Let's Play House

Did you ever play house when you were growing up? I know someone in my family, who by the way has a blog, use to play school instead of house. She had a whole classroom set up in our house growing up and had imaginary students, but you don't know who I am really talking about. Okay? Well, I have been playing house in the dining room. See when I got my new plates I had to put together a pretend Thanksgiving table setting. I am not hosting this year so I don't really need to set a table, but I wanted to play so I did.

I decided to use everything I had right in front of me in the dining room and do blue and white.

I pulled out my gold chargers, some white plates, then my new Haviland plates, and topped them all with the blue and white transferware plates right off the wall. Yes, indeedy.

Two different transferware patterns are mixed on the table.

The centerpiece is all my blue and white pieces that were on top of the hutch and armoire and my silver candlesticks.

The runner is a vintage grain sack with a blue stripe.

I pulled out these very old blue buffalo checked napkins and tucked them into these woven napkin rings.

The clear glasses were found last year in a junk shop and the blue ones are from Home Goods.

My squirrel and nut salt and pepper from Pottery Barn gifted to me on my birthday.

The blue and white plates needed to go back on the wall so I didn't have to look at empty nails everywhere so I pulled out these little floral plates that were my grandmother's.

I used my vintage forks and spoons, but still on the hunt for knives.

If I was really hosting I would use a low centerpiece.

Just remember this is all pretend.

I just love playing house.

Hope you will come back tomorrow for my guest post series "My Favorite Room".

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