Dinners in the dining room

Its my one weakness Dorcas Lane, from Lark Rise to Candleford Hello diners! Happy 2022 and welcome back. January has always felt so...

You are cordially invited to dine in the palace of the Snow Queen, grab your vintage furs, it’s cold at her table. Hans Christian...

Welcome back diners! There is nothing quite as beautiful, or taboo, as vintage furs. Be it fox, coyote, beaver, rabbit, mink or any of...

Welcome back diners, I hope you’re preparing for a wonderful Thanksgiving meal to kick off the 2021 holiday season. Ah, the Lenox Autumn...

Welcome back and thank you for joining me today!   I poured you a glass of champagne, and split my eclair with you…you know, a moment on...

Hello diners and welcome back! What a busy, quick month and our Holiday season is near. This blog post features a very cute, and old...

Autumns are for hot-chocolaty mornings! Winnie the Pooh Boy, I couldn’t agree more Pooh! Hot chocolate, coffee, or tea or any other warm...

Welcome back diners! Autumn seems to be as uncharacteristically early and cool as our summer was warm and dry.   When I thought of the...

Welcome back diners! How quickly the summer comes and goes. As we head into autumn, I thought it was a good time to head back inside,...

Welcome back diners! Whew! Barely made the final August post, definitely got a bit delayed on this, more due to paralysis-analysis...

Welcome back diners! I hope you’re enjoying our beautiful, albeit hot summer. Its a bit hot for me, as a PNW native I tend to melt at...

Good tabletop drama and bad tabletop drama:  know the difference! Not all things beautiful are vintage. Take this contemporary set of...

I love these late-blooming crocosmia, this one is “Montbretia” Welcome back diners! Its July and summer has been in full swing here in...

Waiting as patiently as a queen can, Titania the faerie queen bides her time at the woodland table. Waiting, she is giddy as her one true...

Welcome back diners! I can hardly believe that this marks nearly the middle of June, where has the month gone? For the summer, we’ll be...

Welcome back Diners, This second May blog is a follow up to the great shabby-chic style, and interview with fellow shabby lover. Also, a...

Welcome back diners, Well, I am not entirely sure what happened to April’s second blog, a stirring discourse on egg cups; perhaps it will...

There is nothing quite like spring in the Pacific NW, the emerging pinks and greens is always a favorite of mine.  A while ago, I was...

So much better than lies, damned lies, and statistical lies — welcome back diners, lets explore vintage linens! I had a lot of fun...

Welcome back diners! I was inspired to do a March tea for me and my mom using Belleek china as inspiration. First however i wanted to...