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Table linens - what's on your table right now?

house_cat — Fri, 05 May 2023 00:23:22 GMT

I'm a little obsessed with vintage table linens and dish towels. I have a handful, for which I paid a pretty penny on eBay and other sites, but they no longer fit my current table.

I found this one on A-zon last month for $30. It's not vintage, it's brand new, but I love the vintage vibe.

What's on your table right now?

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spiderw — Fri, 05 May 2023 00:38:44 GMT

Your table cloth is lovely and has a retro look!!

I have table cloths on my dining room and kitchen tables. I have always loved the look of table cloths and change mine according to the season. Right now I have a Hydrangea print table cloth on my dining room table. The kitchen table has a summer print and is colorful. The table cloths enhance my rooms just as my window treatments do!!!!

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Sweetbay magnolia — Fri, 05 May 2023 00:53:23 GMT

Hi, @house_cat ! Here's my current scheme:

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ECBG — Fri, 05 May 2023 00:53:39 GMT

Blueberry placemats from Etsy

They replaced old ones decades old.

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OKPrincess — Fri, 05 May 2023 00:54:35 GMT

I keep a plastic table covering on our table since one of my boys 🐈 likes to inspect all bags coming into the house.

It's easy to keep clean.

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house_cat — Fri, 05 May 2023 00:55:25 GMT

@spiderw

Hydrangeas! That sounds so lovely! Do you have a particular source for them?

@Sweetbay magnolia

Very pretty and I LOVE THOSE BIRDIES!

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ECBG — Fri, 05 May 2023 00:58:49 GMT

@house_cat

I have some tablecloths from the 1950's if you would like them.

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KathyM23 — Fri, 05 May 2023 01:02:34 GMT

Placemats on kitchen table bought from QVC during Irish day. Linen like with pink roses embroidered on each corner and made in Ireland. VPH pink roses hurricane floral pink candlerings doubled up for thickness as centerpiece.

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simplyfriends — Fri, 05 May 2023 01:50:59 GMT

@house_cat that's really nice!

Mine is very plain and simple for now....

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JeanLouiseFinch — Fri, 05 May 2023 02:16:28 GMT

A waffle weave tablecloth with a multicolor mix of spring colors. DGD missed her napkin today and used the tablecloth to wipe her fingers. I was too pooped to deal with it tonight, but it'll come off and go in the wash tomorrow. I'm not sure if I'll put it right back on the table or pull out another tablecloth.

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DSD2 — Fri, 05 May 2023 02:34:31 GMT

@simplyfriends I love your vase and pretty pillow. Lovely.

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Sooner — Fri, 05 May 2023 02:48:58 GMT

Kitchen table: Four Chilwich Navy place mats, blue Le Creuset salt and pepper grinders, white Apilco sugar bowl, three demitasse cups and saucers including Wedgwood Florentine Turquoise; Christian Dior Rose; and Wedgwood Kutani Crane.

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simplyfriends — Fri, 05 May 2023 02:39:25 GMT

@DSD2 Awe thank you. Pillow is from Amazon. Vase from Home Goods 😊

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Sooner — Fri, 05 May 2023 02:52:34 GMT

@house_cat wrote:

I'm a little obsessed with vintage table linens and dish towels. I have a handful, for which I paid a pretty penny on eBay and other sites, but they no longer fit my current table.

I found this one on A-zon last month for $30. It's not vintage, it's brand new, but I love the vintage vibe.

What's on your table right now?

@house_cat How pretty! Looks like a Villeroy and Boch pattern called French Garden! LOVE the lemons!

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spiderw — Fri, 05 May 2023 03:13:38 GMT

house cat

When I bought the table cloth I chose it because of the color, lilac hydrangeas and I loved the print. I do have old table cloths that my mother used to have on the dining room table also. These table clothes are plain with a bit of design , I believe they are from Italy. I definitely inherited her love of decor.

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loriqvc — Fri, 05 May 2023 03:30:07 GMT

I almost always have a runner on my table—I love the beautiful wood but also enjoy a pop of color—and right now I'm in "default mode" (i.e., not seasonal), which is a blue-and-white-checked runner that spans the full length of the table with a few inches of overhang at each end. At the moment, there's also a large Fiesta cobalt bowl in the center filled with lemons.

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kate2357 — Fri, 05 May 2023 03:48:19 GMT

Both my kitchen and dinning room tables have long runners I made. Tables are very long and it's just easier to make the runners than find ones long enough. Both tables also currently have fresh cut flowers in simple crystal vases...daffodils in one and tulips in the other.

When eating in kitchen we use place mats, which get put away when we're done eating.

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house_cat — Fri, 05 May 2023 11:22:47 GMT

@Sooner

I'm curious why you have demitasse cups on the table. Please inspire me. I have a lovely set that belonged to my great-aunt. They're tucked away in storage right now because I don't use them.

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LindaSal — Fri, 05 May 2023 12:45:57 GMT

I have wine themed embroidered place mats. I am not a tablecloth person. I do change the placemats seasonally.

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Sooner — Fri, 05 May 2023 13:08:48 GMT

@house_cat wrote:
@Sooner

I'm curious why you have demitasse cups on the table. Please inspire me. I have a lovely set that belonged to my great-aunt. They're tucked away in storage right now because I don't use them.

@house_cat They are out on the table because they haven't made it back to the cabinet yet. LOL! We have a coffee bar on a counter where the Nespresso machines set--one for old style capsules and one for the newer ones that husband uses mostly because he drinks coffee/Americano/Lungo sizes.

Above it in the cabinet are coffee mugs, cappuccino cups, iced coffee glasses and espesso/demitasse cups of several kinds, and some Le Creuset ones as well. I don't drink coffee--just espresso straight or in iced coffee or cappuccino, iced lattes etc. and not much of that.

He also has a coffee/espresso machine that grinds coffee but it's not out on the counter now. It is resting!