A-la-Kelly

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Kelly Wearstler's <a href="http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?itemId=prod96880001&eItemId=prod96880001&cmCat=search&searchType=MAIN&parentId=&icid=&rte=search.jhtml%253FN%253D0%2526Ntt%253DKelly%252BWearstler%252BTabletop%2526_requestid%253D6597" target="_blank">tabletop</a> is impeccably beautiful and a great option now that we're approaching Christmas. This collection will make a drop dead fabulous Christmas table, but at more than $100 a piece it is mostly out of reach. But, I was glad to came across <a href="http://www.crateandbarrel.com/dining-and-entertaining/dinner-plates/dazzle-plates/f38886" target="_blank">this</a> new china by <a href="http://www.crateandbarrel.com/" target="_blank">Crate and Barrel</a> that creates a similar dazzling effect. I think I found an alternative tabletop for my Christmas table.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguod4TXx_RtgTQATZfzbmiWbyspN3XftJuZPWRykS1X6Tgkl3c9PJXJIcq7rSw6ySUrqUNwiNYZhjLJFiWMTRc7Ocj3aoex5op1hOSm7VGT-HDpGGO_o63V9hE8kB1H-HUCuKEZyVkY0I/s1600/kelly-dots_rect540-1.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="560" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544953505202114594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguod4TXx_RtgTQATZfzbmiWbyspN3XftJuZPWRykS1X6Tgkl3c9PJXJIcq7rSw6ySUrqUNwiNYZhjLJFiWMTRc7Ocj3aoex5op1hOSm7VGT-HDpGGO_o63V9hE8kB1H-HUCuKEZyVkY0I/s400/kelly-dots_rect540-1.gif" width="500" /></a><br />  <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3WOud77DV573IfcPHO-aHU9jGuCa4kVTne7aShBvadhhlklyJAkxpp3Ekivq1CXgpZqDa9vbkLcrUAecbQnmwuxV6MZ24se2cJJsr_9hy4d46u_NC1iT6J4Fg4WfNluM6gvnBfZH97Y/s1600/DazzlePlatesF10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544953516701642994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK3WOud77DV573IfcPHO-aHU9jGuCa4kVTne7aShBvadhhlklyJAkxpp3Ekivq1CXgpZqDa9vbkLcrUAecbQnmwuxV6MZ24se2cJJsr_9hy4d46u_NC1iT6J4Fg4WfNluM6gvnBfZH97Y/s400/DazzlePlatesF10.jpg" style="height: 460px; width: 460px;" /></a></div></div>

A-la-Kelly

Kelly Wearstler's tabletop is impeccably beautiful and a great option now that we're approaching Christmas. This collection will m...

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A touch of Christmas for your table

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">If I spot one of these adorable napkin rings at one of my friends Christmas dinner party, I might stay for next morning left over. Wouldn't you? Available <a href="http://www.dransfieldandross.biz/search_products.asp?category=tabletop&subcategory=Napkin%20Rings&subsubcategory=Christmas">here</a>.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Ju5bPgX3FywzAHwAjPbxgKLrMKk4PYeoA6ZkLRfHg-J7ZAe2NP1tKxVURPYeUTXqSoxWZhItn4uk1Ve9MR8N0k0WKi-eK2ca5XeMaploEI2ozrg-PplTEe2kMGudzlQsP9QNvjdVFM0/s1600/dransfield+and+ross+christmas+napkin+rings.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="470" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541226512307304482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Ju5bPgX3FywzAHwAjPbxgKLrMKk4PYeoA6ZkLRfHg-J7ZAe2NP1tKxVURPYeUTXqSoxWZhItn4uk1Ve9MR8N0k0WKi-eK2ca5XeMaploEI2ozrg-PplTEe2kMGudzlQsP9QNvjdVFM0/s400/dransfield+and+ross+christmas+napkin+rings.jpg" width="470" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDMKXDp_wozLongXSuQvq7fR9D1PAc6aKHC-XVn3A1juYED-enz7iag6lkcogd-pQkCN-zS-jQH7P9Q9FTE749w0S0WnSbFltpysukLzV2YIniGX9RVbPI6dEfSfpRyjEemHH3JpFFzI/s1600/dransfield+and+ross+napkin+rings.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="437" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541226507756100210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDMKXDp_wozLongXSuQvq7fR9D1PAc6aKHC-XVn3A1juYED-enz7iag6lkcogd-pQkCN-zS-jQH7P9Q9FTE749w0S0WnSbFltpysukLzV2YIniGX9RVbPI6dEfSfpRyjEemHH3JpFFzI/s400/dransfield+and+ross+napkin+rings.jpg" width="470" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Have a wonderful weekend.</span></span></div></div>

A touch of Christmas for your table

If I spot one of these adorable napkin rings at one of my friends Christmas dinner party, I might stay for next morning left over. Wouldn...

