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Oh My Gosh - have you seen the new tabletop collection at Tory Burch?

It's the perfect barware, stemware, table linens & more for every day use! The collection is mostly made up of a blue theme – with gorgeous, intricate patterns.  My favorites include these Spongeware Salad Plates, this Spongeware Pitcher…..and of course, these stylish Rae Coatsers.  I could totally picture this entire set while entertaining a few girlfriends over my birthday this month!

Have you seen this collection ? Which pieces are your favorites?

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Reiko Kaneko Collection

For those of you who love interesting ceramic pieces, I'd love to introduce you to Reiko Kaneko from the UK. She's a British-Japanese designer who creates figurines of modern shapes & Japanese inspired forms. It's like traditional fine dining with experimental & theatrical presentation ideas as she says on her site.

They have a ton of clever pieces for your dinnerware or teaware needs. My fave set is the DRIP TEASE collection. 

This is so clever, don't you think? I bet it would get a ton of looks at a dinner party!  Also, the drip cups are pretty unique, I like how they also have the tea mugs to go with it. One of the best features has to be the gold rim on each piece...what do you think?? Which do you like best?

-images via reiko kaneko

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Design: Holiday Tablescape Decor...

Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful holiday season. This is Drew, back again to share the creation of a holiday tablescape that coordinates with the home decor I created with my first post. Tropical colors of coral & lime continue in this table setting with a little bit of gold and shimmer to play off the Christmas scence. 

I love Luxury Monogram's placemats and the personalized touch of the embroidered monogram...perfect for fancy get togethers! Gold stemware and place settings surely make this table glisten with Christmas magic. 

 

1) Fina Vetro Di Arte stemware 

2) L'Objet Plate via Neiman Marcus

3) L'Objet Dinnerware via Neiman Marcus

4) Luxury Monograms Placemat 5) Neiman Marcus Nameplate

6) Sterling 365 Place Setting via Brides

7) One Kings Lane Napkin Ring

8) One Kings Lane Napkin
  

Line the table with a simple white table runner and solid gold ribbon, trimming the rest of the table with gold garland and tinsel. Place a variety of candles, tall and short, to create dimension and finish it off with a couple of glass cloches, covering mini golden trees and tiny peach ornaments.
 

 9) Lawn Ornaments and Fountains Garland

10) John Lewis Candle

11) One Kings Lane Cloche

12) ModCloth Mini Tree

13) Sears Tinsel 

14) A2Z Table Runner

15) Barnes& Noble Ribbon

This tablescape can take you well into the New Year by replacing the cloches with candles or even string lights for New Year's! 

Hope you and your loved ones have a magical holiday filled with scrumptious goodies on your beautiful tablescapes!

-Post by Drew Humphries

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Entertaining in Gold...

Hello everyone!

I'm already thinking about the upcoming Holidays, Thanksgiving & Christmas. I love Holidays! First, the world (for the most part) gets to celebrate these important dates.... & two, we get to DECORATE our homes for entertaining! 
Dinner parties can be so much fun...!

For myself, I prefer to keep the guest list at about 5-6 people at my place - just feels more intimate.  

What about you.. do you prefer bigger parties??

Speaking of parties...Since Gold is so IN this year, I was thinking it would be ideal to pick some of my favorite party pieces & revolve it around the color GOLD!  Below are all my picks if you're looking to spruce up your dining table for a party! Enjoy!

Any of you planning on having a party at home this year for the Holidays??

DVF via bloomingdales

ZGallerie 

Luxury Monograms - Placemats

Furbish Studio -Cocktail Napkins

 

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