Lunch time with the family!

Dinner’s ready!

By Easter, the weather can be nice yet a little chilly, so you’ll still want to eat inside. But this shouldn’t keep you from satisfying your spring yearnings and adding a natural, flowery touch to your festive table.  Try using a few mismatched vases of various sizes and modest styles; filling them up with small colorful bouquets of anemones, buttercups, daffodils and freesia – spontaneous and colorful, just like spring.

The best is the enemy of the good.  Avoid an over-the-top pastoral look and choose elegant, simple and discreetly stylish plates. They should be predominantly white if you chose to decorate your table with a lot of flowers.  And, no need to bring out the fine silverware. As a nod to the occasion, consider accentuating with a pretty family heirloom, an antique platter or a ceramic pitcher. This is also a good time to swap out your usual placemats for a tablecloth, which will better protect the wood of your tabletop.

For large gatherings, don’t forget the serving dishes : they are the star of the show. Spread out on the table, you’ll avoid having to spend your time passing around salads, and lovingly peeled potatoes or green beans (the traditional side dishes that go with a gigot or a beautiful bird) or worse having to make trips to the kitchen; haven’t you worked enough already ?