This is the first year that my long-time sweetie and I are living together on Valentine’s Day, so I decided to embrace a deep, passionate red on the table. I’ve frequently used pink, and even a very sweet blue in the past, but this year on a recent junking jaunt I happened to find four beautiful red footed tumblers and four beautiful deep red chargers at a couple of local thrift stores. So that pretty much sealed the deal for red, and I love how the table turned out!
Because it’s Valentine’s Day, I of course only set the table for two. I used a pretty square of upholstery fabric, set on a diagonal, to ground the setting, then stacked chargers, dinner plates, and salad plates.
The salad plates are not marked with a pattern name, but they are by Seltmann Weiden.
Dinner plates are the simple and gorgeous “Empress Golden” by Sango. I love the subtle pattern of that outer gold band.
The chargers – don’t let the lighting in my home fool you, they are a deep rich red acrylic with a lot of depth in the finish. They were originally from Pottery Barn, according to a sticker still remaining on the back of one.
The napkins and rings were also thrifted some time ago – again, my camera isn’t capturing the deep red color, and they are a very heavy – almost luxurious – woven damask.
Glassware by Villeroy & Boch – these are a generous size and a similar pattern to vintage Indiana Glass Diamond Point.
Flatware is my inherited “Chandelier” by Oneida – handed down from my great-Aunt and, between the two of us, in daily use since its inception in 1976 – yep this pattern officially turns the big 5-0 this year!
I kept the centerpiece low and simple, to encourage those loving looks across the table 😉 I used an opalescent ruffled hobnail bowl by Fenton to hold dark red silk roses, flanked by two gold-tone candlesticks that carry through the gold rims of the dinner plates. The candles themselves are thick textured tapers, and again are a deeper red than they appear. All of these items were also previously thrifted.
Here’s a birds-eye view – I’m not sure why this shot feels like a must-have for all my tablescape posts, but it does! I guess I feel like I’m not giving it my all if I don’t risk life and limb by climbing up on a step stool and hovering my phone precariously over the breakables on the table.
And of course the put-away shot… I’ll be setting this table again on actual Valentine’s Day later in the week, but in the meantime I need to move it out of the way for our more casual meals. So in this case, this is more of a “put aside” shot. Another favorite type of tablescape picture, because my tables are not always planned thoroughly in advance, this shot always shows whether and how well my impulse decisions came together in the end.
And of course, here is a Pinnable image in case you want to save any ideas here for future inspiration!
I’ll be sharing my Valentine’s table over at Susan’s long-running blog link party, Tablescape Thursday, at Between Naps on the Porch.
Hope you have a lovely Valentine’s Day, whether or however you celebrate!
