought this pink block print tablecloth earlier this year I knew right away I wanted to mix with with browns to use for my Thanksgiving table.    Similar Vase || Pheasant Feathers || Faux Pink Flowers (I hoped to use more Gomphrena that you saw in my home tour but a recent freeze might h......

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TABLE ROD CENTERPIECE WEDDING AND PARTY DECORATION IDEAS

Every year (except shoulder surgery year!) for I don't know how long I've headed up the teacher break room at our Vacation Bible School each summer.  They work so hard and love on the kids well, and we try our hardest to spoil them and give them a nice spot to catch their breath each day!  There's always a theme for VBS that we try to keep in mind when decorating the room.  Decorations through the building in all of the halls and classrooms can get pretty elaborate and impressive, but I tend to keep things pretty simple and concentrate on a serving table focal point and something to add a bit of color on the other tables in the room.   This year's theme was "Magnified", so all of the decorations were nature related and BIG (think "Honey I Shrunk the Kids").  When planning with my friends that help me, we thought we'd go with a garden party theme. One of my friends mentioned that we should use a table rod on the serving tables and we went from the......

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