Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Tablescape Thursday - Toile Table

It's time for Tablescape Thursday again! This is the day we get to visit lots of our blogging friends to see what they've set on their table this week. Thanks to our wonderful hostess, Susan of "Between Naps on the Porch". This past weekend my husband's college roommate and his wife stopped by for lunch on their way from Williamsburg to Washington D.C. They've just moved back into the area and it was great to visit and catch up again. I was looking for a simple tablesetting...nothing too fancy but still welcoming. So I decided to use my black and white toile. The black and white combination seems to be "The little black dress" of tablescapes.


Welcome to our toile luncheon table.


Of course, there's a place set just for you!


With the black and white placemats, I decided to use my black iron treble clef flatware. Very heavy and substantial feeling flatware. And not too fancy.


Black and white checked cloth napkins with white ceramic napkin rings.



A pop of color comes from the paper napkins in the glasses.


An overview of the table.



Pressed glass stems used for shrimp cocktails.


The black and white toile salad plates came from Marshall's about a year ago are layered over the white Gollum dishes from Big Lots last summer.



I was able to use the same flowers from last weeks tropical table. I pulled out the blue and orange flowers and arranged the pink, purple, green and yellow ones into smaller containers, mixed with tealights and set on a cake stand.



A tabletop view.




One last look at our toile table. It seems that toile is either something you love or hate. I've loved it long before I even knew what it was called. My grandmother had a toile bedspread in her guest bedroom when I was a young child and I was enchanted by the "old fashioned" people. It wasn't until years later that I realized that fabric was toile.

Be sure to visit Susan this week at "Between Naps on the Porch" where you'll find many, many tabletop inspirations.

See ya!

51 comments:

  1. Beautiful, Martha. I'm at work on a black and white table myself. Hope to have it photographed to share by Thursday. You are way ahead of me!
    Thanks for sharing your Toile table. ~ Sarah

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  2. Oh, your table is stunning. I love the toile and the check together. Your entire table is lovely. Hugs, Marty

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  3. So beautiful, Martha! There is something so elegant about black and white....Christine

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  4. My Niece would have a fit over this one. She is all about toile....I sent her a link so she could look it over. She and hubby are at seminary....on a fixed budget...and she comes up with some of the cutest arrangements of furnishings, et al. This one is very elegant. Love it...as always.

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  5. Your table is just gorgeous! I so love toile! Don't have a lot of it. Buy toile fabric and machine embroidery designs whenever I see them. Want to do a toile bedroom and bathroom.

    I also love check fabric with it.

    Noticed your huntboard/sideboard in one of the pics to rightside and behind your table---a beautiful piece.

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  6. Hi Martha! I love seeing your pretty toile table!! Those pretty bird plates are perfect. I'm sure your guests were thrilled to be treated to such a beautiful table! :)
    Be a sweetie,
    Shelia ;)

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  7. I love it. I really didn't like toile until I started doing these tablescapes. I still wouldn't want a house full of it...but, I do love how it looks on the table. I love the "little black dress" line...perfect!

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  8. This is wonderful. I love the black and white!

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  9. I was just looking out my window tonight and wishing I had some black and white. Your toille plates and placemats are absolutely fabulous. What a pretty table you set. I love the checks and the flatware, they take it to a very casual chic level. Hope your friends had a great visit and were oh so impressed!

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  10. Your tablescape is beautifully set! I especially love toile matched with the gingham. What a lovely combination. The flatware makes the look all tie in together nicely! ~Susie

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  11. I love toile! And I covet your flatware! Hope all is well, Martha!

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  12. Just beautiful! Your black and white table is poping with color, I'm sure you had a great visit!

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  13. This is a classic table. I love the black and white as well. And you are fight about the pop of pink. Gives the eye something to seek out.

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  14. Put me in the "I love toile" column with you! I liked that comment about it being the little black dress. That's so true. I just think you can't go wrong with it, and you sure didn't!

    When you added the pop of color, it took on a whole different look, too!

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  15. You had me at "toile". Just beautiful.

    - The Tablescaper

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  16. I love this black and white! Yes, "the little black dress" of tablescaping! LOL! I also like the pop of color in the glasses.

    Katherine

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  17. Very pretty table!! I love toile and this table looks lovely! And the bright color of the flowers complements the black and white.

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  18. Black and white toile is so pretty, it just stands out so nicely with the bright flowers...love your table, Martha.

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  19. Count me as a LOVE toile. The black and white are so crisp and fresh and your table is just lovely. The napkins and flowers really make it all pop. I'll bet your guests were very impressed.

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  20. I am toile fan! Your table is great.

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  21. Oh very pretty Martha! Love those placemats and the toile dishes. Just a perfect luncheon table!

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  22. Your table strikes just the right note -- sophisticated, but friendly! That flatware is perfect with the black and white toile and gingham. And I love that you were able to "repurpose" your tropical flowers from last week's table!

