Christmas in May

At rest, and play...
So here it is, for all the world to see, the table chairs and sideboard spoken about in my first post! The first picture is the dining room and tabletop at rest, without the beautiful Laurentian mirror designed by Los Angeles architects Jim Favaro and Steve Johnson. The second is the room at its Christmas Eve best, with the Laurentian mirror- what a difference a mirror makes! I've translated the classic 1964 table scape to suit me and my home today. The wreaths (on their 45th Christmas table) are sharing center stage with an arrangement of crisp, white carnations (done in the waste pot of my grandmother's silver tea service). The chocolate brown Sferra hemstitch linen cloth (at Nieman Marcus and a great value!) has replaced the rose colored one of my mother's, and the sterling flatware (Tuttle's Lamerie) is what my partner and I picked out for ourselves (the Gorham English Gadroon my sister is keeping for my niece). Christmas (ANY holiday, for that matter!) is the perfect time for recharging the energy inherent in family treasures. With the addition of each object, I can feel the room's whole energy hum with greater and greater vibration. I'm very pleased with the new additions (the Baccarat Don Perignon champagne flutes, Tiffany's crystal all purpose wine glasses- another tremendous value at $15 a pop!) that enhance the old: the 60 year old Tree of Life dishes and water goblets from my parents, their silver water pitcher, and of course the table, chairs and sideboard of my youth. And I think my mother is pleased as well...