Wednesday, August 4, 2010

A Little French Rooster Tablescape

Rooster Day Tablescape


The roosters have come out and are roosting on my kitchen table today. I am participating in Show Your Rooster Blog Party, Part 2. Hosted by Barb at Bella Vista. There has been a lot of clucking about this fun event. And never one to miss out on the fun, I am postponing my Peach and Peach Lusterware table until next week.

But here is a little preview of next weeks tablescape...



But that's next week. Today's all about being inspired by roosters.  I picked up these pretty dishes at HomeGoods recently and knew that I would add some green to them for a pop of color! Actually all the dishes today are from HomeGoods.





Layers of plates in green, white and black are stacked for interest. A black and white rooster plate tops them off.







My friend Eileen let me borrow these flirty black straw placemats. I think they work so well with this french country theme! Thanks, Eileen!





The tablecloth, another HomeGood purchase, is so versatile! Many shades of green working together. The ability of most greens to play together nicely is a very appealing trait, and a trait I take advantage of often.





Pewter farm animal napkin rings bring a delightful touch of sweetness to this table. Given to me as a gift decades ago, they are such a sentimental StoneGable favorite! These little hens were not going to let that old rooster steal the show!



Double napkins are just a thing we do here. Green napkins paired with black and white napkins echo the colors of the dishes!




Dark grey marbleized flatware with pretty details add a nice sophistication to each place setting.





A big white bisque rooster shares the center of the table with a vase of lime green hydrangeas.





This is an encore appearance for Mr Rooster! He has been the center of table attention before.



These stunning hydrangeas are from my front garden! They were white all summer and recently turned this gorgeous  lime green. I am going to dry them and use them in big earthenware pots.







I set up a little dessert vignette on a side table in my kitchen.




Bowls for dessert and mugs for coffee...






And dessert napkins in a little drawer.




The Menu
Caprese Salad
Salmon En Croute With Cucumber Sauce
Roasted Red Potatoes With Onions
Green Beans Sauteed In Garlic Oil
Grilled Peaches With Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream And Carmel Sauce (Topped With Granola)





I am participating in Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps On The Porch. Thanks you Susan for hosting the 102nd Tablescape Thursday!







 
I am participating in Centerpiece Wednesday at Style Sisters. What a wonderul blog! If you have never visited you are in for a delightful treat. If you are a visitor, well... then you know!

80 comments:

  1. Hello Yvonne! Oh my what a BEAUTIFUL table setting! I love roosters and chickens..the live kind and the ceramic kind. I wish I had more room for beautiful dishes...as it is I have about 4 sets but none so fancy as these that you show here. Love the napkin rings too. Your hydrangeas are lovely...I hope mine grow so lush next year as this was their first year and they're a little skimpy looking. I did manage to get a few flowers to dry though. Thank you for sharing your beautiful dishes etc with us...you inspire! Have a wonderful evening...Maura :)

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  2. Gorgeous table, Yvonne!! I love the black and white dishes!

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  3. Gorgeous. Love those rippled placemats and the black and white with the green. Great mix and the dessert table is so sweet!

    dotsie

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  4. Yvonne, I just love the greens and blacks together. Love your rooster dishes. I did a rooster table too but not for the rooster party. I have another post for that. Looking forward to seeing everyone's roosters. Your menu sounds so good and I am so hungry right now.

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  5. So beautiful! I love green and black. You have such wonderful dishes, I can't wait to see the peach ones!

    Donna

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  6. Gasp.... Drool.... You are killing me, KILLING ME!!! I think this is your best table yet, Yvonne. I kid you not, I'm smitten!!!!!!

    :)
    ButterYum

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  7. Oh Yvonne...do you ever get tired of hearing the same old thing...GORGEOUS GORGEOUS GORGEOUS?!

    This table is just stunning! Every detail is perfect...I am in love! I LOVE the color combo...one of my favorites! Your hydrangea are so beautiful...how nice of them to grow in the perfect color to match your table;)!

    Oh my goodness...just beautiful!

    Enjoy!
    Cathy

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  8. Zonk...you did it again...knocked my socks off, that is. :-) You continuelly amaze & astonish with your eye for color & collections. I saw those black rooster plates & passed them up. Waaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!
    They would be SO cute with my B&W toille placemats. I'm going back!

