I’m so thrilled to be back in a home that has a formal dining room, separate from our other dining space….especially when we are entertaining and like to keep adults separate from the teens. It’s been great! Over on IG stories I’ll share what this room looked like when we moved in. 

Now, I have a lot of dinnerware and try to find sets that won’t break the bank. Everyone should be able to afford nice plates and bowls that you can use every day. I found these 2 fabulous sets at Walmart…a black set of dinner plates, salad plates, and bowls and then a black and white dotted set with a gold rim. I actually bought 2 sets of each to have 8 settings total of each variation.

I just love them! Aren’t they pretty?! And so great for every day use or to even dress up a bit. Ok so I had fun. I mixed and matched them to create a beautiful Halloween table but honestly…take out the pumpkins and you can use these all year round!

Ok so here’s how I created my table. First, create a runner down the middle with some decor. I used velvet pumpkins, some black branches and a couple spooky crows. No tablecloth this time but you can certain throw one on there.

I layered a black dinner plate with a dotted salad plate next.

Then I layered a black bowl with a dotted bowl.

These white dinner napkins are great to use over and over again and throw in the wash. How cute is this jeweled spider napkin ring?!!! It was a perfect touch for Halloween!

Great stemware like this with a gold rim is an essential for my tablescapes. 

I love gold flatware so I used more of a modern set for this table.

Isn’t it a great combo with both of these sets layered?!

Then I decided to change it up and switch out my plates, using the dotted on the bottom and I liked it even more. Fun right?! The napkin seemed to pop more.

I even found a black fascinator hair clip (cut off the netting) and put it on my velvet pumpkin for an added touch.

This was so easy and so fun, being able to mix and match this set.

I love this glam modern look and like I said…take out the Halloween decor and add some candlesticks or something else in the middle for an every day tablescape.

If you’ve followed me for a while, you know I always have a hot cocoa bar cart every fall and winter and apothecary jars make a cute and functional way to display everything.

 

I’m so pleased with the way my black and white Halloween table with affordable dinnerware from Walmart turned out! Walmart Home products have been my go-to for great home decor and kitchen items lately and I love going to see what new things they carry on their site. The last few months I’ve finished my master bedroom, my office, and our screened patio space with items from their website as well so make sure to check those out! What have been your favorite pieces you’ve found there lately?

 

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We brought back a TON of peonies!!!  Our friends at Pure Peonies Farm were so generous and we had such a blast.  I was bummed that I didn’t have the health to go again earlier this summer.  They were all different shades of pink and different kinds of peonies.

One of these types of peonies were Coral Sunset Peonies, even though the light pink peonies are usually my favorites, these are soooooo stunning and my second favorite for sure!

 They have the largest petals and then they have big fluffy yellow pistils. They’re show-stoppers for sure!

Coral Sunset Peonies can fill a vase all on their own.

For a few years now, I’ve owned these cute flamingo placemats and dinner napkins and I knew they’d go perfectly with these Coral Sunset Peonies.

I used my gold-rimmed plates and napkin rings, gold flatware and gold-rimmed goblets for a simple but polished look.

One of my kids favorite drinks is the Strawberry-Orange-Banana Crystal Light and it also matches perfectly so that was awesome!

 

 

I also grabbed two of these small frosted glasses and placed them on either sides of my center vase and added more peonies in them.  I wanted to keep it SIMPLE.  Simple for you to be able to create the same thing and simple for ME because on a summer evening for my family, well…..I just the table to be easy for them to clear afterward.

 

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I still miss Texas but living here in the Pacific Northwest and getting to grow so many different types of flowers, including these gorgeous blue hydrangeas, is heavenly!  I snipped these and the white spray roses from my garden and purchased the red roses and white euro pons to display in these gorgeous large and small blue and white chinoiserie ginger jars (several linked at end of post).

I added a small flag and then it was perfect!

I purchased these darling set of blue and white Aerin plates last summer (this year’s Aerin Collection HERE) and I just adore them still.  

They are perfect for a patriotic table.

I have the matching napkins that go with the plates but for this table I just wanted to use my simple white ruffle dinner napkin.  Instead of my modern gold flatware, I wanted to use my elegant gold flatware for this elegant table.

