For a creative, convenient way to serve and chill wine at your next outdoor party, consider the wine gutter! This picnic table, designed by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, features a built-in galvanized steel gutter down the center of the table. Fill with ice and you have a bona fide wine cooler! More
A dozen mugs. A stack of porcelain plates. A few tea pots. How do you display your tabletop collections when they're not in use? From neatly arranged groupings on a shelf to hanging wall displays, these images show the myriad ways available to both show off, store, and keep safe your prized pieces. More
You know it's trendy when people are dip-dyeing Easter eggs, but still: so pretty! Whether it's the handle of a wooden spoon dipped in the perfect coral or an ombre-style napkin, we love this halfway, handmade pop of color. Here are 10 ways to get it on your dinner table—seven you can easily DIY, three to buy from the pros. More
When it comes to spring tabletop decor, you need not look further than the garden and farmers' market for inspiration. Here are a few fresh and colorful ideas incorporating spring radishes – and you can always eat them (perhaps in a quick braise) afterward! More
Sometimes an idea is born that makes you just sit back and scratch your head, wondering why didn't I think of that? Such is the case with these easy, sweet-looking napkins. More
Candles flummox me, sometimes. While I might remember the candles for dinner, there's a good chance I forgot what size my candlesticks are — I mean you keep that written down in your wallet right? Find out how you can make any size candle fit and what a vegetable peeler has to do with it! More
You don't need a ton of money to set a cute table. Take these pig placecards, for instance. The supplies came from the dollar store — cheap, cheap, cheap. More
Dyed Easter eggs have wandered in many directions in their history, from dying them red in remembrance of Christ's blood, to what a lot of kids will tell you now: they color eggs to make them look like jelly beans.
This time of year there are some pretty amazing craft-tastic ideas online and in magazines making it entirely possible to devote days to creating museum-quality ova. I prefer the less design-y and more rustic approach. After all, they're eggs you might be stashing somewhere in the lawn. And with a small child in the house, this is not a project likely to involve X-Acto knives and tiny electrical tape stencils.
Easter is a reminder of fertility and abundance, so I say turn on the color and let loose. More
Easter is around the corner, so I wanted to revisit these surprise eggs I made a couple years ago. I used them as placecards for an Easter lunch. These were inspired by Megan of not martha, and they are real eggs, hollowed out and stuffed with treats. The truly surprising thing, though, is that they were actually really, really easy. More






















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