A Musical Tablescape

This is a tablescape that I created in memory of my mother. She started taking piano lessons when she was six years old and continued to play the piano and then the organ too for the next 66 years until cancer took her way too soon. She majored in music in college and she played the organ every Sunday at our church while I was growing up. She tried to teach me how to play the piano but it didn’t take, I always had my nose in a book reading. Now I wish I had paid attention! I found this musical notes tablecloth on Amazon last month, it was made by Ambesonne.

When I decided to do a musical themed tablescape I started looking for salad and dinner plates with a musical theme. I couldn’t find any salad plates at all that would work so I decided to just use a plain white salad plate and set something musical on it. I found these flat wood musical notes at Hobby Lobby online last month and Hubby painted them black for me. If you read my blog you saw these white salad plates last week on my Ocean tablescape. They are bone china and quite thin. They were made by Gibson and the label on the back says Elite. I probably bought them at HomeGoods several years ago.

I added an extra salad plate to this plate stack because I wanted to add another pop of red on the table somewhere. This salad plate is part of our everyday dishes set and it was made by Fiesta. The color is Scarlet.

I was so happy when I found these piano key dinner plates last month. They are perfect for this tablescape. I found three on Etsy and then the other three on Ebay. I was so lucky! They were made by Lynn’s Stoneware and the pattern was called Maestro.

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 when I need a black charger I tend to use this one. Please excuse the light reflection. These plates are like a mirror and I couldn’t take a photo without some kind of reflection showing.

This Milano Red flatware is Ginkgo International Le Prix. I have had this set for several years. Not sure where I bought it. I use it several times a year on tablescapes. Amazon has it for sale right now. I also bought this set in a couple other colors as well. I often use my black set at Halloween time.

I found these musical notes napkins on Etsy last month as well as the metal wire clef napkin rings. The napkin rings came from Bulgaria! I was delighted to find them and it didn’t take very long for them to get here. Not sure where the red napkins came from. I have had them for several years. I added them for another pop of red on the table.

I found these vintage Shafford music stand place card holders with the darling musical place cards on Ebay last month just by accident. I was browsing through vintage napkin rings and I saw them. They are what really determined the creation of this table right now. As soon as I saw them I knew I wanted to create a tablescape around them in memory of my mother.

These are the tallest goblets in my tablescape goblet collection. They really make a statement! They are 11 inches tall and the glass is delicate. I only have eleven of the white ones because one arrived broken and they were sold out. I bought them several years ago online at Z Gallerie. You will see them again this fall on one of my Halloween tablescapes.

When I was planning this tablescape I really wanted to use a toy piano for the centerpiece. I found several online but they were all more money than I wanted to spend. I finally found this one and it was cheaper because it had some damage (that really doesn’t show). I love the fact that it is red because I knew I wanted to add a color to the black and white elements on the tablescape. Red was perfect!

Oops! You can see the flatware container sitting on the chair in the background.

I could not get the window glare off the piano in this photo and I finally gave up!

This tablescape is special to me because it reminds me of my mother playing the piano and the organ. Organ music, especially, brings her back.

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