Girls' Tea with the Hazel Atlas "Ripple" PinkIt's time for tea at the little cottage in the woods! The girls and I "took" tea every day last week. What fun, and work, it was but worth every minute! We are sharing our pink table for "Tablescape Thursday" at "Between Naps on the Porch."I had some help from my sweeties.Miranda wanted to take phot…
Duncan Phyfe makeover...What do you see cluttering up the corner of my dining room?? Eight, yes eight antique mahogany "Duncan Phyfe" dining chairs! If you saw a post a few months ago, you will remember that Luis was planning to make some chairs for my dining table similar to ones we saw at World Market. In the meantime, I…
Aunt Jody's Hydrangeas..."There is no happier way of entertaining one's women friends than at a luncheon. (Men, as a rule, are not devotees of this pleasant sport.)Naturally, if one does not have a maid one does not attempt a luncheon on a very large scale.For a formal luncheon, the table is spread with the handsomest lunch…
April Cornell and vintage Hull...I found a beautiful runner at April Cornell and wanted to do a table with it for a while. The only floral options I have right now are my lilies, and since they are just about finished blooming for the season, I thought I better do it now! This is probably not a table you would look at and think "Ap…