Like I said, it is so simple to put this elegant table together.  Anyone can do it! 

 

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These melamine plates above are our favorite (linked at end of post too).  They’re so easy to take out back and they just wash and rinse off so quickly and are so easy to use most nights.  The cute melamine pink goblets are from HomeGoods and I found them in blue also and bought them in several different sizes (goblets, tall and small tumblers) for outdoor dining.

I found the cutest pink plasticware and at HomeGoods and also this caddy that I use and keep this and other plasticware or flatware in so we can just grab it and take it outside.  It makes dinner time so easy.

These plates again!  You can mix and match them with so many different things to make different place settings.  They’re so darling and so versatile!  I also love these hobnail melamine goblets.  They’re another summer dining staple of mine.

I love pulling out all my fun plates and mixing fun summery colors, whether we are eating indoors or outdoor, for summer dining. 

I have soooo many different plates, especially for spring and summer, so I like to make a point to pull them out since we aren’t rushing around in the summer.  

This pretty blue dress is one of my new favorite summer dresses.  I’ve been a big fan of Rachel Parcell’s dresses and own almost a dozen of them.  This blue dress is so light, airy, feminine, and has the prettiest ruffled sleeves and layers.  It’s so comfortable and so flattering!

 

I like to be a little more thoughtful about setting a simple but lovely table for my family and especially for friends when they come and join us.  I love using the plates and napkins in my cabinets and not just saving them for a blog post or a special occasion.  That doesn’t make sense to me.

Summer Living Room

Guess what?  My summer living room is staying exactly the same! I changed it for spring and love the blush and green so much that it’s staying.

The only thing I was going to change was the custom drapes that are being made for the downstairs but they’re not finished yet.  Stay tuned for that.  I’m so excited to share those with you!

Pink and green is so fresh, don’t you think?!  Last year I did pink and blue and loved it but really wanted something different and new this year.

I don’t know why I was so nervous about the green….maybe because I’d never decorated with it before.  Ok not true…I did about 11 years ago but it’s been forever.  But green with the blush….oh I just loved it.

 

Summer Kitchen

My summer kitchen means two things…..fresh flowers and fresh fruit.  All the time.  Yep.  We love it.

I just cut the rest of the peonies off of my peony bushes and brought them inside.  I have a large rose garden too and many other types of flowers in my garden so I love cutting them and bringing them in.  I don’t grow my own fruit yet (planted my first apple and lemon trees) but we go and pick our own fruit here at all the orchards around town and have TONS of fruit constantly.  It’s heavenly!

Summer Entry Way – New Hand-painted Chinoiserie Framed Panels

I love this warm glow in my entry in the summer afternoons!  This long lace kimono and a light blue pair of denim is the perfect go-to for an evening out (since it’s not so hot in the evenings) like a concert in the park, dinner out on the restaurant patio, dinner and shopping downtown…whatever.  It’s light and feminine and very summery.

My friends from the Collective and Company reached out to me earlier this year and introduced their GORGEOUS hand-painted chinoiserie panels to me.  I was so excited to receive these beautiful panels in my home and knew exactly where they’d go.  I’d been looking for the perfect art work for a year and a half since we moved in here.  

 

They are even more gorgeous in person and come in several different color options.  My largest ginger jar with faux dogwood branches at the top of the first stair landing was a beautiful compliment to the panels.

They make such a dramatic and stunning statement when you walk in the door now.  It’s exactly what this entry needed!!!!

I changed my entry from pink and blue to this gorgeous light seafoam or spa blue color and some darker blue accents.

 Did you see my Instagram stories the other day?  This was my ugly Salvation Army ginger jar for $2.49 (it was yellow and green sunflower-patterned) and I hand-painted it a white-blue ombre with acrylic and chalk paint I had here at home.  I love how it turned out for my entry!

 

I found this darling bird at Canon Beach at a boutique on Spring Break.  It’s perfect for my new entry!

This new ornate candle holder from HomeGoods was also the perfect addition for my entry.  I have a new runner on the way for my entry and new bench that both arrive by Friday so I’ll update this post with them AND share them on Instagram so stay tuned for that.  Other than that and this candle holder, I didn’t want to buy any new decor for the summer.  I wanted to shop my home and move things around.  Speaking of….

