I happen to be relatively new to creating tablescapes that incorporate more than just a small centerpiece and a few votives. As an empty nester, I now have the time and I've been having so much fun experimenting! I've come to understand my personal style/approach which took me some time to cultivate, and I feel this is just the beginning for me. I believe this will be an ongoing process for me; the more I do, the more I'll learn about my own style preferences. One area that I am not...

In my last post, I explained all the elements and components I generally incorporate when creating my tablescapes. In this post, I’m sharing my philosophy and my approach to creating a tablescape. That said, my philosophy is a work in progress. There are multiple reasons for that with the primary reason being I just didn’t know where to begin. I was a newlywed at the time Martha Stewart was becoming a household name as a creator of beautiful food and tables for entertaining. As much as I...

Tablescapes. What are they? Who’s making them and why? Tablescaping is not a new concept. Creating an artful table began back in the late 18th century, but the noun/verb did not come into existence until designer David Hicks coined it in the 1960s (according to my internet search.) So what exactly is an artful table? The answer to that is purely subjective which, by definition, means you can’t get it wrong. How liberating! When it comes to modern day tablescapes, there are no...