The Dining Room Ready for an Elegant Christmas Eve

The dining room has been decked with bows of greens and reds with touches of blue! This year our dining room is looking somewhat elegant with all of its pretty sparkles of silver along with tons of greenery. I am really loving the idea of creating my own garland and centerpiece with freshly snipped greens. It brings such a wonderfully festive look as well as a fabulous aroma to our dining room.

The dishes I am using for our Christmas Eve dining is the set my parents bought when they were first married 59 years ago. This set has actually been boxed up for the 20 years my parents lived in Florida. So I thought it would be nice to bring them out and use them for this first Christmas with my parents who are now living up here in the northeast.

The table cover is nothing more than a tartan plaid throw with lots of blues and greens.

Candlesticks in globes set on stacked dishes add some interest to the table setting. A strand of silver beads is draped on the top plate.

Miniature sleds bearing three truffles will greet each guest as they sit down for their meal.

Fresh greens everywhere!

The sideboard is filled with silver pieces accented with arbor vitae and boxwood. Doesn't it sparkle?

And I am ready for Christmas company!

So what is on the menu for tonight's dinner you ask???

Feel free to stop on by...we have plenty!

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A Gift from Mom ~ Beautiful Edelstein Bavarian China

As you already know my parents made the big move last week from their much loved home in sunny Florida to the beautiful state of Pennsylvania. And with this massive transition came a lot of downsizing. When my parents first wed almost 59 years ago, my mother bought this gorgeous set of china which I remember always making its way onto the table for family gatherings like Thanksgiving and Christmas eve. When they moved from Pennsylvania it got boxed up and shipped to Florida and has not seen the light of day since. So for 20 years it sat in two rather large boxes on the closet floor in the guest bedroom.

Since I am such a sucker for pretty plates (especially ones in blue and white), not to mention how sentimental I can be about certain things I remember from my childhood, when my mother offered me this set I totally jumped, no pounced on the chance of owning it!

From what I could find out via the Internet there is no huge monetary value with regard to this set. Mostly because there is a large inventory of  60 to 70 year old china flooding the market as baby boomers clear out their parents estates. 

This particular set is called Empire Blue and was manufactured in Germany. It is a service for 12 and includes a gravy boat, square vegetable dish, teapot with creamer and sugar bowl, and a covered casserole dish.

I love how every piece is trimmed out in silver.

So what in what am I displaying this fabulous Bavarian china you may ask?

Another amazing score from ReStore! I purchased this piece for our kitchen a few months ago and only paid $40. It actually has glass doors for the middle which are obviously off, and two chicken wire doors flanking that I have opened. My plan is to paint her but I wanted to wait until I decided what to display on her shelves.

Now I know!

Wishing you all a wonderful day and remember this evening at 7pm the 25th Share Your Style goes live! There will be loads of inspiration to be found, so please stop on by to party with us!

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