The holidays means putting in some quality man hours at those dining room tables. To me it's all about catching up with friends and family while enjoying some good wine and good food. So in spirit of the holiday season fast approaching, Sarah over at Pewter & Sage is hosting another Mood Board Monday Challenge featuring dinnerware! Of course I wanted in on the fun!
Here are the contenders we had to choose from:
West Elm
Anthropologie
Lenox Simply Fine Dinnerware, available at Macy's
Bloomingdales
I ended up choosing the "Dolly" Dinnerware from Anthro. I just couldn't resist their beauty and that texture! I think I'll be adding some of the smaller salad plates to my Christmas Wist List! (although I'm a huge fan of the David Stark ones from West Elm too but those are sold out last I checked!)
I'm all for color and design but I love clean white dinnerware because it is so versatile and allows you to create so many table designs throughout all the seasons.
Here is the mood board I designed:
A little out of my norm but I'm digging it. I decided that it isn't everyday that you spend in your dining room so why not step outside of your comfort zone a bit and try something a little different.
My jumping off point (besides the plates) was the dining table from Ballard Design. I just love the aged feel of the base with the galvanized top. At that point I still wasn't sure where I was headed until I came across the amazing Ikat rug from ABC Home. Um hello... the colors, the pattern...it is like art for your floor!
I then knew I didn't want anything to be competing with the vibrant rug so I decided to use a complementary tone...enter mint green. I'm a big fan of mixing up chairs so after I came across the weathered rattan arm chairs (accessorized with a throw pillow of course!) I sourced some mint green Marais A Chairs.
The mint green chair reminded me of milk glass so I then thought to myself hummm, maybe a milk glass chandelier and what do you know that damn Martha Stewart created a beautiful one (although it doesn't seem to be in stock anymore).
I'm not a fan of table clothes and since my table is metal you can't really do much damage to it anyways; so for my table setting I choose some awesome wood grain place mats (I've seen one in person and had to touch it because it looked so real but it's just a screen print). To bring in another hint of color and quirkiness I decided tie dyed napkins were the way to go (fun DIY project on my to do list now too!)
I hope you enjoy it, it was really fun to make! Make sure to check out the other boards people have posted over at Pewter & Sage for some more design inspiration!
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Holy moly! Its Courtney!! So glad you could join us, girl!!! This room is AWESOME! Wow! Not even sure where to start. I mean, the color palette is totally unexpected and fun. That Ikat rug is killer. Loving the vintage server and the Ballard table. So glad you used those industrial chairs, I went for the gunmetal ones in my room..they have such a different look in the mint. Love that you thought about all the details, like adding board and batten and tie-dying your own napkins. How are you at cooking a turkey, cause I'm coming over!!! Thank you for taking the time to participate:)
What a great board! I like how you have such a pretty mix of colors and some interesting pieces from the tie-dye napkins to that fantastic rug, the seating mix and the milk glass chandelier. This really was a fun mood board monday.
I love your mood board, but couldn't read the text of your post. It is far too small for my eyes.
What a great board! I'm am SO digging that rug! I love the colors you used. Great Job!
Courtney you used some of my favorite things....the dinnerware (of course), milk glass, tie dye, Ikat (the rug is to die for). They work wonderfully together making this a fun and low key room design, nice work!
Cathy
Wow, I would so love to see this room in person. Beautiful!
I just noticed a new board at pewter + sage and had to check it out. I love the boho country glam look you've put together (at least that's how I'd describe it) - it's awesome! I love the chairs and that jadeite milkglass goblet!! So cool! Great work and I'm a new follower.
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