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ADHDS

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Yesterday morning I attended an early breakfast hosted by Architectural Digest before the <a href="http://www.archdigesthomeshow.com/">show</a> would open its doors to the public. It was a great opportunity to meet interesting people and also to get a private small tour of the show. The show was very well put together. Each booth was set to look like a real living space, which I personally think makes exhibitions far more interesting to designer eyes compared to booths with only free standing furniture with no relationship to each other. One of my favorite exhibitors and probably the one with the most beautiful booth was <a href="http://www.masongrayco.com/">The New Traditionalists</a>. Their furniture does honor to its name. It's American style meets European style in a very uptodate comfortable living way. I love all of their pieces. Later I had the pleasure of attending the seminar "Selling Design in a Changing Economy" given by Vicente Wolf, Dakota Jackson and Mitchell Gold. Beside the seminars interesting and informative part I enjoyed the charm of <a href="http://www.vicentewolf.com/">Vicente</a> whom I had the honor of meeting afterward.<br />Of course the star of the show for me was Dining by Design so I made sure I paid a visit and absorbed as much as I could. I also took pictures of a few of my favorite tables for my lovely readers to have some table setting inspirations. Enjoy.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignUiC9ZJmrRUtr_H4SP2rMfWR66l7RC8jXAW8Kdv7erCTxHK4dxA4_MRuNMeYZp-S5dzERP6UAWRXyvaJTxujqFFGQfQfB9KEu4ULFonVBSHOc02vAaSGv8lKIPfE-gYQqtXd9mQVdzI/s1600-h/IMG_0488.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450198726364602450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignUiC9ZJmrRUtr_H4SP2rMfWR66l7RC8jXAW8Kdv7erCTxHK4dxA4_MRuNMeYZp-S5dzERP6UAWRXyvaJTxujqFFGQfQfB9KEu4ULFonVBSHOc02vAaSGv8lKIPfE-gYQqtXd9mQVdzI/s400/IMG_0488.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>None of these pictures give enough credit to any of these gorgeous table settings but especially the table designed by <a href="http://davidbeahm.com/interceptor/">David Beahm</a> for Continental Airlines which was among my favorites. The table looked like an interior garden with climbing, twisted dry trees with real orchids, bulbs and leafs on them. The round banquette<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> were upholstered in a green silk embroidery fabric with I think, removable wood seats on top of it. The table was entirely mirrored and each table top was different but in such a subtle way that you don't really notice it until a few minutes pass because all glasses were clear and the difference in plate color were very subtle.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosPdigM2qDlMMtVdZ-3YTk8QTHDx2XAikshr5YxRBXo7WoVnZ4HKqQ3gjzTe1yvbnNQq_t-Y7KJK38CRAM8dsrqahGJpUQU1DtcH4BHMiVoV8lqltVb1L4kzn405ZhZ_0cxxGDEQgnCg/s1600-h/IMG_0492.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450198716999773746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosPdigM2qDlMMtVdZ-3YTk8QTHDx2XAikshr5YxRBXo7WoVnZ4HKqQ3gjzTe1yvbnNQq_t-Y7KJK38CRAM8dsrqahGJpUQU1DtcH4BHMiVoV8lqltVb1L4kzn405ZhZ_0cxxGDEQgnCg/s400/IMG_0492.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZmdM_D121a98QuvbQ4SW9sHNPhA3gTSyyz3epKzWd7e0kwXXw9tCyza9lJvKXsAMGOWnvjxPfQIONmJR9IH8yHHUcnhZgknqg_76Rh1nj_IVKe08gWsnwCevqytJZJ42JrXTICTJS0c/s1600-h/IMG_0491.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450198709279758546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZmdM_D121a98QuvbQ4SW9sHNPhA3gTSyyz3epKzWd7e0kwXXw9tCyza9lJvKXsAMGOWnvjxPfQIONmJR9IH8yHHUcnhZgknqg_76Rh1nj_IVKe08gWsnwCevqytJZJ42JrXTICTJS0c/s400/IMG_0491.