A Fourth of July Table

I don't know about you all, but our town seems to have emptied out.  It seems that everyone is traveling somewhere for the Fourth of July week -- everyone, that is, but us.  :)  My husband says there has been very little traffic to and from work every day, so no complaints there.  Those who have gone to the North Carolina coast may have their trip spoiled by Tropical Storm Arthur, but I hope not.  That happened to us one year, and it was no fun.

We're planning on staying right here for the week, but my husband has taken an extra day's vacation in order to have a four-day weekend.  Woo-hoo!  We'll be going to my in-laws' house for the Fourth, but I set a patriotic tablescape in my "new" kitchen just for fun.

I don't do many tablescapes in our kitchen because it has a smaller table and we're always using it for something, but I think this tablescape is a bit too casual for our dining room.

I've wanted one of these vintage 1950's tablecloths for years, but I would never buy one from e-bay because I knew a tablecloth like this would just clash with the busy wallpaper we had in here up until two summers ago.  You can see how our old kitchen was transformed to our new kitchen Here.

Now we have buttery yellow walls, and I can use practically any color I want in here.  This tablecloth came from e-bay; it was a vintage tablecloth, never used and still in the original package.  I was really happy to find it.  It reminds me of my parents' house.  My mom always uses these in the summer, and she used to take them with us when we went on a family picnic.  Good memories.

I started my tablescape with these blue and white transferware dishes.  I found them at a local yard sale on Saturday for a dollar apiece and bought all eight of them.

Independence Hall in Philadelphia is featured on the dinner plates.

Next I added salad plates from my Johnson Brothers "Old Britain Castles."

Kirk Stieff pewter napkin rings were a wedding gift.

I used our everyday flatware, Oneida "Colonial Boston" -- perfect for an Independence Day table.  :)

The candlestick is Williamsburg Pottery; I found two of these at different thrift stores, and I snapped them up.  :)

I love the white ric-rac napkins.

 

The beverage glasses have stars around the rim; I bought these at World Market the first year I started blogging.

Salt and pepper shakers are part of our everyday dishes, "Finlandia Blue," by Churchill.

Lots of blue and white on the bakers rack, with a few touches of red...

Even the French Country Engagement Diary and the wall calendar are sporting some patriotic colors.  Don't those berries look scrumptious?

Our kitchen gets the late afternoon sunlight, so I took pictures this afternoon with my point and shoot camera.  Mr. Forest Manor was kind enough to take some more pictures for me this evening.

Love, love this shot.  :)

These Hydrangeas were a happy accident.  We went to see our son in Greensboro on Saturday afternoon to help him hook up a "new to him" washer and dryer.  When we drove up to the house he rents with two friends, I noticed there were three good-sized Hydrangea bushes blooming up a storm along the side of the house.  Oh joy!!  I asked him if I could cut some blossoms to take home, and of course he said "Help yourself."  I love that boy!  ;)  I was so happy when I got home with these flowers, you'd think I had found a pile of gold nuggets.  :-D

  

Happy Fourth of July to you all!!  I hope you have a fun, safe holiday with lots of good food, good weather, and good company.  Thanks so much for visiting me.

Denise

I'm linking this post to the following parties:
Tablescape Thursday
Home and Garden Thursday
Home Sweet Home Friday
Amaze Me Monday
Inspire Me Tuesday