A Black and White Winter Tablescape

I have been wanting to do a more modern themed black and white tablescape for a few years. When I saw this black tree branches on white tablecloth on Amazon a few years ago I decided to build a tablescape around it. The tablecloth was made by Fmfunctex. This tablecloth could easily be used on a Halloween tablescape and I may use it on one someday but it lends itself to a winter theme too I think. I predict this will be a tablescape that people will either love or really dislike. I am only using two colors and invariably when I do that, one or two people from some of the tablescaping groups that I belong to online will make a nasty comment and tell me how much better it would have looked if I had added another color. (How I love Facebook blocking because that is the last tablescape of mine that they will ever see…) The next time I do this table, maybe next winter, I will add red cardinal birds as accents. I am looking for just the right red cardinal salad plate right now, I have my eye on a few possibilities.

These black plates are smaller than most of the salad plates I have used recently on my tablescapes. They are called tidbit plates or appetizer plates. These plates were made by 10 Strawberry Street and the pattern was called Classic Black Porcelain. I bought the plates at HomeGoods several years ago.

I was looking for a bold black and white dinner plate design for this tablescape and I found these melamine dinner plates at Crate and Barrel a few years ago. I suspect people will either love them or hate them! Lol! The pattern was called Metro.

Not the best photo of these charger plates, it is a dark day outside and I am struggling with the light and reflections. These black glass Starburst chargers are called Charge It and they were made by Jay. I bought them several years ago on Amazon. They are heavy glass and work well with many different color schemes.

This black flatware set is Ginkgo International LePrix. I have had the set for years, not sure where I bought it.

I bought these cotton black napkins online at World Market a few years ago. I really like World Market napkins, they are usually inexpensive and they wash well but they do need ironing. I was looking at the two different white napkin rings I have and neither one really worked for this table. Hubby found these and we turned them around so they would be plain white, problem solved!

This is what they look like on the other side, there is also one that says graze. I bought them at Pier 1 a few years ago. Look for them on a Thanksgiving tablescape someday.

I really wanted the table to have scattered solid blocks of black color so I used these black house place card holders. I bought them on Ebay several years ago. At that time they had them at Target, and Hearth and Hand with Magnolia.

The goblet on the left with the black bowl and clear stem was made by Classic Touch and it is called V-Shaped Water Glass, Black With Clear Stem. I bought them at Houzz online a couple years ago.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. Ebay has them for sale from time to time.

When I started tablescaping, the first few years I bought lots of different candle holders of various shapes and sizes so I would have them when I needed them. This narrow clear hurricane candle holder came from Crate and Barrel and the pattern is called London. I filled it with day lily leafless stalks called scapes. They are what day lilies are borne on. After they are dead they can be gently pulled from the base of the plant. I have a large pile of them and Hubby painted some black for me. I really have too many and I promised him that after this tablescape, I would get rid of all of them. (I can always gather more over time, I have lots of day lilies!) An unusual somewhat stark centerpiece but the scapes match the black branches on the tablecloth and that is the mood I wanted.

A bit of a different departure from my usual tablescapes but variety is the spice of life!

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