    BRAVO!! Excellent job, as always, Yvonne.

    Hugs,
    Rett

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  9. You just have the touch to put together the prettiest tables! I love the black and white with a touch of green. It really is perfect. So many sweet touches but I do love the napkin rings!

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  10. OMG Yvonne!
    You have it all! The black plates, the gorgeous lime green hydrangeas, the tablecloth and napkins. I would say it's the prettiest rooster table ever!
    Cindy

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  11. I really like the green with the black and white - so pretty! You did a great job.

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  12. WONDERFUL TABLESETTING!The white rooster is lovely.Marvelous dishes,mugs and the colors is gorgeous! Hugs, Fatima- Scrapart.

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  13. Yvonne, you always do such an excellent job, and this is certainly not an exception to that rule. I love the green against the black. I love the many layers of plates and I really love those little flower bowls.

    I am not a rooster fan, but you do it with such flare!

    - The Tablescaper

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  14. You set such beautiful tables! I always love them.

    Carolyn

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  15. I just love your tablescape! The hydrangeas are gorgeous in green! I also love the colors you used for this setting! I am really a fan of the black and white checked plates. Love all your roosters too!

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  16. WOW! Just breathtaking. I love the rooster salad plates! So charming.:)

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  17. Gorgeous! I love black checks and the green and black is a wonderful combination. I'm keeping my eye out for some black dishes now. Thanks for sharing.

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  18. Beautiful...I love your colors ...black and white along with your lime green is so refreshing and clean looking. Your friend's placemats are perfect!!!

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  19. another darling table! i have those in red, who knew i could be jealous of black too! love the grn combo, FANTASTIC as ALWAYS!!!

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  20. ok, ok, all very well and nice but I love love the lamp--is that a hen??? Where did you find that lovely?

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  21. Yvonne-You did a fabulous job! I know how much work you must have put into making everything "just right" and it certainly shows. I think you left NO STONE unturned! Wonderful! Thanks for the feast for the eyes! Diana

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  22. Just Beautiful! I also loved your red rooster with roses tablescape. Actually I love them ALL..lol You've gone all out for the Rooster Day..I'm going to participate..but hadn't planned to go so far..such creativity. I love to visit your blog, the ideas are always fabulous!

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  23. Just so pretty! Lovin' the rooster plates they are great! The wavy runners are so fun, the hydrangea are beautiful-enjoy!

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  24. Yvonne, I feel like I always say the same thing--this table is gorgeous, breathtaking, and your best ever! I love the black and white with the green, and the placemats are the perfect little touch! I hope you share your recipe for the salmon en croute in cuke sauce. Thank you for the beautiful table.
    Linda

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  25. LOVE the color combo Yvonne- green just says fresh to me. My husband threatened to build a hen house if I bring any more roosters home! Lovely, lovely table- I can't wait to have my dishes back
    xoxo Pattie

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  26. Truly stunning! I love your color match ups... lime green with the black and white... very unique! Thanks for sharing!
    Rachel

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  27. Oh my how pretty! I just love the green mixed with the black and white - beautiful!

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  28. Love your colors. Yvonne, I would love to see pictures of your garden. It must be awesome. All your flowers are beautiful. Your zinnias last week were so healthy looking. The green hydrangeas are beautiful. Our weather has burned everything up!

    Your rooster tablescape is so beautifully done. Just perfect. Love your dishes.

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  29. Yvonne, I love the green and black today...and the crowing rooster plates and rooster decorations can come at my table any day. Used your idea (of course credited you!) for writing on a plate...fun! Joni

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  30. Yvonne, Perfection!! You always have the most beautiful table settings. Everything is just gorgeous! Hugs, Sherry

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  31. Beautiful french country table. Love the green, black and white.

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  32. My, my Yvonne, this table and your menu is surely somethin' to crow about! The colors, flowers, dishes, and roosters are reflective of your lovely feathered nest....thanks.

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  33. Beautiful table, and everything is perfect as usual. Loved the black and green together.
    Sandy

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  34. Love it! I did a chicken table this week! Love, ~Nana~

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  35. You have set a beautiful table with a yummy sounding menu. Your roosters make me think of living on the farm during my childhood and I thank you for those memories. I liked your table makeover from a previous post. Thank your for sharing all of your wonderful pictures with us.

