Table Settings- Dinner on the Patio

We celebrated a special birthday this past weekend.  It was a great opportunity for the Prairie Hive girls – and a few others- to get together and have a wonderful dinner outside in this beautiful Oklahoma weather!  We couldn’t have asked for a better evening to sit outside, relax and enjoy being together.

The plan was to cook out and have a low-key, kid-friendly birthday celebration.  This is what we did, but since it was a birthday and since an actual chef was the one doing the cooking, it seemed like some sort of table setting was in order.  Plates on the lap weren’t going to cut it, but it didn’t need to over-the-top either.

To start, I used some great fabric I found at Interior Fabrics here in Tulsa.  It was hand-made in India – and I found it back in the corner on clearance!  You never know what you’ll find it you look hard enough.  I love the color and I’m thinking it might make another appearance around Memorial Day weekend for a little twist on the traditional Memorial Day decor.

I filled my collection of glass bottles with Baby’s Breath (that I actually still had from an event the week before).  I love Baby’s Breath by itself – it’s so fresh and natural – and it lasts forever!  Even when it’s dry it looks good.  And I filled some other bottles with orange Ranunculus – it was such a great contrast against the blue.  To add interest and a little candlelight, I set out some white glass votives.

I used my white plates (because that’s what I have) and plain white napkins (also what I happen to have).  I thought about adding something interesting to the napkins, but it was a simple cook-out after all, so I let it go.  The result was simple and casual, but at the same time purposeful and colorful.

Here are a few things to recreate a similar feel…

Clockwise from top left:

Recycled-Glass Jugs, West Elm

Luminous Porcelain Dinnerware, Pier 1;

Ikat Table Runner, Williams-Sonoma

Serpentine Bottles Vase, Anthropologie

Viva Terra Flatware, Viva Terra

White Raffia Belted Rice Paper Votive, Luna Bazaar

Hops Tablecloth, John Robshaw

LisaW

Lisa is a mother of three who works as a fashion and wardrobe consultant. As a former French and Latin teacher, the time she spent living in France has an ongoing influence on her style, both in fashion and interiors (she has the most comprehensive collection of plain white shirts you’ve ever seen!). She considers shopping a true hobby, a skill which was put to good use as she recently completed an addition and remodel of her family’s 1958 home in Midtown Tulsa. Throughout her home, you can recognize her emphasis on comfort with a few quirky touches that make it a true reflection of her family and their collective style. Lisa is old school and has yet to latch on to this whole “social media” phenomena

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