Welcome to my upper deck! We are dining alfresco with this summer table!
I don't usually do tables outside but I decided to do something a little out of the box for this Summer Blog Hop and set my table up on our deck. I am joining our wonderful group of Table enthusiasts led by Rita, from Panoply, for a fabulous look at summer tables.
The reason why I don't do many tables outside is that we live on a hill leading down to a lake and it is nearly impossible to set up a table in the yard unless we are right down on top of the water. The other reason is that we have a pergola over our middle deck that casts shadows all over any table I have tried to do out there. The bottom deck is completely covered and it is too dark down there - and the top deck is only 4 ft wide. -so this makes outdoor tables a bit of a challenge. I threw in the towel and just went with the shadows from the pergola on the middle deck this time.
We had a beautiful sunny day with blue skies and very little wind - which made for the perfect day to set a cheerful table with bright summer colors of blue and yellow. Even with the shadows from above you can't miss this fun striped table cloth with it's giant lemon motif.
I turned the bright yellow placemats from their traditional width placement to have them hang over the side of the table since my table just to add some interest. I chose a simple placesetting of blue dinner plates with a patterned edge and two different patterned yellow salad plates - only because I couldn't make up my mind which I liked better!!
I topped the plates with my favorite napkins - paisley!!! and a denim blue, too!! If you know me you know that I like denim. I have to take a friend with me when I go clothes shopping just so I don't come home with another denim shirt. I always feel my most creative wearing a denim shirt - it is my uniform of choice.
The lemon napkin rings were a gift from my daughter for my birthday this year.
They were from Kirklands, along with the blue seagrass tumblers that I purchased there two years ago.
(now they offer them in black - no longer navy)
I filled a little lantern candle holder with some faux ranunculus and greenery for my centerpiece and surrounded it with my favorite summer pitcher and some fun Rae Dunn water bottles.
Our lake is nice and quiet during the week and this is early in the season, so it was a very calm and quiet day on the lake, the way I like it!! The weekends get a little crazy sometimes - but for the most part we have a little slice of heaven on Earth here!
Now it is on to see what everyone else has in store for some summer fun!
Here are all the links to all of the talented hop participants:
Wishing you a very chill summer!!
