69th Tablescape - Mikasa Mediterranean

 Had a lot of fun with this tablescape!  Isn't it amazing how you pick the dishes you want to use and then add and take away accent items til it all comes together....

 The placemats are a turquoise, same as in the plates.  Then I pulled the green from the plates using the green chargers and green flatware...

 The flatware is is ceramic - "Denby"

 The napkins are "Jonathan Allen"

 The dinnerware place settings are Mikasa "Mediterranean".

 The centerpiece is a "McCoy" pitcher.

 Pulling the turquoise from the table to the buffet.  These large hurricane lamps are cut crystal - and I purchased them at Goodwill for $3.06 each - what a deal....

Hope you enjoyed another thrifty tablescape...
Mikasa Dish set:  Hospice -  $ 5.00
Denby Flatware:  PAWS -   $20.00
Placemats:           PAWS -   $ 1.25
Napkins:           Goodwill -   $ 2.06
Napkin Rings:    Keys      -   $ 1.00
McCoy Pitcher  Shephard    $ 3.00
Artificial Flowers  Goodwill  $ 2.06
Hurricane Candle  Goodwill  $ 6.12
Dotted flower vases  PAWS $ 2.00
TOTAL COST                     $42.49
                                     
As always - thanks to Susan at BNOTP for sponsoring Tablescape Thursdays. Remember: "Around the world - - life is best around the table". Thanks for visiting; please leave some encouraging words!

Dog Bowl-scape - FUN!

Sounds pretty silly to do a "Dog Bowl-scape", but I was never really happy with the look of my dog food/water area.  This area is in the laundry room just in front of our laundry tub.  It is a main path to and from the garage, and we have given it the name "Formal Laundry Room" since we hung a chandelier in there - this menagier of bowls just didn't fit in...

 We have three dogs and recently rescued/re-homed a dog for an elderly lady that could no longer take care of him - that fourth bowl - put me over the edge!!!  So I took a trip to one of my favorite thrift stores to hunt for new bowls to change the overall look and accomadate the additional bowl of dog food!

 So here is the new-much improved - Dog Bowl-scape!!!

 I absolutely love this "asparagus" adorned bowl.  Not only is it beautiful - Green ceramic - but it is big enough to hold enough water for all four of them....

 Scooby (our four year old hound dog and our largest one) had to come and check out the change!

All the bowls are ceramic, all were purchased at Goodwill:  The large green bowl was $3.06 and all the other ones were $1.06.  Total cost for this change $7.42 - so worth it....
 A closer look of the bowls....

Please let me know what you think......

As always - thanks to Susan at BNOTP for sponsoring Tablescape Thursdays. Remember: "Around the world - - life is best around the table". Thanks for visiting; please leave some encouraging words!