I brought this chair down from the bonus room (that has also been in the family room) and switched out what was here to give a fresh new look.  I’m loving it!  Do you ever “shop your home” and move stuff around?  It’s a great way to save money and a great way to re-love your things again when you get sick of your spaces.

Simple white summer dresses, sandals, messy buns, and straw totes are a great summer staple!  I’ll link a bunch of great summer white dresses below.  This was my favorite from last year but there are so many cute ones for sale online right now that I’m tempted to buy.  (How many white sundresses does a girl need?  haha) Oh, and don’t forget big earrings!  I love big earrings with a messy bun.

 

 

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I have 1 type of rose that blooms in March and April and then that’s it. I also have my yellow lilies, daffodils and tulips, hyacinth Then my peonies in May and June. These are my peony bushes (now empty) that just all bloomed and finished and then I have 2 rose bushes on the end.

I picked the last of my peonies (left arrangement) last week and they all look beautiful inside my home! Imagine those empty peony bushes on the previous outdoor picture filled with peony blooms. It was gorgeous! I’m so sad I didn’t get it photographed but I was so ill with health problems and just didn’t catch it. Next year for sure!

All my roses and hydrangeas are next through the summer. I just LOVE roses so I have some on each end of my yard and some in the middle.

Our backyard is not very deep, it’s shallow. But the sides are large. I won’t be showing you those today as I had hoped because we didn’t get them done in May, due to some health problems I’ve had. I’m bummed! We have had some fun things mapped out but hopefully we’ll get them done by the end of the summer. I’ll let you know.

That being said….with the space from our back door to the fence being more shallow, I really wanted a lot of greenery and to not just look out back and see “Fence!” every time I looked out the back windows. My solution was to buy a lot of beautiful honeysuckle plants, white flowered chocolate vine plants, clematis (planted one last year and it came back after I thought it wouldn’t) and then I just planted a couple of climbing rose bushes. I think it’ll be just beautiful. It already is.

Tip: The great thing about the honeysuckle and white flowering chocolate vines is that they are evergreen! That will be the most aesthetically-pleasing. Plus, they smell sooooo good and the honeysuckle attract the humming birds so it’s just wonderful!

I love a variety of color in my garden but I also love aroma! Dianthus are very aromatic and have such various delicious smells. Some smell like raspberries dipped in chocolate to me….some like vanilla and cherries…they are just yummy smelling and so easy to care for.

I love roses! I have quite the rose garden but I’m embarrassed to post these as I haven’t even had a moment to trim these all back yet before taking pics. Like I said, I’ve been suffering from some health issues that are new and taking getting used to.

My mom is here for a bit helping and she and I are tackling that next. It’s crazy how they’ve all toppled over in just the last couple of weeks! They are growing soooo fast! How cute is that cement tufted-style garden stool?!! I found it at HomeGoods and knew it would be just darling in my rose garden.

At the end of the lawn where the stone path starts, we are going to be putting a little trellis over it with climbing roses. It’ll be so cute. This leads to our DIY stone bench. I purchased the stone at a supplier here locally and added cement ($3) in between. The stone cost about $90. It leads to our little fairy garden and sits next to my first apple tree. I’ll be planting a row of fruit trees. Can’t wait! I have petunias around the bottom of my tree for fun.

My kids helped me create this small fairy garden in the corner, behind my rose garden. I know they’re too old for it, but we really did it for my nieces and nephews that come to visit and the smaller children who come over to play. It’s a fun little area. I bought everything at Michael’s last year on sale at the end of the summer so the prices were awesome.

One of my favorite additions this year has been to our patio…our retractable awning. It’s manual but it was just a few hundred dollars and it is quick and easy to roll in and out. We paid a local company to come out and install it for a few hundred dollars because we wanted it done really well. I suggest doing that unless your husband is super handy. Mine is great at closing business deals and sports but he will tell you that he’d feel more confident hiring someone for this task and I’d agree that’s best when the wind whips this thing around. You want it really anchored and sturdy!

