A Tomatoes Tablescape

There is nothing better than a home grown tomato. After seeing so many people taking up vegetable gardening I am going to plant some fruits and vegetables next year! I have had these tomato salad plates for several years and I had been looking for something to use as a centerpiece on a tomato table setting. After I saw this tomato tureen I knew I had my centerpiece. I’m not sure where the black and white gingham tablecloth came from but Amazon has lots of gingham tablecloths in different colors for sale. My daughter helped with some of the design elements for this table while social distancing standing in the doorway.

These tomato salad plates came from Sur La Table several years ago. I was sorry to see this morning that my nearby store is closing. I’m hoping that they will still have an online store.

This green dinner plate came from Pier 1 many years ago. It was part of their Spice Route collection and the color was called Clove. This shade of green is a great shade for Fall tables and I use it frequently during the fall season.

This black glass Starburst charger is called Charge It and they were made by Jay. I bought them several years ago on Amazon. They are heavy glass and a simple design and they work well with many different color schemes.

This Milano Red flatware is Ginkgo International LePrix. I have had this set for years but it is still for sale. Not sure where I bought it. I use it several times a year on tablescapes. The simple design is perfect with this busy tablecloth.

I have had the black napkin rings for several years. They came from Sur La Table, World Market or Pier 1 probably. The black napkins probably came from Amazon several years ago. I had someone on Etsy make the tomato napkins for me. I love this fabric! They only had four napkins but they found some similar fabric for the other two. If you look closely at the table you can see the difference between the two patterns. My daughter suggested that I place one napkin on top of the other napkin and I really like the way they look here.

I went through several different ideas for place card holders before I settled on this one. I found the small plastic tomatoes online at Factory Direct Craft and Hubby cut a slit in them for the card. I wanted more height so I put them on my Oleg Cassini crystal place card holders that I found at HomeGoods several years ago.

I have used this red and black goblet combination many different times on different tablescapes. I bought these black goblets on Ebay and they were one of the first sets that I bought several years ago. They are Lenox Midnight Mood black glass water goblets and they were made between 1974 and 1982. They are 7 1/4 inches tall. When I started buying goblets I didn’t pay attention to the height but now I like to buy goblets that are at least about 8 inches tall because my table is large and I think they show better. You can still find them on Ebay from time to time. I am using my red Waterford Marquis Brookside goblets on this table. I really love this glassware. It is well made, heavy, and a true red color. I bought them at HomeGoods several years ago. You can still find them on Ebay from time to time too. I use this red goblet more than any other goblet in my collection probably because red is a favorite color.

I found this tomato tureen on sale at Williams Sonoma online last month. I really love it. It was made in Portugal by Bordallo Pinheiro. It is sitting on a wood stand that I bought at Pier 1 this spring. It was a natural wood color but Hubby painted it white for me to use on my Beach tablescape and then black for this table and a couple Halloween tables that are coming.

I wanted another pop of red on this table so I added two red ball candles to the table to mimic red tomatoes. I found them on Amazon. I have bought many many different colors and shapes of candles on Amazon over the years. Candles can be difficult to find in stores if they aren’t common colors and shapes.

Red and black is one of my favorite tablescape color combinations. You can see it on my Playing Cards tablescape here and my Miss Blackbirdy Valentine tablescape here. I love the way these colors interact on this table. Time to start researching tomato seed varieties!

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