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>A closer shot of the attached orchids. Below is a more organic table designed by Architectural Digest and <a href="http://www.mooreandgilesinc.com/">Moore & Giles</a>. I loved the detail of a different quote on each plate.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwdFzlyoQaEB2qsByCwldCgqdVX3UdiffuDMFkV4ZpUdmW2CO1wdJokdyuj7D7WrNcZOEuiKvzQJGQ4wFrIHRlxRoU33SENFmlsoZeoAB42WGVj6d4acwYUhwD5YaJcDo1Osg-syx04c/s1600-h/IMG_0458.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450198701367476498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwdFzlyoQaEB2qsByCwldCgqdVX3UdiffuDMFkV4ZpUdmW2CO1wdJokdyuj7D7WrNcZOEuiKvzQJGQ4wFrIHRlxRoU33SENFmlsoZeoAB42WGVj6d4acwYUhwD5YaJcDo1Osg-syx04c/s400/IMG_0458.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; height: 350px; width: 450px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY6MafQg34slMZIu-e-Akvnf2K0QJOV5zz52RwKVeZj2Eweqrq9pFHf2tuXWIjpN5nidNCkQIDePeuNXwl2O851TDFcomJYYo_ys5qYGGyAcahJeif4k-EP2O8Ho_t8L88aREx_cCTbdw/s1600-h/IMG_0461.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450198689469968082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY6MafQg34slMZIu-e-Akvnf2K0QJOV5zz52RwKVeZj2Eweqrq9pFHf2tuXWIjpN5nidNCkQIDePeuNXwl2O851TDFcomJYYo_ys5qYGGyAcahJeif4k-EP2O8Ho_t8L88aREx_cCTbdw/s400/IMG_0461.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; height: 350px; width: 450px;" /></a></div>How cute is this Manhattan table setting designed by <a href="http://www.marcwilsondesign.com/#">Marc Wilson designs</a> and Marc Tamayo for <a href="http://media.modernluxury.com/digital.php?e=MANH">Manhattan</a> Magazine. Those yellow cabbies and the NYC hallmark buildings are so much fun.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgc6k-NVk8lymO-hHXh1MtVUdtlG4w8maEoXp4QCPOs2CkvF5nQ6f5OgdpbJHEbCObyOyjWOZ-iIEX0Y7sDMJ-drJAcmGQwo6xeB8wyUQ8e6IZGQC2TnacPwASCUW3Y-NLq9emhqL6oaQ/s1600-h/IMG_0484.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450197658982388226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgc6k-NVk8lymO-hHXh1MtVUdtlG4w8maEoXp4QCPOs2CkvF5nQ6f5OgdpbJHEbCObyOyjWOZ-iIEX0Y7sDMJ-drJAcmGQwo6xeB8wyUQ8e6IZGQC2TnacPwASCUW3Y-NLq9emhqL6oaQ/s400/IMG_0484.JPG" style="height: 350px; width: 450px;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs0RKKOnQI-PrCmNDuVU3TE0xjn824W9Ccu3XIkAOS0IytMCSCOg_MVqyIMHQBcLbUBEx2PWSGwOz25RGT5S1YQ0gS7FTgvvdISGFFfeK5TXMuEGasC-YKcRKOw3j-2mZ8vtsuJx2YbEY/s1600-h/IMG_0485.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450197646476718386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs0RKKOnQI-PrCmNDuVU3TE0xjn824W9Ccu3XIkAOS0IytMCSCOg_MVqyIMHQBcLbUBEx2PWSGwOz25RGT5S1YQ0gS7FTgvvdISGFFfeK5TXMuEGasC-YKcRKOw3j-2mZ8vtsuJx2YbEY/s400/IMG_0485.JPG" style="height: 350px; width: 450px;" /></a></div>The delicacy of this table and a movie by Audrey Hepburn as its background was such eye catching especially with that beautiful crystal cascade in the middle. Designed by David Rockwell from <a href="http://www.rockwellgroup.com/">Rockwell Group</a>.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgBjaZTVyfdHcVQ4_vIdgU3VwAjoSL8abMx7XFCUKJW-YWHTmHeEAKUYw2bAwyOI9iXvxz1ezRppfnVQUdOpS6j61YAZm688jrw_S7ENo-W6lRUqEGWT1ZOlygD0R7EatIe1EM3ATXwU/s1600-h/IMG_0482.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450197638413154914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgBjaZTVyfdHcVQ4_vIdgU3VwAjoSL8abMx7XFCUKJW-YWHTmHeEAKUYw2bAwyOI9iXvxz1ezRppfnVQUdOpS6j61YAZm688jrw_S7ENo-W6lRUqEGWT1ZOlygD0R7EatIe1EM3ATXwU/s400/IMG_0482.JPG" width="480" /></a></div></div>

ADHDS

Yesterday morning I attended an early breakfast hosted by Architectural Digest before the show would open its doors to the public. It was a...

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