I like keeping to wreath hangers in between my windows during the summer entertaining months so that I can switch out my wreaths with tablescapes.

Bringing your bar cart outside for summer entertaining is a MUST!

Lemons are so fresh and summery so I thought this was the best way to kick of the summer, with an easy lemon floral centerpiece. I added a cup inside the vase for the flowers to sit in. I added the thin slices of lemons in between and that was it. These were very inexpensive flowers from the grocery store, $10 total. And $2 for the lemons.

We could sit out here every night for dinner and watch the sunset and look at the view of the Wetlands and those gorgeous trees! Love it out here!!!

My other favorite addition this summer to our backyard has been our new grey umbrella with white fringe. (Everything is linked below.) It’s fun to take out our dining set for more of a “garden party” feel with the umbrella and set it up on the grass. It’s the cutest umbrella and I’d been wanting it for a while. We’ll be using it in another spot that we are designing that we hope to have finished.

I like to have towels ready for water balloons fights and water fun in the backyard at all times!

I’ll finally be getting around to the tutorial on the putting green I made for my hubby on the side of the house as a surprise gift so stay tuned! (Beckham was trying it out. He approved.)

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Nearly 40 bloggers are sharing their summer home tours this week! Sharing with me today are…

Thursday

Kim Power Style // Maison de Pax // Jenna Kate at Home // Two Twenty One // Just a Girl and Her Blog

Summer Adams // tatertots and jello // The Tattered Pew // Aratari at Home // Crisp Collective

And sharing the rest of the week…

Monday

The Happy Housie // Rooms FOR Rent // Shabbyfufu // Maison de Cinq // My 100 Year Old Home

Southern State of Mind // All Things with Purpose // Grace in My Space // Love Create Celebrate

Tuesday

Town and Country Living // Taryn Whiteaker Designs // Designthusiasm
// This is Our Bliss // My Sweet Savannah

Rambling Renovators // The Turquoise Home // Clean and Scentsible
// She Gave it a Go //Lemon Thistle

Wednesday

Modern Glam // Craftberry Bush // Setting for Four // Inspiration for Moms // Zevy Joy

Life is a Party // Tauni Everett // Finding Silver Pennies // Sincerely, Marie Designs // Amber Tysl

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They were just precious and thought they’d be adorable, in a few different shades of purple like I have on the table.  They’re also that perfect transition from spring into summer, just like tulips are to peonies.

I mixed a few of my favorite vintage pieces, like my gold flatware and milk glass vase, with newer pieces and decor.  I’ll have these things linked at the end of the post for you.

 

These pretty drinks are also delicious and they come in all different colors and flavors which make it fun for using on tablescapes!

 

 

 

 

Don’t wait for a special occasion to set a nice table for your family!  There are only 4 of us so it doesn’t take long.  When we have longer days in the summer, I like to take a few extra minutes, inside or outside, and set an extra pretty table for my family.

They love it and I think it’s important to teach my daughter how to create tablescapes, just as I learned from my mom.  The boys clean up AND I find that we stick around the table and talk a little longer.  I’ll take that!  This time we have together is too precious and a mama has to get creative, right?!

Beeteedubs…I’m really loving lavender now!  I found the cutest top, as seen in this pic above and I’m linking it below!
But let it be known!!!!  I’m not cheating on pink!!!! HA!!  I’m still loyal and it’s still my favorite!  My birthday is in June and on National Pink Day so stay tuned for that because it’s gonna be a FUN one!!!!

 

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Thank you for joining us today as a group of us share a vintage side of our Valentine’s decor and celebrations! One of my favorite things in decorating our home is to mix the “old” with the “new”. I have some fun pieces to share with you today that I’ve used to create a soft pink vintage Valentine’s tablescape and also pieces throughout my home.

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A Very Vintage Valentine Soft Pink Tablescape

I’ve taught my kids, from a very young age, the importance of loving vintage and antique items and that they all have a story behind them. In many cases, the saying can be true that “they just don’t make them how they used to”. I have two beautiful vintage floor lamps and I bought them when I got married. All of my vintage items have a meaning and story behind them. That’s why they’re important to me!

