TABLESCAPE THURSDAY.........MONET'S TABLE...American Style.

Welcome to another edition of Tablescape Thursday hosted by the talented "Head Tablescaper" Susan at http://www.betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/ This is the most fun I have had in a long time.....If you haven't joined in on the fun you should give it a try. You probably have more things around the house to dress up your table then you think....This week I decided to do a take on Monet's Table in Giverney France.....If you have ever seen a picture of his home Claude had the original designer kitchen.....We had the pleasure of visiting the home while in France and we even had a picnic on the grounds before touring the home and gardens. When we got back home daughter bought me this lovely book. It's a combination picture book of the home and gardens and a cookbook....It can be found on http://www.amazon.com/

I thought I would call my tablescape this week Monet's Table....."American Style"...using the colors of Monet's kitchen, yellow and blue.....The Boss put his foot down when I suggested painting our dining room chairs yellow.......Hope you enjoy my interpretation.....


If Monet painted my table I think this is what is would have looked like.


A view from above.....I used a king size quilt for the table cover.
I use quilts all over the house and find them to be very useful when making drapes and especially shower curtains....I think they also look great as a table cloth. The bright yellow napkins are from IKEA.

my dining room is actually my living room....with it's cathedral ceiling and porcelain parlor stove it makes for a cozy eating area. How can a room with vaulted ceilings be cozy? Lots of books and warm colors...wide wooden blinds on the windows.... a roaring fire in the stove and a colorful table setting....

The ultra high ceilings also allows for a tall centerpiece....It's high but you can see right through the forsythia....

Monet always had loaves of fresh baked bread on his table.....So I baked a loaf.....

Yes, it is as good as it looks....and easy too!!

I bought these blue glasses over 35 years ago and have no idea who they are by. I'm thinking perhaps Fostoria?? If they look familiar to anyone please let me know...I did see the same ones at a flea market years ago and they were very costly.... I paid just a few dollars for them.

Fish Platter!! A Williams Sonoma purchase...

Isn't this the cutest blue Kingfisher teapot you have ever seen....I found this at the Lakewood Flea Market here in Atlanta....

French Cafe au lait bowls.....schlepped all the way home in our luggage.

Monogram plates.....no, not my monogram....I like Martha's idea of telling people that you inherited them from a rich relative...

This really was inherited but from a poor relative.....I love it anyway!!


Hope you liked this weeks table and I'm already in the works for next week.

Remember that this weekend will be our second installment of

"Weekends in Paris"

This week we'll be posting pictures called "Local Color" so stop back for some colorful glimpses of the City of Lights.....