Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue ... Easter Tablescape

"For I remember it is Easter morn, and life and love and peace are all new born" ~ Alice Freeman Palmer. As I was doing this Easter tablescape, I couldn't help but realize that it was coming together from things that were old, things that were new, things that were borrowed, and things that were blue - the traditional rhyme which details what a bride...

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Coffee Table Dinner For One Tablescape

"I'd rather have flowers on my table than diamonds on my neck" ~ Emma Goldman. I often eat alone at this coffee table in the family room.  This room is comfortable and well worn, with a big stone fireplace, a leather sofa and chair, antiques, and long ago photographs of my family going back to my great grandparents' generation. The china...

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Tea in the Turret Tablescape

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the ceremony known as afternoon tea" ~ Henry James. The table is set for Tea in the Turret, where the colors and patterns are pastels and florals.  What a contrast to the stark winter reality of last weekend when I took these pictures.  Warmer temperatures have arrived this week, the...

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Aspen Hill Winter 2015

Winter 2015 in the Mid Atlantic region has seen brutally cold temperatures and several snow storms, including this late season storm that hit on March 8th.  Aspen Hill has been buried in snow for weeks and the lane is a mess, but despite everything it has its moments of beauty.  Welcome to my home. ...

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Winter Violets Tablescape

"Surely as cometh the winter, I know there are spring violets under the snow" ~ Robert H. Newell. It is yet another snowy day at Aspen Hill, but surely spring is around the corner.  I've always loved violets, my February birth month flower.  It is fitting that violets, which were the very first china collectibles that I received as a...

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