{"id":98945,"date":"2021-07-13T07:30:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T12:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/?p=98945"},"modified":"2021-07-13T12:00:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T17:00:44","slug":"dining-among-hydrangeas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/13\/dining-among-hydrangeas\/","title":{"rendered":"Dining among the hydrangeas….."},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning all. Hope you re having a wonderful week. Cannot believe July 4th has come and gone…..crazy! Sumner is starting to fly by and over here there are faint whispers of holiday. Lots of beautiful things coming:)<\/p>\n

I have always wanted to set up a table when the hydrangea hedge is in full bloom. I mean really, \u00a0could there be a prettier backdrop! So that is exactly what I did, I set up an impromptu table for a small alfresco dinner on a steamy summer evening. Thankfully by the time we actually sat down the sun had gone down and I lit a few candles for a beautiful soft light. It was a simple dinner of fish, risotto and a salad. Had left my phone inside so didn’t get to snap pics.<\/p>\n

It all started when I had gone to a farm stand in search for peonies but the peony season was cut very short due to a burst of very warm weather in June. So instead, I got a few bunches of mixed farm flowers which were striking in how vibrant they were.<\/p>\n

They really added a beautiful starting point and a great punch of color to the table. One thing lead to another and before I knew it, I had set up a table for 6 that was too pretty to not actually enjoy a meal out. Dining next to the hydrangeas felt like I was dining in a small enchanted garden. I love the way ti came out and wanted to share….<\/p>\n

_____________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\"<\/p>\n

Have no fear, the intense humidity eventually took care of those wrinkles on the tablecloth like nobody’s business<\/p>\n

\"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\" \"\"<\/p>\n

The next day, took the flowers inside as it was far too hot and repurposed them in our fabulous new wicker urn (now in stock)!<\/p>\n

\"\" \"\" \"\"<\/p>\n

These are the chairs I have about 50 of which are so amazing to keep on hand for parties, dinners, when you need a few extra seats, etc.. and best part they go with everything! Stay tuned might be doing something with these for my shop:)
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

______________________________________________<\/p>\n

This was a lot of fun to put together as it had been a while since I have set a table for actual guests, having just gone through the year of Covid. I hope this is the first of many more to come!<\/p>\n

It certainly reminded me of how much joy entertaining at home gives me and reminded me of how cathartic it can be to do simple things like setting up a pretty table. It just makes you feel good and let’s face it, everything tastes prettier when seated at a beautiful table!<\/p>\n

Because many of you like to know where I have gotten things here and there, here are the sources.<\/p>\n

Sources-<\/span><\/h2>\n

Plates (Sadek Sevres) have had them for a long time (can still be purchased through Replacements Ltd click here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Chargers ours exclusively click here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Glasses \u00a0Williams Sonoma click here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Wicker urn click here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Pagoda flatware, ours exclusively<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Silver wine holder ours exclusively click here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Etched glass hurricane\/vase ours exclusively click here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Basic white tablecloth (I keep several on hand) and green linen napkins from many years ago<\/p>\n

____________________________________________<\/p>\n

That’s a wrap. Hope you enjoyed my table nestled in the hydrangea hedge. It was a very muggy night but it all worked out just fine. Thanks for stopping in, wishing everyone a fantastic day and hope your summer is going well. Until next time……..<\/p>\n

UPCOMING THIS WEEK- Our fabulous porcelain sale (new container arriving next week). Definitely one you don’t want to miss!<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good morning all. Hope you re having a wonderful week. Cannot believe July 4th has come and gone…..crazy! Sumner is starting to fly by and over here there are faint whispers of holiday. Lots of beautiful things coming:) I have always wanted to set up a table when the hydrangea hedge is in full bloom. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98945"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99157,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98945\/revisions\/99157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}