Chargers, Plates & Candles, Oh My....

Welcome to ~Catherine de th`e Cups Tablescape Thursday!

As always... "Hat's Off" to Susan from "Between Naps On The Porch" for hosting this special event today! Please make sure you meander on over her way by clicking on the link above so you don't miss checking out everyones Tablescape post. Every week I am amazed at what I learn from my fellow bloggers! ;)




My Tablescape for this week is being shot at my sister Becky's home here in GA. I spent a few days at her place last week while our Mother was in town, so we just had the best fun getting her Wedding china out to set her table so nicely.

What I love about Becky's china is that it's a simple basic white with gold and platinum trim and goes with every and any theme you would want to put together. The Noritake china pattern is actually called just that, "Gold & Platinum"; fancy that! ;)



This is a close up view of her etched wine glasses. Are they not just lovely? They are quite delicate. She only has five of them, so I substituted the one where the head of the house will sit. This way, it's not as noticeable. I've many times seen a hostess use a varied selection of crystal wine glasses and I always find that as an element of interest and very striking. I personally like it when we make the tablescape "our own"...it's so much less pretentious to our guests then.














Becky recently reupholstered the seats on her dining room chairs and used the same fabric for making two window treatments that are on the side windows where there is a French door that exits on to her second floor covered porch. She had left over fabric, and often she uses it as a runner like we did in this pic by tri-folding it. Other times she uses it as a full tablecloth topper.

I'm a firm believer in decorating with what you have to save on the $, so I used three large pillar candles that she typically has on black stands in her family room. The colors worked perfectly with this tablescape. As candle bases, I used Princess House crystal luncheon plates that she had in her cupboard, this way it didn't take away from the design on the runner and actually dressed the candles up just enough.





Here is a closer view of the matching fabric drapes that cover a pair of white on white striped sheers.

I adore how the desserts look on the server to the left of her table. As you can seen the pic below, her walls have a custom faux finish that is absolutely gorgeous. She commissioned a good friend of hers to do the walls for her.

Another view on the right of the table is where her other server sits. This piece does not match her dining room set like the other server does, but the Shabby Chic finish on it really adds much to her room and is such a beautiful piece.

I set this server up to hold many of the main dishes so as to not have them sitting on the table. Many of the decorations on this server were able to be left over from Christmas since February is all about reds!

And finally...we see the entire table!

Well, it's nearly time for the guests to be called in to dine. We'd better move on over to Susan's to check out the next person on her list! Happy Tablescape Thursday everyone! Hope to see each of you next week!

Thanks Becky for allowing me to have fun with all your lovely things!

~CC Catherine