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Open House: How Do You Dress Your Thanksgiving Table?
When it comes to the Thanksgiving table, how you dress it is often as important to the hostess as what food sits upon it. Over the years, I've seen family members fuss over table settings, switching out placemats, rethinking china sets, and shifting floral arrangements.
I admit that I'm known to fuss over my Thanksgiving table as well.
Sale Alert: VivaTerra's Dining Sale
From now until July 2, save on a number of eco-friendly dining items, including the plates I featured in my Ocean Waves roundup. I love the Flowered Enamel Serving Bowls ($22 to $26), as well as the Bottle Glass Tumblers ($38 to $49), which are made from cobalt-blue recycled glass. Stock up on Summer dining essentials when you shop the sale!
Guess What This Picnic Set Is Made From?
While it's always best to go with reusable picnic tableware, sometimes you've got to deal with disposables. Luckily, this disposable picnic set is made from a biodegradable plant fiber. Can you tell me what the fiber is?
How-To: Set a Gorgeous Thanksgiving Table
This Thanksgiving, take some advice from designer Marc Blackwell to set a gorgeous and personalized holiday table. Blackwell, who designed a table for Beringer Winery at San Francisco's annual benefit for Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, also designs very cool tableware, which you should check out after you read his tips.
Here are Marc's five tips:
- Make a centerpiece from what's in your garden and refrigerator.
Nice and New: Amy Butler Eco Giftwrap and Tableware
Sometimes, when you're hosting a large party, there's little choice but to go with paper. Luckily, Amy Butler has been working with the Gift Wrap Company to come up with an ecological alternative to gift-giving and paper partyware. She has just released a new line called "Giftwrap Green," including gift wrap, bags, and gift-card boxes made from 100 percent postconsumer recycled materials, printed with her beautiful designs.
Steal of the Day: Silk Ikat Table Runner
Give your guests something to talk about when you dress your table with this gorgeous Silk Ikat Weaving ($89, originally $179).Hand-woven in Thailand, this table runner will complement many different table settings, from casual affairs to fine dining. I'm certainly still in love with ikat. How about you?
Table Inspiration: Thanksgiving Settings
AT: SF has gather up an impressive collection of Flickr photos highlighting great Thanksgiving table settings from years past. I found many of the pictures really inspiring, so hop over to the post for all of the details.
How are you dressing your table to impress this Thanksgiving?
Designer Spotlight: Allegra Hicks
Allegra Hicks has her hands in all sorts of exotic pots, including fashion, homewares, textile design, and interior design services. Born in Italy and based in London, Hicks draws heavily on Asian motifs with a lot of beachy colors and accents thrown in. The results are a little bit Bohemian but utterly sophisticated.
Designer Spotlight: Angela Adams
From her hand-tufted rugs to her retro-cool tableware, designer Angela Adams has a flair for giving traditional aesthetics a funky update. Raised and now residing in Maine with her furniture-designer husband Sherwood Hamill, Adams draws her inspiration from nature to produce surprisingly fashion-forward looks, including a line of handbags.
Whatever the medium, Adams' stunning designs are characterized by simple but surprising geometric patterns and modern, muted color combinations.
Sale Alert: Up to 50 % Off at Lekker Home
I only discovered it a month or so ago, but Lekker Home is fast becoming one of my favorite online stores. Not only does it indulge my jones for sleek, modern home finds, but it also carries all sorts of creative designs I've never seen elsewhere. (I mean, a woodpecker-shaped piggybank?
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