Celebrate spring with a pretty profusion of poppies! A cheerful bouquet brightens up this hand-painted dinnerware by Vietri. Poppies are popping up all over, according to Houzz.com users. Pick some up to liven up your table.

Poppies are also a great way to work in the Pantone Color of the Year, Tangerine Tango!
 

Green is having quite a style moment. Elle Decor, House Beautiful and many other magazines have been going gaga over green table accessories and home decor. It’s such a fresh, vibrant color that is also wonderful for carrying you right into summer.
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These festive table settings from Kim Seybert are perfect for the time-strapped hostess. All of the mixing and matching has been done for you, so you don’t need to worry about coordinating items.

Just order the pieces you like from the collection, sit back and wait for them to arrive at your door. Set a beautiful, stress-free table, relax, and smile when your guests think you spent hours decorating.
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We know you’re busy this time of the year, but you still want to set a pulled together table for your holiday parties. What to do? One quick and simple way to add color and whimsy to the table is with beautiful napkin rings.  Here are our favorite ones this season:
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We’ve made this even simpler with our Tablecloth Finder, which does all the math for you!  Try it now.

We get asked this question all the time, so we’ve put together this really simple guide.

1) First, measure the length and width of your table.  If you have a round table, just measure all the way across the top.

For example, let’s say your table is 48 in x 106 in.
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After dining at Per Se or The French Laundry, many people have called to ask about the refined white dinnerware chef Thomas Keller uses at these restaurants.  There are two patterns available:  Hommage and Checks.  Both are made in France by Raynaud using Limoges porcelain, so they can easily be mixed and matched.
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If you’ve ever admired the gorgeous table settings created by professional party planners like Colin Cowie, Preston Bailey, and Martha Stewart, you know that color is crucial to making great looks work.  But where do you begin?  With colorful table linens, and luckily, Sferra has just leveled the playing field for the rest of us.

In their best-selling Festival table linen collection, Sferra has just introduced a mind-blowing variety of new colors, so now there are 101 colors of napkins, placemats, and tablecloths available.  And because the line is so affordable (napkins are $10.25 each and tablecloths start at $65), you can mix and match to your heart’s content.
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As the days grow shorter and the nights chillier, it’s the perfect time to think about cozy get-togethers indoors. In the October 2011  issue of Traditional Home Magazine, this warm and stylish autumn luncheon gave us lots of great ideas (and some tasty recipes):
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Because home decorating and entertaining are fairly new to me, and because I have a new husband/family to impress, I’ve learned a few tricks of the trade along the way that I think are worth sharing.  The most important lesson I’ve learned when it comes to entertaining is learning to fake it.  Wouldn’t it be lovely to have all the time in the world to press the linens, whip up a gourmet meal, and serve every dining victory on handcrafted china?  Sure it would – but I don’t always have the time to put together the five star look, though I do strive for a bit of pizzazz. Read more

Whenever possible, we love to incorporate natural elements into our summer decor.  Nature is gorgeous, so when we’re outdoors, we use as many organic shapes as we can to create a seamless look. Read more