Comments on: Table Settings

By: Brilliant Asylum

Brilliant Asylum — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:25:53 +0000

Ah–thank you for posting this. I have been looking for a book that shows the proper layout. Not that I ever have formal dinner parties, but I feel I need to be prepared just in case!

By: Sheila

Sheila — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:07:01 +0000

I enjoyed reading this post, and Herend’s Chinese Bouquet is one of my favorite patterns. A friend had it in green and had all of the tureens with those wonderful lemons for handles! It sets such an elegant table. I have some little Herend pieces I like to use for accents on my table… the bunnies on leaves, along with a butterfy and a ladybug on a leaf. They were gifts from friends, and I treasure them.

I like Anna Weatherly, too, and was admiring some pieces in a shop the other day. I actually found a knockoff of a butterdish that I couldn’t help but buy for the fun. My pattern from years and years ago is a Royal Doulton pattern… white with a gold band (Royal Gold), and I have added accent plates I love. Holday from Tiffany’s for Christmas, Winterthur by Haviland, Lombardy by Royal Crown Derby, Sandringham by Royal Worcester (there are two patterns by that name, but mine has more pink), Duke of Glouster in Mottahedeh and a variety of other things. My favorite pattern for everyday is Mottahedeh’s Canton. I have a small service in that and use it every day. I never tire of it. If I got into talking patterns I’d be here all day because I’m a bit of a magpie when it comes to china so I won’t continue. But I enjoyed your post very much!

Sheila

P.S. There is a small house in Martha’s Vineyard (Edgartown) that once belonged to Emily Post, and it has the world’s most glorious garden. They had a pathway cut between what I have to describe as two walls of flowers that were exqusite. I thought my husband had taken a picture of the garden when I queried him about a walk he took with the camera one morning, but he didn’t. So it resides only in my mind’s eye, but oh, how wonderful it was!

By: Cristin

Cristin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:24:03 +0000

Laura,
This is a wonderful article! Thoughtful and beautiful. Congrats on the WA Post mention!!!

My favorite china is Italian Blue Carnation – http://www.biordi.com/products/57/

I brought some back from Italy when I was sixteen for my mom (who asked me to look out for it) and now have my own collection! So fun.

xo,
cristin
http://www.simplifiedbee.blogspot.com

By: Thank you Washington Post!

Thank you Washington Post! — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:04:02 +0000

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By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:07:21 +0000

Hello, Laura. I found you via Susan’s Between Naps on the Porch. I’m so pleased that you decided to join her party! I very much enjoyed reading your post. The diagram you provided is a great resource. We all need to be ever mindful of “the abc’s” when we begin to set up our tablescapes. Your photo examples were dazzling as well!

I clicked on the Laura Casey Interiors tab and enjoyed seeing examples of your work. Your designs are clean, sophisticated, and not at all overdone. I’m impressed! Again thank you for participating in “Tablescape Thursday!” We hope you’ll play with us again (remember to stop by late on Wednesday evening or early Thursday morning to make sure the maximum number of people click on your post).

I noticed you’re a Vanderbilt graduate. Did you enjoy your time in Nashville?

Regards,
Bill @ Affordable Accoutrements

By: Kathryn @ Bonafide Southern

Kathryn @ Bonafide Southern — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:36:00 +0000

What great inspiration. Thanks for sharing and happy TT to you!

By: Janie Gore

Janie Gore — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:41:08 +0000

You have found the key to my heart! I have been coveting the Herend Queen Victoria dishes. I’ve decided to buy them a couple at a time. I’m going to pair them with the Fishnet plate. Some green, some pink. Anna Weatherly is divine, but alas, too rich for my pocketbook.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:33:27 +0000

Hi Laura,
Hope you don’t get this comment twice…a little glitch happened so I don’t think my first one went through. Congrats on the Washington Post Blog Watch…very cool!
Love this post…I’m totally drooling over all these great pics, especially the first one in the garden. My favorite Herend pattern is Rothschild Bird. I discovered it last fall while on an historic home tour and have coveted it ever since! I especially love the green Rothschild bird. Happy TT and so glad you joined in! Susan

By: susan

susan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:17:14 +0000

I love Havilland and Herend. My daughter just got married and chose the Gwendolyn dinner plates and the green Chinese bouquet salad plates by Herend–They are gorgeous together and she can use my Rosalinde Havilland salad plates with her dinner plates! Very informative and you can always rely on Emily or Amy Vanderbuilt!

By: Things That Inspire

Things That Inspire — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:20:35 +0000

I am relieved to know that I was putting the dessert fork in the correct place all these years! I would genuinely wonder where it should be.

You should enter this into tablescape Thursday on ‘Between Naps on the Porch’! It is a fun blog link thing, and will allow lots of readers to diiscover your wonderful blog.

Congratulations on the Washington Post blog watch for this great post!