Our Easter Table

Hi everyone -- wishing you a belated Happy Easter.  I set my Easter table last week, but just photographed it today.  I haven't posted anything in over a week, and I haven't had a chance to visit anyone, so I have some catching up to do on my blog visits.  I haven't been on the computer much at all because I've been focused on spending time working with Duncan to get him housebroken.

I haven't done an Easter tablescape since 2011, the first year I started blogging.  You can see the previous Easter table Here.  I loved that table, and I was tempted to set mine up the same way this year, but I decided I needed a different look for my new post.

I preferred to used fresh flowers for the centerpiece, but I couldn't find what I wanted last week, so in the interest of getting my post done, I used silk flowers that I already had on hand.  I really like these flowers, but I had hoped to find some pink tulips.  I used my white pitcher from HomeGoods; I can tell I'm going to get lots of use out of this pitcher.  I love its shape.  :)

I'm getting a lot of mileage so far from these Bordallo Pinheiro cabbage plates -- so glad I found them at a bargain price back in the winter.

The white dinner plates are Lenox "Classic White," purchased at HomeGoods the first year I blogged.  They're wonderfully versatile; I use them a lot.

This dining room suit was a gift to us from my husband's grandmother when we purchased our first house in 1989.  That house had a big dining room, and I was able to use one of the two extra leaves in the table all the time.  I love our current dining room, but it's kind of small, and I can't really use even one leaf in the table now.  Sometimes things look a little crowded on the table, but that's okay; I'm glad to have a dining room at all.

I added two bunches of yellow shredded Easter "grass" on either side of the centerpiece and filled them with little Easter trinkets.  They're actually ornaments for hanging on an Easter tree.  The little wind-up Peter Rabbit on the left was given to our son when he was a toddler by his paternal grandmother.

I love these sweet papier mâché eggs.

Napkins with Easter egg and flower cutwork came from HomeGoods last spring.  This is my favorite shade of pink.

The yellow cabbage bowl came from HomeGoods this spring.  The pink tulip bowl is Chantal®, also from HomeGoods a few years ago.

I'm slowly building my collection of Bordallo Pinheiro dishes.  The green platter and the white plates came from HomeGoods a few years ago.  Yikes, are you detecting a pattern here people?  :)

I love, love this little green platter.

and these white plates.

Salt and pepper shakers are Lenox "Butterfly Meadow".

Our wedding stainless, Oneida "Tennyson."

I worried that this table might look too busy; I don't normally use so many different colors.  But I decided it looked cheerful for Easter, and I'm pleased with it.  The idea for my table started with the cabbage plates, and then I was going through the chest of drawers in the dining room and found the pink napkins I'd bought last year and never used.  Forgot I had them -- a happy surprise!  :) 

I already had pink candles from a previous table setting,

as well as the pink tulip bowl.

 I love using the pink goblets from my husband's grandmother.

 Lots of pink and green, which I love together, along with some yellow and a little bit of lilac thrown in.
 

Everything used on this table were things I already had.  The only items purchased this year are the yellow cabbage bowl and the green cabbage plates.  Looking back, I couldn't believe that I didn't do a single tablescape in 2013.  My goal this year is to create at least one tablescape a month with things I already have on hand.  That should keep me busy for awhile.  ;)

I hope you had a Joyous Easter at your home.  Thanks so much for visiting House at Forest Manor and have a great day!  I look forward to catching up with what you've been doing.  :)

I'm sharing this Easter table with:
Susan at BNOTP for Tablescape Thursday
Sherry for Home Sweet Home 
The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sundays

Denise

*All pictures taken by me.