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  36. Hi Yvonne! Oh, what a lovely table you've set! I have those b/w Rooster plates too. Aren't they lovely? Every thing just looks perfect! Your menu sounds delicious too.
    Be a sweetie,
    Shelia ;)

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  37. Fabulous table in every way ... but I especially like the green glasses. Very nice!

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  38. ooh wow. i've got to catch my breath. It's fabulous. the stacks of dishes, the colors, and of course that lovely rooster.. perfection!

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  39. Kudos, again and again! You never miss a beat, Yvonne. I have these dishes in the red, but now you have me wanting to find them in black. This is a gorgeous table from start to finish. Love scrolling up and down and visiting this one again and again. ~ Sarah

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  40. You did it again! Wowed me! You are a master of tablescapes. Love this one so much!

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  41. I love your gorgeous dishes! Black and white is such a classy combo. I really like your flatware, too.

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  42. Oh man I have got have some of those rooster plates! I am drooling over them and I love your big white plate with the amazing edges. Everything looks so fabulous together. I used some green hydrangeas in my centerpiece as well as some black and white plates today too. Great minds think alike :)

    Yours is really so so gorgeous!
    Karin

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  43. This is my first time visiting your blog and it is just lovely!!! I love all of your plates and the whole 9 yards!

    ~Jennifer

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  44. A masterful job of mixing and matching. Thank you for sharing your charming design. Cherry Kay

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  45. Just so beautiful, as always. You have the best linens, and the best eye to put them altogether. I think black and green is one of my very favorite combos.

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  46. This is beautiful! I would like to snag the whole tablescape! It would go perfectly in my kitchen...green walls with black and white toile curtains and check pillows! Love it! three pixie lane

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  47. Each time I think that it can not possibly get any prettier, you prove me wrong. You have such an eye for detail. I love every one of your tablescapes. I can't believe that you find all of this stuff at Home Goods. They need to pay you for advertising! Carla

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  48. Your tablescapes just never fail to please! You have such a great eye for detail, I just love it all, so charming!! Great color combination too... Inspirational as always!

    hugs, Sherri:)

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  49. I love all the different patterns of black and white. To me, roosters just "go" naturally with black and white. Very lovely, as I have come to anticipate!

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  50. Hi Yvonne, I just love this tablescape-everything about it is beautiful and so carefully designed and photographed. Tablescape Thursdays is a meme I need to get more involved with - I think after Summer Sundays are over with The Tablescaper I might focus more on tablescapes. And I have so many rooster thingys here at the farm; dishes, pottery, ceramics, etc!! Thanks for stopping by my gardent post and leaving a comment. I think the zucchini is called Costata Romanesco Italian Zucchini - here's what I foung out about it from Google: "Long, slender fruit, ribbed, pale greenish-yellow, striped with dark green, very firm and flavorful flesh, a unique Italian heirloom, tasty."
    Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. We purchased the seeds at a little shop on Piazza San Spirito in Florence Italy this past fall. We love buying seeds in Italy (among many other things!). Here's a link with a photo: http://wholeearthcsavarieties.blogspot.com/2010/02/costata-romanesco-italian-zucchini.html

    Thanks for sharing such a wonderful tablescape - can't wait to see that peachy-toned one - how many dishes did you have in that one photo?? Just fantastic!!
    Ciao, bella!

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  51. What a lesson (for me) in coordination and taste.
    The flowers are beautiful, as are the dishes, and all pulled together so tastefully.

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  52. The ultimate Hamptons Country Sophisticated Chic table. I love the black with everything. Those flowers are magnificient, you are so lucky to have them continuing to bloom; absolutely keep them for a dried arrangement, they will be lovely. xx's Marsha

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  53. This is one of my favorite tables you have created, Yvonne...yeah, I know I have already said that a time or two before now.
    I love the black and white with a little green for punch.
    The hydrangeas are just beautiful...I so love that shade of green.

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  54. Yvonne, would it be extremely rude of me to invite myself over for dinner? LOL! :) I probably couldn't talk if I were to sit at any of your tablesettings. I would be too busy taking it all in. Just simply beautiful!!

    Donna

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  55. G'day Yvonne ~ What a wonderful table setting around the Roo ... your details are fabulous.