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  23. I love a classic toile mixed with a gingham check, so you have nailed it for me! The added pop of color in your florals was exactly the right touch, too. I've seen silverware like this before- who is it made by? I really like it. Thank you for your visit and nice comment, Martha.
    :-) Sue

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  24. Tabletop toile is just the best!

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  25. Love the black and white. The plates are cute. I didn't know the flatware was called that. I'm a music teacher-I'll have to look into that pattern!

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  26. Beautiful tablesetting. I am a huge fan of toile's and I really liked the black and white. Gorgeous.

    Carolyn/A Southerners Notebook

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  27. So pretty, Martha. I'm not normally a toile kinda guy, but the black really speaks to me! You probably already know, but your pressed glass sherbets are "Park Lane" by Colony. I use one when I eat ice cream (far too often)!

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  28. What a beautiful tablescape. I just love the black and white but most of all I adore the touch of red you added. Super job girl!

    God bless ya and enjoy this beautiful day!!!

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  29. That silverware is fun! great centerpiece too!

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  30. Love all the toile. A pretty table. My grandmother had toile wallpaper in the bedroom I slept in whenever I'd visit, so it always reminds me of my grandmother. And yes, I love it!

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  31. I've always loved toile, too, so this tablescape made me really happy! Did you know that the French word toile is translated fabric? Thank you for sharing your charming design. Cherry Kay

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  32. I just love toile and have none of it so I especially enjoyed your tablescape. Just lovely!

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  33. Black and White always classic elegance. Happens to be my favorite two colors. Love the flatware - where did you get it? Thanks for sharing..Please visit my blog
    http://tammy-domesticdivaatwork.blogspot.com/ on or after 09/30/10 for my 100th post "Wedding Tablescape".

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  34. Hi Martha! You know I love your toile tablescape! And the check with the toile is so pretty! I love the pops of color, too! Have a great weekend!...hugs...Debbie

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  35. Hi Martha,
    I love your tablescape. Thank you for visiting My Cozy Corner. I love Susan's Tablescape Thursday too.
    xoxo
    Betty

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  36. I would be honored if you set this table for me....I love the black & white. Thank you for sharing!

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  37. Oh Martha, this is beautiful. Of course, I fall into the category of toile LOVER, so I adore this tablescape. From the place mats to the plates, the pretty flowers in individual containers, and that treble clef flatware - it's perfection! laurie

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  38. Martha, this is a beautiful table! The toile works so well with the checked napkins and the treble clef flatware (I have that too and it is so much fun) and the pops of color are perfect! Very nice! Linda

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  39. Very pretty! I love the black and white with those touchs of hot pink and yellow! I have black and white checked napkins too so I love this extra idea of another way to use them in tablescaping. Thank you!

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  40. That is a great little black and white tablescape. It seems so personal and welcoming. I hope your friends enjoy the table as much as I did!

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  41. Your table looks lovely. I'm a lover of black and white and any shade/pattern of toile. I like the paper napkins in the glasses. Great idea!

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  42. I love how you layered the two different toiles, with the gingham - just like decorating a room!

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  43. A very nice table....I like how you used the black check napkins with the toile plates...I love the salad plates with the black birds...

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  44. I love your "little black dress" comment! Very true. YOur table is so quietly sophicated! And the unexpected pop of color so much fun.
    I am drooling over your flatware. I just love it.
    Your friends must have felt so welcomed and cherished by the beautiful table you set. Toile and checks... a fabulous combination!!!!!
    Yvonne

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  45. I enjoyed seeing this again! Thanks for your comment today! When is your anniversary in Nov? My 50th would have been Nov 5th.

    I hope you are having a nice weekend.

    Katherine

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  46. Martha-I love the colors and adore anything toile, but what caught my eye is the beautiful sideboard in the background! I know you must have featured it sometime in a post that I missed--? I am dying for the treble clef flatware too! beautiful. ps--let me know if you make the "family" recipe :)

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  47. It's me again, Martha! Oh, you're the smartest one! I had never thought of a faux Fall! You're good! Yes, you're becoming a Fallen woman too! :)
    Thanks for popping in to see me.
    be a sweetie,
    Shelia ;)

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  48. I love the black and white check! And those plates are beautiful. What a beautiful table setting. Oh Martha..I think I'm "fallin'" for you! (I'm being silly!) It really is lovely though..Fall! I am SO ready.
    Struggling to get it all together though. I think I just unpack and THREW things at my poor room..
    Hugs!
    Mona

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  49. I love toile! This tablescape looks so pretty, I am sure your friends loved it. And you know what looked so nice with it? The checkered napkins. That really made it perfect!
    Take care,
    Gloria

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  50. I really like this black and white theme-so pretty. Toile can really be dressed up or down, can't it.

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  51. LOVE black and white toile!!! Last year I started collecting the Royal Doulton Provence Noir dinnerwear because I found them in an outlet. Now the outlet left town and I have to drive over an hour to the nearest outlet. (I refuse to pay full price for it). Anyway, I am looking forward to completing my set. Once I do I will definitely be doing a tablescape on my blog with it. Thanks for stopping by. I am having fun checking out your blog too. Happy New Year!

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