Romance Is In The Air

This morning I set up my game table in the living room for an evening of  elegant romantic dining

I created the tablecloth from some yard goods I picked up. 

I centered the roses even though they will have to be removed for dining. While I created this I was thinking about one of those high end restaurants that offer private settings for dining. 

 I chose these floral dessert dishes for a bread plate. There is a small hummingbird on them too.  I layered them on the gold and red banded dishes that I use for the holidays.

 I stacked two chargers together, one gold on the very bottom, the other is a dark espresso wood to help create more definition between the plates and the tablecloth.

 The roses filled out nicely

A little champagne and candlelight

 Some jewelry to suggest a gift has been given

and a little chocolate to go with the decaff coffee before the dessert.

Romance is in the air....

Wishing you a lovely Valentine's Day!

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Enter Shakespeare.....

At my entryway table I've created a new vignette

This Shakespeare Hamlet box/book has been looking for a spot and I finally found one

Since I moved the Tuscan mirror to this entry nook I needed to add some items that would look good with it. 

This large bottle caught my attention .  It's coloring struck me as a good pickup to the mirror and I loved the texture it has.

I decided to add these little glass votives accented with gold foil.  One of those items you buy and think "I'm sure I'll use it somewhere"!

I tossed some antique looking keys on there to suggest that someone has come in and dropped their keys at the entry table.  There is also a bit of lace coming out of the side.  The little cloche covered candle was new to me last September after reading about them from Ron at The Uptown Acorn  "here"   (he is a talented decorator- visit his blog if you haven't)!

Daytime

Nighttime

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