“I love that other people have bucket list travel destinations, but you have bucket list china patterns!”
That was my daughter’s spot-on reaction to my recent dinnerware splurge: four dinner plates in “Holiday Tartan” by Lenox. This pattern has indeed been on my must-have list for a long time, but generally it is just too expensive for me to justify, especially since I have so many other patterns already in my cupboards. I’ve nonetheless been watching Ebay for a long time (thank you “Saved Searches”!), and within the last few months I actually found a couple of Buy It Now deals that allowed me to feel a whole lot better about the splurge.
I was certainly eager to set a table with these beauties as soon as the second pair arrived, and while I may yet try another combination before actual Christmas, I absolutely love how this table turned out. Lenox is one of those makers (like Noritake) whose patterns look so lush in person – there is just a depth to the appearance of the design under the glaze that isn’t really discernable in photographs.
Let’s take a tour around the table!
For the tablecloth, I decided to use this thrifted shower curtain by Croscill. It has wonderful heavy texture a perfect color palette for the Lenox plates. It’s perfect anytime an “old world” vibe is needed.
I auditioned several chargers before deciding on the brushed gold, acquired from Dollar Tree a few years ago. The Lenox dinner plates are topped by thrifted Noritake Bancroft salad plates and Salem China Artistocrat bread plates.
Napkins and rings were thrifted.
Flatware is my inherited Oneida Chandelier; glassware is a combination of “Dublin” by Godinger (an Amazon splurge) and thrifted wine glasses featuring a deer and snowflake pattern.
The centerpiece is a combination of a thrifted sleigh vessel and textured thrifted silk roses, with jewel-tone thrifted ornaments and gold Christmas picks. The gold-tone candlesticks and red pillar candles were also thrifted and have been in my stash for several years.
I love the way all the jewel tones work together!
Here’s the put-away shot, with everything ready to go back into the cupboards. My tablescapes often come together at the spur of the moment, without a plan, so this shot always serves as kind of a final reminder of the elements I used for each table.
Not sure yet what my plan is for actual Christmas meals. We’ll be celebrating with my daughter and her husband on the 2oth, so I might use Old Country Roses then and the Holiday Tartan for Greg and I.
How about you – is a “Christmas table” part of your celebration? Do you have a pattern you collect for the holiday? I’d love to hear about it in the comments!
I’ll be sharing my Holiday Tartan tablescape over at Tablescape Thursday on Susan’s blog, Between Naps on the Porch! And, here’s a Pinnable image in case you’d like to save this post for future ideas!
