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ENTERTAINING, TABLESCAPE | January 18, 2012 | by Heather Watterworth

Set the Table with Inspiration from Ikea

Who says the everyday can’t be artful? These images by Swedish still-life photographer Carl Kleiner caught our eye when we recognized a few iconic Ikea kitchen pieces in the compositions. The photographer behind Ikea’s Homebaked is Best recipe book , Carl Kleiner is known for his minimialist, graphic approach, yet these photos have their share [...]

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ENTERTAINING, TABLESCAPE | July 17, 2011 | by Kim Vallee

A Table Design Idea for an Art or Calligraphy Party

Look closely at this table and you should find a few ideas to steal if you are hosting an adult or kids party around an art theme. For instance, use the art materials as your props to design your dinner place settings. They used Chinese calligraphy brushes. Mixing the art supplies with your table design [...]

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ENTERTAINING, TABLESCAPE | June 30, 2011 | by Kim Vallee

Spring Garden Sweet and Savory Table

This wonderful garden themed table was designed by Kreavie for a Sweet 16 birthday party. You could recycle the concept for a baby shower or a toddler birthday. The mix of sweet and savory food provides an occasion to be more creative with the food presentation. Details that are worth stealing are the chocolate cupcake in [...]

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ENTERTAINING, TABLESCAPE | June 29, 2011 | by Kim Vallee

Creatively Unique Placemats

If you are looking for new ways to infuse a sense of unexpected to your tabletop, let me suggest that you use placemats with artistic patterns that slightly vary from one placemat to the next. You can draw the patterns or look for the French design placemats. 48 heures is a collection of trompe-l’oeil illustrations [...]

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March 28, 2011 | by Heather

Cool Tools: Anthropologie’s Tabletop...

If you’ve ever struggled to pull together a colourful and cohesive tabletop, there’s a new online tool that can help you think [...]

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March 2, 2011 | by Kim

French-Inspired Breakfast Table

I am craving for some viennoiseries looking at this sight. After the sweet tables and the s’mores stations, I presented you a [...]

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February 24, 2011 | by Heather

Join Plastic Cutlery

No time to create an over-the-top tablescape for your next dinner party? Distract (and entertain) hungry guests with colorful, architectural flatware that’s [...]

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February 23, 2011 | by Kim