A Countryside Summer Tablescape

I found this glass bottle and metal centerpiece on a long weekend trip we took up the coast earlier this year. It was in a garden gift shop in Cambria. I had seen one before online on a tablescape and I loved it so when I saw this one I grabbed it! I think I bought the sage green tablecloth online on a tablecloth site several years ago but I can’t remember where.

I found these barn salad plates at a local store recently. They are marked Market Square. There were a few different barn scenes on the plates but I just bought this one. I love old barns.

This is one of my basic white dinner plates and I use it when I need a simple white plate. These dinner plates were made by Ralph Lauren and I found them at HomeGoods several years ago when I first started tablescaping. The back is labeled Ralph Lauren Club Porcelain. You definitely need a simple white dinner plate for your tablescaping collection. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying dinner plates here.

I wanted to use a brown charger on this table setting and I remembered these bronze hammered charger plates that I bought at Williams Sonoma several years ago. I really like the hammered design and they are a nice weight. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers click here.

This flatware set is marked SR Showroom Italy. It was made by Zaffiro and I think I bought it on sale online at Horchow several years ago. The color is called Smoky and it looks like it has been discontinued. I really liked the simple design 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 this problem. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

Several years ago when I started tablescaping I bought napkins in several different colors at World Market and these green napkins came from there then. I bought the brown concave wood napkin rings at Pier 1 several years ago before our store closed. To read about the What, Where and How of napkin rings please click here.

I wanted to add a bit more color to the table so I decided to use these small white vase place card holders so I could add flowers to them. The flowers came from Michaels. The vases and the green place cards came from Amazon a few years ago. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

I just wanted simple goblets for this tablescape so we pulled these two. Hubby found the handblown green glass goblet on the left at an estate sale a couple of years ago. I joined estatesales.net and estatesales.org and I get emails every week that tell me what estate sales are going on in my area and it includes photos of everything that is for sale. I saw these green goblets for sale and Hubby got them for me, he likes going to estate sales. The clear glass goblet on the right is handblown as well. I can’t remember where I found them. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection including the colors that I use most often here.

I bought the faux leaves and flowers at Michaels today. I think you can find the bottles centerpiece at Walmart right now.

I really love that glass and metal centerpiece!

I was asked to provide content for an article about summer interior design for Rentblog. Even if you are not a renter you should check out this blog for great lifestyle articles. I enjoyed reading recent articles about backyard design and pantry organization.

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