At Home with Kim Vallee

ENTERTAINING, HOLIDAY decorations | November 13, 2009

How to Create a French Rustic Holiday Decor

I will talk about how you can integrate Holiday decorations within your home decor. It is about created a sophisticated room. I like how the stylists on the above photo marry rustic elements to a traditional French style room. The mood is soothing but definitely festive. Except for the Christmas baubles, you could keep most [...]

DINING, TABLEWARE | November 12, 2009

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French Pantry Appetizer Plates

Except for the William-Sonama printed signature (I would prefer something like Bon Appétit!), I really like the look of this white porcelain plates that are perfect to serve a sandwich, a single serving cheese plate or a small tray of antipasto. The plates can also act as a message board. A customer commented on the W-S [...]

ENTERTAINING, EVERYDAY entertaining | November 3, 2009

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Entertaining Essentials at IKEA

The easier road for stress-free entertaining is to equip yourself with versatile tableware. Casual chic tabletop is what most people are aiming for these days. After all, you celebrate amongst close friends and family. As I shopped at IKEA yesterday, I took pictures of tableware that delivers that spirit. I spotted affordable tableware that you will [...]

ENTERTAINING, HOLIDAY entertaining | October 5, 2009

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Zombie Plates on etsy

Each zombie plate is unique since they are hand-painted by the Seattle-based artist behind the blog Urban Soule (soule is her etsy shop). She also makes zombie mugs. Plus, you can host a scary Halloween party without fearing the dishes since her plates are dishwasher-safe. This a great find by Angela of Shelterrific, who is [...]

ENTERTAINING, TABLESCAPE | October 2, 2009

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Tableware fitted for Halloween and Thanksgiving

When it comes to tableware, I prefer to get items that I will be able to reuse more than once a year. Halloween and Thanksgiving have a lot in common since they are both in autumn. It is even closer to the truth in Canada since we celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October [...]

DINING, TABLEWARE | September 28, 2009

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Porcelain Tableware by Linda Bloomfield

UK potter Linda Bloomfield creates simple shapes with tactile satin mat glazes and subtly colored interiors. I like her style. Her tableware collection is sold through many art galleries and retailers across Britain. Lucky for us, the US-based retailer Hygge & West, which ships to Canada in top of the Unites States, carries her line. + [...]

KIDS + BABY, KIDS party | September 23, 2009

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The Get-set Placemats Bring Fun to the Table

Anne Schultz of Hello Hanna sent me an email to introduce her awesome playful placements for kids. They will keep your kids occupied while you are preparing the meal. I think it is a great idea since you probably notice that kids enjoy very much playing with stickers. My nephew and niece are doing it [...]

GAMES and Toys, KIDS + BABY | September 19, 2009

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Adorable Toys and Housewares at WhippetGrey

I discovered a UK retailer who assembled an exotic collection of items for kids and your house. I cannot imagine a child who could resist those charming old-fashioned toys. + The felt finger puppets are hand stitched with embroidered hearts, stars and Liberty Print fabric (£32 for 6 or £7.75 each, come with a postcard). + The [...]