A little fruity lunch ...

At last - some warm weather for us to get excited about!
One good thing about the warmth is that food tends to be lighter too - lots of salads & fruit; the table settings tend to be bright too as shown by this summer style ...



The daughters requested a fruit lunch after a very busy week so I made fresh fruit salad with pineapple, mango, oranges, peaches, apples, pears, plums and blueberries  ...

Sliced melon & grapes seperate because the melon tends to make the fruit soggy.

Perfect served with just ice cold pouring yoghurt & citrus water

What is your favourite part of summer weather? Do you opt for lighter food?

Thanks for stopping by,
Dee ~♥~

What is your style?

A friend & I were chatting today & she asked 'how would you describe your style?'
An interesting question - I describe my style as modern shabby chic - I love mixing old & new, vintage with anything that I like because I like my home to be interesting - not restricted to any particular shop or era. Whenever I am our browsing, I like to buy things which I know will go with what I already have.

This also applies to my table settings which I love doing.

Summer settings should be light, bright & airy & so I did this for lunch with a friend. I started with a favourite vintage green milk glass set which is a perfect summer colour on my sideboard. A bunch of very scented sweet peas looks just right.

Luckily I have some interesting green glass ware which I decided to use on the table. This is my selection ....

A white undercloth with a vintage cutwork cloth in pink & green to set the tone

 The modern green footed bowl is often used at home & I used it with some delicate vintage glass salad servers because there were no children about ....

I love vintage flat ware / cutlery so I used a red & green setting for the two places. I am undecided which I prefer ... would you have chosen those two colours from the box?

On a visit to IKEA some time back I found these lovely plates  & bowls & bought them on impulse because they are so lovely. I think they are a perfect summer set.

The place mats are modern with a beaded border.

 The jug & glasses are a set of vintage vaseline / uranium glass. I love the intensity of colour from them .

Do you like mixing things up? What is your style?

Till next time, thanks for stopping by
Dee ~♥~

A lazy Bank Holiday breakfast

Long weekends are for taking life a bit slower and having a relaxed family breakfast of a little of what we fancy ....

and that is what we did ...

I love these vivid green glasses & jug with the cranberry juice

an excuse to find my green glass footed bowl, jugs & glasses & use them  

A relaxed time - I Hope your Bank Holiday was relaxing too ...

Dee ~♥~

Mother's day breakfast ....

We decided on a low key breakfast together today to observe Mother's Day. I am thankful that my daughters are kind, considerate & loving daughters all year so we do not make a massive card & gift bearing fuss of a particular day, especially this year ....

Always brilliant to have daughters home with Andy, the boyfriend who is a fab cook; our choice today was pancakes with lots of stewed & fresh fruit served with a choice of ice-cream or yoghurt; fresh orange juice  & some homemade cinnamon swirls.

Our conservatory sideboard has some oversized pink baubles & I think they go rather well....


I am rather partial to pink & the garden is just coming to life now with beautiful pink hyacinths, tulips, crocuses & other bulbs so we enjoyed those for colour! Aren't they f♥b?

Table setting was some of my favourite bits: white plates with floral Ralph Lauren top plates, large blue Spode platter plates & white servers .... I used coloured crockery & black for my own ones!

A most thoughtful & enjoyable breakfast ... how was your day spent?

Look in again soon
Dee ♥