I started this soft pink Valentine’s tablescape with a new soft pink floral tablecloth and coordinating pink floral plates. I couldn’t resist when I saw the email announcing their arrival.

Last spring, I was on my local Facebook marketplace looking for something and came across an entire collection of gold-rimmed milk glass place settings that included teacups and saucers, plates and bowls and serving platters, etc. It was amazing. A sweet older woman was selling her home and moving in with her daughter and needed to get rid of them so I was happy to take them. She said they had sat at many happy dinners and I loved hearing that and could only hope that they would see many more occasions like that.

After layering my vintage milk glass plates with my new pink floral plates, I brought out my ruffled linen napkins and placed the prettiest gold flatware that I found recently at an antique store that I often frequent here. I’d been wanting some like this for a long time and I found the entire set for $89, including serving spoons and more. I was thrilled!

A very special set of crystal salt and pepper shakers is always found on my table. My sweet grandmother passed away last spring and, along with many other special treasures, I brought these home with me.

I love that every time I see this set, I think of her and my grandpa and their beautiful home and all the special times we’ve spent around their table together over the years. Oh how I miss them!

Of course, no meal is complete without dessert. Last year I shared a beautiful naked cake that you all just loved so I thought you’d appreciate this dessert as well.

These individual mini naked cakes were the perfect size for these darling individual cupcake stands and then I placed one at the top of each place setting. They were so easy and so delicious!

A precious little round vase of white roses and baby’s breath adorns the center of the table. I’ve always loved the softness and sweetness of baby’s breath. Plus, it’s an inexpensive way to fill your floral arrangement.

Valentine’s Decor In The Kitchen

There’s not much of anything vintage in my kitchen but there is candy, ha!

My kids love that I fill the apothecary jars with candy for each holiday. There’s something about having it out in plain sight that doesn’t tempt us and we don’t touch it often. We mostly offer it to guests. But take that candy and put it out of sight in the pantry and we will eat it all day long haha! Weird, right?!

 

But we make up for it because I love to bake and there was leftover cake from those mini naked cakes for cake pops so we shared our treats with friends.

Vintage Pink Milk Glass + Valentine’s Decor

Remember that local antique store that I just love and mentioned earlier? Well, I scored there recently and found the most fabulous pieces.

I went in looking for a few little things but never did I intend to hit the jackpot.

When I happened upon this pink milk glass vase, which is hard to find, I grabbed it as quick as I could. Hmmmm, I thought. If only I could find more pink milk glass!

Just a few minutes later, and a few booths down inside this store, I found this darling pink milk glass candy dish. Woohoo!

I knew it would be darling for some candy hearts and placed on my mantel right next to one of my favorite Valentine’s pictures of my kids from about 6 years ago (we lived in Waco, TX at the time). I put it in this new frame and smile every time I see those baby faces. What a fun shoot that was!

Back to that antique store….
After finding a few other goodies, I headed to the checkout counter and there it was…another pink milk glass candy dish.

I mean, 3 beautiful pieces in one day? I really had a good day of treasure-hunting and this one went on the other side of my mantel with more Valentine’s candy. Isn’t that so fun?! So don’t forget to look at your local thrift and antique stores for fun finds like this. You can also search on ETSY and EBAY for pink milk glass and find some beautiful pieces also!

Of course, no photoshoot of my living room is complete without Giorgio begging to be in a picture, ha! Since he’s wearing red and coordinating with my Valentine’s theme, I guess it’s okay. This cute blush faux fur pouf was sent to me by my friends at Perigold and I can’t even tell you how much my kids (and Giorgio, obviously) love it. You can often find then lying or sitting on it and reading or watching TV. It’s beautiful, soft and functional and such a fun piece to bring in. I love that they go perfectly with my throw pillows and add a pop of color and texture to the room. I always find the best things at Perigold!

One more thing, while we’re talking about “things of the past”…

If you want to plan a really fun Valentine’s party for your family or friends, check out my Soda Shoppe Valentine’s Party I threw a couple of years ago, just for the 4 of us at home. I told the kids to dress up like they’re in the 50’s about an hour before dinner and surprised them with this Valentine’s dinner. They went NUTS over it and it was one of my top favorite blog posts of my readers from 2017.

 

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