Spring & Easter Table Setting

Happy Monday, peeps! :)

I was chatting with a friend and she mentioned that she wished bloggers would

share their entertaining tips, tables settings and recipes for holidays in time for people

to be able to take advantage of them. Yikes, I know I've been guilty of rushing to get 

things put together and posting them after the fact.   

I have good news and bad news.

The good...I put together this cheerful Easter table setting to share with you.

The bad...it ends up we're not hosting Easter this year. 

Which probably isn't a bad thing after all since I still have my unfinished buffet project

 in the dining room. And, that also explains why you only see close ups of the table. :)

The inspiration was this indigo tablecloth I found at Goodwill. Remember when I showed

 you my trash to treasure scores. I love the raised white embroidery and block print style. I

layered a black and white striped runner I had from my nephew's wedding last summer.

I included my DIY candelabra for fun! 

Simple grocery store lilies and wheat grass I planted add lots of color and texture. 

I love to collect small vases to sit at individual place settings. Yay for spring,

I finally have a few sprigs of greenery and little flowers to cut. For a variety of

heights I used a glass cake plate to display wheat grass planted in inexpensive

 terra cotta pots, painted gold.  

Aren't those little peeps poking their heads out of the cracked shells cute? :)

Just crack open a few eggs, wash them and let dry and set the peep inside. 

Tomorrow I'm sharing our hands down all-time favorite dish

for Easter Brunch. I don't know anyone else who makes it and

it's sinfully delish!  

to paint or not?

Thank you so much for all your sweet comments on the DIY Candelabra I shared with you. 

My dilemma is whether or not to paint it, I love the warm neutral wood, but 

oh my, these are gorgeous and I always fall for anything with a high gloss finish. 

Don't they look like pieces of artwork?!

Shop Candelabra - Dunes and Duchess 

Shop Candelabra - Veranda

 Mabley Handler Interior Design - 2012 Hampton Designer Showhouse

Shop Candelabra - Traditional Home June 2014

 And then I go back to the beautiful natural wood.

 Waiting on Martha 

Waiting on Martha

And, mine...

What do you think? 

White, black, navy? 

I could always repaint if I get tired of one color, 

BUT

once I paint there's no going back!   

DIY Four Arm Candelabra

  

Happy Monday, friends!

 You guys know one of my favorite things to do is to figure out a way to DIY a high-end

 product that is out of my budget and share it with those of you in the same boat. I love 

my new Four Arm Candelabra, if you can squeeze glue out of a bottle and drive

to your local Ace Hardware you've got the skills, and can have one too!

  

I'd seen these gorgeous candelabras here and there, but this Dining Al Fresco post by

 Mandy @ Waiting on Martha last summer was the one that made me take notice, and

 search them out. Sadly, they were $600 each, waaaay out of my candelabra budget!  

Waiting on Martha

 

When I started out I had no idea that I would be able to replicate it this closely,

I was just hoping for the general idea. Between pieces from Home Depot, Lowes and

 Hobby Lobby it came together and is the exact dimensions of the original 

Dunes & Duchess inspiration piece - 25" x 16". 

Shop Candelabra - Dunes & Duchess 

SUPPLIES & HOW TO:

Cost: Just under $50 including labor

These are the pieces I used, but it's not necessary to use the exact styles if you can't

find them. 

However, I was way more excited than anyone should be when I spied the the

 pieces with the carved rings - you see those on the original, right? So you might

want to hunt high and low for those if you're that type. :)    

The pieces on the bottom right (use four) are glued on top of the pieces top left to create

 the candle holders. 

The base, bun feet and top finial (two to a pkg, use one). 

9" traditional leg  

Before beginning I took a dowel, a bun foot and four decorative candle holder pieces

to Ace Hardware for them to align the arms and drill the holes.

ABSOLUTELY worth $10! 

My finished arms are 16" from outside edge to outside edge.

(I had a dowel, but you'll need to add it to your supply list - 1/2" x 32")

This is what you'll get back from the helpful hardware man! 

All pieces fit together very snug and secure. 

Begin assembly:

I adhered the decorative wood pieces with Gorilla Glue, following the

manufacturer's instructions.Several of my pieces had double threaded screws in them,

 I removed them with pliers before beginning. I left it on the bun foot above since the

 rings below had a hole in the center. If the glue was visible I used a toothpick to clean it

 up before it dried completely. After gluing I held the pieces together firmly for

several minutes before moving on to the next piece.

Apparently I didn't think you needed any more photos after that or I was

so excited to see it come together I blasted through it!

Atop the 9" traditional leg is a decorative piece from Hobby Lobby

 (see above, my supply list shows two, but I ended up only using one)

then the arms and top finial from Lowes (see above).

To keep my candles from leaning I put rubber bands around the bottom to help

them fit tightly in the candle holder. 

WARNING - DISCLAIMER:

This is wood, it will catch on fire and burn your house down!!!

The Hobby Lobby packaging indicates the wood candle holders are not to be used with

 candles, as in lit candles! 

 So, there's more to these pretty little candelabras, they're available in 

a variety of painted colors ~ indecision ~ to paint or not to paint??

Tune in tomorrow for more...    

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