    Have a lovely summer's day ~
    TTFN ~ Marydon

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  56. Hello sweet Lady,

    As is always the case, your table is wonderful! I love the black and lime green combination. Roosters, plaids, hydrangeas...it's all wonderfully put together. I really love those spotted green glasses too!

    Nancy

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  57. Oh, Yvonne, what a treat and I can't wait to see next week too. You are the queen of layering plates and I find myself coveting each and everyone. I, too, think green is a lovely neutral. I have so many shades. That tablecloth is a perfect way to use many. I love the double napkins, especially with that black and white gingham! Such a lovely table!

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  58. Love your table. Have a look over at The Fajdich Times, StoneGable and Haden News are featured on my blog this week:)

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  59. The Menu
    Caprese Salad
    Salmon En Croute With Cucumber Sauce
    Roasted Red Potatoes With Onions
    Green Beans Sauteed In Garlic Oil
    Grilled Peaches With Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream And Carmel Sauce (Topped With Granola)

    Are you kidding me???!!! You need to OPEN A B AND B WOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Besides the absolute perfection of the table, you then outdo yourself with the dessert table and the FOOD!!!!!!! I would pay to come be at your table, I am not kidding!!!! YOu are the best! Thank you so much for sharing your talent. I am in awe of you all the time!!!! XO, Pinky

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  60. It is gorgeous. We actually used very similar placemats (mine don't ruffle) and the same flatware...but, our similarities end there! I love the black and white checks with this look. It is so funny, I just had salmon and caprise salad for dinner. Do you think you could somehow send me a nice bowl of that dessert...I'm drooling! Your flowers are so beautiful that I didn't think they were real. Stunning table!

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  61. I LOVE this tablescape, Yvonne. I always admire your tables, but I have to say that this is one of my favorites. The rooster motif is completely charming.

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  62. Love everything about your table, and the hydrangeas tying everything together....perfect.

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  63. Hi Yvonne, just a stunning table. There isn't a single thing about it that I do not love. The green color is simply stunning!!!!!!

    So happy to meet you. Thank you for such a sweet comment.

    Hugs, Barb ♥

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  64. OMGosh, girl...you just outdid yourself on this. Everything just takes my breath away. I LOVE your dishes...and the double napkin idea is awesome. Love it!

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  65. GORGEOUS! I adore the black and white with the pop of apple green. It is hands down my favorite I've seen at the party. Lovely! *Smiles*

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  66. How can I be so out of the loop and not have one rooster. I better get a looking. Yours are lovely, love the black and white theme on the table.

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  67. I love your Show Your Rooster Blog Party post! Especially your lovely rooster dinnerware dishes! Gorgeous. :)

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  68. Love, Love, Love this table design.

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  69. I just had to stop by and get a peek at these photos again.... I love, love, love the roosters and color combo. LOVE!!!

    <3
    ButterYum

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  70. I adore your dishes! I have seen some like these on other "rooster posts" and had not known where they came from. I am glad you posted that they were from Home Goods- now, I only wish I had a Home Goods near me!

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  71. I love the lime with the black. My hydrangeas are turning that beautiful color too! They are the flowers that never stop giving!
    Beautiful table, Yvonne!

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  72. This has got to be one of the prettiest tablescapes I've ever seen! LOVE the green, black, white. Love the white rooster. Your rooster lamp is adorable. The dishes are wonderful, as are the sweet little pewter napkin rings! I'm so glad I stopped by!

    Big TX hugs,
    Stephanie
    Angelic Accents

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  73. Thanks so much for swinging by and commenting on my blog....I'm so glad you did b/c you have some really beautiful finds on your blog! I am in love with this table!

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  74. What a beautiful table. I now want a white rooster. Yours are just perfection, Char

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  75. Wow! Absolutely gorgeous. You are always at the top of my favorite list and you recipes ALWAYS sound delicious. Maybe you might consider doing a post on drying hydrangeas?
    Thank you for the time and thought that you put in to your beautiful blog. Vicci

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  76. I am still trying to get around to all the rooster parties!! I made it to the "S" blogs now!!! I love your collection of roosters! I love the black and white dishes!

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  77. Merry Christmas & a Happy New year. Virginia At the Ant & The Grasshopper

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