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Dining Room Tid Bits with Guest Blogger Jenna Meon from The Painted Apron

Welcome to the 2nd Dining Room Tid Bits with guest Blogger

Jenna Meon

Today Jenna from the Painted Apron is sharing her Paper Parasol tablescape. I love all the colors and fun details. The little paper parasols wrapped with twine and then tied around the napkins are just so cute…I love this idea!

 

I just love all the colors..Pink, Orange, Blue, Yellow…. such happy colors!

 

 

This is such a great centerpiece idea…a pot of faux greens and faux hydrangeas sitting atop a large platter sprinkled with the paper parasols. Just so fun!

The fabric she found is really cute…you can bring out different colors to make it look different each time you use it. Look at the fun pattern on the placemats..it totally works!

 

Jenna says this about her memories about dining as a kid – Growing up we ate in the dining room often, my mother was a stickler for manners and using nice things. When my kids were little we always had Sunday dinner at the table even if it was hamburgers, they moaned and groaned but, now that they are grown, they love the long lively dinners gathered around the family table and over the years I have become more and more devoted to tablescapes. We also host a lot of parties and love to entertain so my dining room gets a work out!
Thanks Jenna for being our guest blogger today and sharing this fun tablescape with us. Check out more of her tablescape on her blog The painted Apron
Karin

 

 

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  1. Mary says

    August 22, 2013 at 10:40 am

    Fun to see this again! I so enjoy Jenna's creativity and fun color combinations at the table!

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  2. thepaintedapron.com says

    August 19, 2013 at 12:24 pm

    It was such a pleasure to be a guest on your wonderful blog today Karin! Thank you so much for featuring my dining tid bits, and sharing my story. Have a wonderful week!
    Jenna

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Dining Room Tid Bits with guest blogger Kirsten Krason

Welcome to the first “Dining Room Tid Bits” our special guest blogger is
Kirsten Krason of 6th Street Design School

Kirsten shares her formula for decorating a room or a tablescape-
I pull together a tablescape the same way I pull together a room, I always start with fabric first. In this case I had a set of colorful floral napkins that I picked up at T.J. Maxx several years ago.
I love pulling these napkins out in the Summer or Spring because of the vibrant colors that are used. I then look around my house to see what I can use that is in this color scheme. I had purchased these felt green placemats years ago at Home Goods and I love how they pull the green out from the napkins. The gold chargers were an after Christmas Target special and I love the metallic sparkle they add to the table. I always shop after Holidays to find pieces that I can use all year long. These chargers work for any season or any Holiday.
For my table runner I layered an old CB2 runner with some circle paper dots. These were leftover from a bridal shower that I threw for a friend. I find it helpful to keep leftover party supplies on hand to make pulling together my tablescapes a little easier.
For my centerpiece I pulled over some faux cherry blossoms that were in my Living Room. I love fresh flowers but if don’t have them on hand I find that faux flowers can make a beautiful replacement and the pink impact was perfect for this table!
For me a great table comes together just like a great room. The formula is simple, a beautiful fabric mixed together with metallics, coordinating colors and geometric shapes!
I hope you enjoyed meeting Kirsten and learning how she puts together a room or tablescape. Make sure you head over to her blog and her interior design website to see her incredible work.
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  1. Anonymous says

    August 16, 2013 at 5:10 pm

    This table is beautiful. I especially love the napkins.

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  2. Cynthia says

    August 13, 2013 at 5:47 pm

    Love the suggestions and her formula. Very pretty.

    Cynthia

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  3. Madeline Anderson says

    August 12, 2013 at 9:29 pm

    So cute and simple! Love the easy formula.

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  4. Vel Criste says

    August 12, 2013 at 4:17 pm

    I have the same placemats that I used here…http://buhayatbahay.blogspot.com/search/label/Easter

    well, used it as a runner though. Love the set-up, thanks for sharing!

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