Welcome to the 903rd Tablescape Thursday! Right around Christmas, I had several BNOTP readers share beautiful holiday tables with me. I couldn’t get them all posted before Christmas, but they were too wonderful to wait a whole year to share. Jackie wrote, “So I had this wonderful table from when my girls were 8 and 11 (now 32 and 29). They loved gathering around it—we had many family memories/stories. This was the table that all their friends liked to gather around and sit for hours. It is a counter-height table.”
Jackie said, “Well, over the years, it saw lots of love! It is solid wood, and I didn’t want to part with it, but wanted to make it a little more modern and get rid of its scratches and imperfections. I was finally able to find someone to refinish it—it was my Christmas present to myself, and I could not be happier!!! ”
The table turned out great, but I can’t stop looking at the beautiful, built-in cabinetry in Jackie’s breakfast area! The room has a “keeping room” feel—so warm and inviting!
Love how Jackie decorated her chandelier! I would be very tempted to leave it that way all winter. We get to make the rules in our own home, right? Never hurts to leave up some greenery to enjoy through the cold winter months.
Jackie found her red and white dinnerware in HomeGoods back before Christmas. Jackie said, “They are marked Grace Teaware – fine porcelain.”
This pattern would work great for Valentine’s Day this year, as well!
Beautiful centerpiece!
The matching sugar bowl and creamer…
Some of Jackie’s pretty holiday decor…
Beautiful! I would want to leave this lit village up all winter, too. ❤️
Thanks so much to Jackie for inviting us into her beautiful home and sharing the transformation of her much-loved breakfast table! So glad she was able to have it refurbished, and I know her children love that, too! Looking forward to all the beautiful table settings linked for this week’s Tablescape Thursday!
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I love it Jackie. I love how you kept a solid wood table and chairs and found someone to restore it. Someday they will have that table full of memories. Looking out the window, I always wonder what part of the country everyone lives (and how cold it is). Decorating changes in different parts of the country.
Such a ‘christmasy’ table but without santas and reindeer etc. Love that centerpiece too. Being short, I understand the appeal of the lower table when your kids were young.
What a wonderful present to yourself Jackie! And to your family too, to be able to hold on to the memories. The restorers did a beautiful job, and your decorating is beautiful! I’m with Susan – I’d leave that chandelier decor up a long time! Thanks for sharing your lovely table, and thanks, Susan, for hosting!
My similar little houses, sitting above valence, are lit all year!! ❤️ them, too!! franki
there is nothing that I don’t love about this and cozy is right. just love all it.
Love the refinished table and that china setting. That chandelier with the greenery should stay there like that until after St Patrick’s Day. Love It!!
Jackie’s table looks great. I like it both before and after! I understand sentimentality like that. The very first piece of furniture I ever bought was an oak dining table and chairs. It’s used in my kitchen now and I updated it about 10 – 12 years ago with chalk paint and a shabby chic finish, which I have enjoyed. Now I’m thinking it’s time for another update. Deciding what I want to do. But what I know for sure is, I want to keep the table! Kindred Spirits, Jackie.
Beautiful restoration on the table. Hope one of your girls will want it later. I like it darker. The table setting is really cozy and just the right about of decorations on the table. I like the chandelier decorated too. The greenery could stay and have hearts for Valentine’s Day and shamrocks for St. Patrick’s!