A SchoolHouse Tablescape for Fall

I have been thinking about creating a schoolhouse themed tablescape for about a year now. It took me a while to gather what I wanted together and I am still not completely satisfied with it. September always reminds me of my years serving on the local school board while my children were in school. I found the tablecloth at HomeGoods a few years ago.

I looked forever for a salad plate with a schoolhouse on it and I couldn’t find one I liked. I saw this handmade card on Etsy and decided to use it instead. It could be a party favor to take home after your back to school celebration. The detail on these cards is amazing.

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 them at HomeGoods several years ago. I have basic black plates in several different sizes and shapes and I use them often.

I was thinking about my plates a few weeks ago and I realized that I only have one beige melamine dinner plate in my collection so I decided to look for another beige plate in a different style. I found these dinner plates at Pottery Barn online. They are called Mason Stoneware and the color is Wheat. Very simple in design but a great basic plate to add to a plate stack when you need a beige color.

This charger was made by Juliska Ceramics and the pattern was called Berry and Thread, color Ruby. I like plates with interesting rim designs because it adds something different to the plate stack. I bought these chargers a few chargers at a time over a couple of years until I had the number I needed. I can’t remember where I bought them but it was online and probably from several different sites. This charger is a deeper red, almost a brick red. These plates are no longer in production. If you read my blog you saw them on my Red Barn tablescape.

This black flatware is Ginkgo International LePrix. I have had it for years but it is still for sale. Not sure where I bought it.

Meg at ME2Designs on Etsy made these school themed napkins for me. I couldn’t find a schoolhouse napkin ring so I temporarily attached a schoolhouse iron on patch that I found on Ebay to a napkin ring I have.

I do love this chalkboard place card holder, such a fun idea especially for this tablescape. I bought them online a few years ago but I can’t remember where. It was probably a wedding supplies site. I have found some cute place card holders on those sites.

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. These red goblets on the right were made by Cristal D’Arques-Durand and the pattern was called Antique Ruby. They are a pressed glass diamond and fan pattern. I think I bought them years ago a few at a time on Ebay until I had a set. They were made between 1990 and 2008.

I knew I wanted a red schoolhouse for the centerpiece on this tablescape and I looked for a long long time and finally settled on this red schoolhouse bird house that I found on Etsy. It will go in a tree in the backyard later. It is sitting on a wood stand that I bought at Pier 1 a few years ago. The stand was a natural wood color but Hubby painted it white for me to use on one tablescape and then black for a few other tablescapes. I added a small wood apple for fun.

I decided the tablescape needed something on each side of the schoolhouse so I added a couple small vases with faux berries. I bought the vases online a few years ago but I can’t remember where. They are a perfect match for the chargers.

So happy the kids are all back at school now and hoping all goes well for everyone.

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