Living alone means many meals by myself - I don't always set a "complete" table at every meal when I eat but I always set one for dinner. (In all honesty, I don't set out any wine/champagne glasses since I leave that stuff for holidays and celebrations....) It was easy because my old dishwasher was not big enough to hold dinner plates - I always washed them by hand. Might as well bring out "the good stuff" then. And the fact that I am one of those weirdos that like to wash and handle fine china.
Well, I do have a new dishwasher that can handle just about anything and I am still washing fine china by hand but everything else goes in it. Fortunately for me, this week's table is all dishwasher safe.....
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Flatware is "San Remo" by Hampton Forge
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American Atelier made several "Safari" patterns - this particular pattern has four different animal accent plates
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I hate to take pictures of black plates - they always look like they have lint on them....I promise this one is squeaky clean.
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The gray "Faience" charger by Christofle is one of Pat's very favorite colors
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Pat used the same place mat on our other blog (The Welcomed Guest) this week to show how versatile it is
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We couldn't resist these stitched napkins when we saw them at Pier 1 a few months back. Here, Pat mixed it with a black napkin and black napkin ring (made from PVC pipe cut into a 1" round and spray painted)
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Where it came from:
Place Mat - from Pier 1 this year
Charger - "Faience Gray" by Christofle from eBay
Dinner Plate and Bread/Butter Plate - "Black" Fiesta(ware) by Homer Laughlin (1986-2014) from Kohl's (dinner plate) five or six years ago and Replacements.com (the Bread/Butter plate)
Accent Plate - "Safari" by American Atelier from eBay
Flatware - Black "San Remo" by Hampton Forge from Horchow's two or three years ago
Glassware - "Midnight Black" by Artland from Replacements.com
Place Mat and Napkin - from Pier 1 this year
Napkin Ring - Inexpensive PVC pipe cut into 1" rounds and spray painted with plastic adhesive spray paint
Matte Porcelain Candle Holders - from Pat's collection
We will be joining the following Blog parties this week:
"Dishing It! & Digging It!" at Rustic & Refined this Sunday: http://www.rustic-refined.com/
"Tablescape Thursday" at Between Naps on the Porch: http://betweennapsontheporch.net/ 
