Setting your Table

Written by : Helen McIntyre

Good Morning!

Hope you are all getting into the Xmas spirit, busy decorating your homes and have all your shopping done! (wishful thinking I know!)

My last post was all about 2 homes I decorated for Xmas. I wanted to share some more photos of the 2nd house as the ones I posted were from my Blackberry and they didn’t come out as well as I would have hoped!

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I also took some photos of the downstairs family room from the same home. These photos are of their hunting and fishing inspired family room! We used owls, bears, ski’s, fish, wood ornaments and small reindeer’s to fill up the wonderful tree! I just love how unique this tree is and it’s so fabulous how much the whole family just loves spending time in this cozy room!

The mantle is also a great part of the room with a wonderful big picture of  a deer in the forest, 3 over sized candlesticks, a lit garland with a snowflakes, little woodsy owls and some really amazing huge rustic stars! I think of course their yellow lab, Duke definitely makes this picture perfect! He is so adorable!

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I changed one particular section in the store just a couple of days ago. Christmas “day” is really approaching fast and we all should be thinking about our dining room tables! How should they look? What colours am I going to use? Do I have enough dishes? Serving Platters? Am I going to use napkin rings and maybe place card holders? Do I want a tablecloth or a runner with some place mats? What do I want my centerpiece to be? Candles? a greenery arrangement? Do I have wine glasses? Red and White? maybe some water glasses? or some kind of container to house water in on the table? …….The list goes on! My intention is not to overwhelm you, but simply get you thinking about your own table and how you might want to set it this year! It is also my goal to get you organized so you have everything you need in advance, to prevent panicking on the last day!

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I have set up a table for Xmas at the store to get you inspired and to show you lots of different ideas! It doesn’t matter how elaborate or simple you want your table to be……it’s just nice to have all the basics you need! We would be delighted to help you with any “setting the table” questions you have and help you to put together the best table you have ever set!!

Have a great week!

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