A Tablescape for Mountain Living

I saw these salad plates depicting a tent camping scene on a lake in another blog and instantly wanted a set to create a table setting around. Hubby and I both come from tent camping families and when we got married 48 years ago some of the first things we bought with wedding money were a tent and camping equipment. At least once a month we would head up the coast and camp along the beach at one of the public campgrounds. (They were free in those days.) In addition, for 28 years in a row every President’s Day weekend we would meet Hubby’s family at Death Valley to tent camp. I took very small children tent camping up there several times! These plates remind me of wonderful memories camping with family even though I am now done with tent camping! I bought the tablecloth at HomeGoods a few years ago. It has a slight brownish tweed design in the fabric.

These salad plates are very difficult to find. I found a few on Ebay and a few on Etsy and a few at Replacements, Ltd.. I was lucky to find eight, I don’t see any more for sale anywhere right now. The back says “International Tableworks, from a genuine hand engraving Bob Timberlake”. They were made in England and the pattern is Timberlake Camp 166. It was a bit of a struggle to find a dinner plate that worked with this plate because the color is a dark forest green. I have several green dinner plates but none of them are forest green and none of them worked with this plate color. I love the camping scene with tents, a campfire, and canoes along a lake next to a mountain. The rim designs are wonderful with lots of forest and mountain creatures.

I was trying to find any dinner plate I had that would work with these salad plates and I suddenly remembered this set. I knew the center wouldn’t show for photos and the rim had the right colors. These dinner plates were made in England by Johnson Bros. The series was called The Friendly Village and there are different designs on the dinner plates. This one is called The Village Street. I bought them at HomeGoods several years ago I think. I was so glad to find something that worked with the salad plates.

I knew my hunter green chargers would match the salad plates perfectly. These chargers were made by Mikasa and are called Color Spectrum in Hunter Green. I love this charger, it is heavy and a great color. I have several others in other colors. I bought them all a few at a time on Ebay.

You can really see the tweed design in the tablecloth in this photo. This flatware is labeled SR Showroom Italy. It was made by Zaffiro and I think I bought it on sale online at Horchow. The color is called Smoky and it looks like it has been discontinued. I really liked the simple design of the lucite handles so I bought it in other colors as well. It is 18/10 stainless and a nice heavy set. The pieces are really longer in length than normal flatware. I have mentioned this before, if you are buying flatware and it isn’t 18/10 stainless always check the fork tines to make sure they have been filed enough and aren’t too sharp. Cheaper flatware often has really sharp fork tines and they can cut your lip!

The plaid napkins came from Pier 1 several years ago, where will we find great napkins now that they have closed! The brown napkins came from Sur La Table online a few years ago. I found the pine cone napkin rings on Amazon a few years ago. They were called Park Design Pine Lodge iron pine cone napkin rings. I bought a set of these for our mountain cabin too.

I think I bought these metal pine cone place card holders on Ebay because I only have eight and I usually buy in sets of twelve if I am buying from a store.

A bit of a story behind the dark green cut glass goblet on the left, I saw them online at Williams Sonoma last December and I fell in love with them and Hubby ordered 12 for me for Christmas. They remind me of the High Sierras near where I grew up, and where we have a family cabin now. I received four in December and was told that the other eight were on backorder until May. I received another four in April. As yet, I have still not received the last four. Every time I check the tracking information it tells me that they are to be delivered that day. They are supposed to be here today and of course, nothing yet. It’s getting a bit ridiculous, I will ask for a refund I quess because it looks like they no longer have them. (I asked for and received a refund for the last four a couple hours ago, at least I have eight.) I do love the cut glass pine cone design and the deep color. It was this goblet and the salad plate that started the theme idea for this tablescape. The brown goblet was made by Lenox between 1966 and 1985. It was called Antique Brown. I bought them on Ebay several years ago.

When I started tablescaping I bought a few lanterns in different colors because I figured they would be an easy and casual centerpiece. I think this one came from Pier 1. You can find lanterns online and in stores in all different colors and shapes. Just put a candle inside and maybe some filler if you want and you’ve got a simple centerpiece! The green candle came from HomeGoods.

I bought these cast iron pine cone votive candle holders online somewhere several years ago. They are really really heavy.

One of these days we will be able to head to the mountains again. I hope it is soon! To see another pine cone themed tablescape that I did last year please click here. For a look at our rustic cabin and its pine cone decor, please click here.

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