A STYLISHLY MOODY Table: Shabby Country

This is the final post in the Tables With A Theme series.So far, we’ve covered:

For today’s tablescape, I chose to attempt a table with a Shabby Country mood. Because there’s no particular color or color combination associated with that style, I’m taking as much color out of the mix as possible … and using sepia-tone pics instead. I’m hoping to convey a feel or mood that has nothing to do with whether or not you like a particular color. (Yes, I know brown is a color  — and that is gives a “vintage” feel … and so it’s a good place to start.)

In the center of the table I placed an old wooden box — and a vintage creamware pitcher …

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… filled with flowers. Frilly, stately stems of gladiolus from Renaissance Man’s garden.

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And tucked in beside the pitcher is an old ironstone bowl discovered while digging a flower bed at our 1907 house.

It’s holding vintage wooden spools of thread …

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Around the corner on one end of the wooden box is a rooster … and a large canning jar holding a tea light.

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Tucked inside the old box is another canning jar … and a vintage china plate … and a beautiful old hand-sewn hankie.

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Sitting atop the wooden box is a vintage creamware vase filled with Monarda blooms …

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a vintage hairpin lace doily …and a pair of vintage brooches … (The rhinestone flower belonged to Nannie – my maternal great-grandmother.)

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an antique pocket prayer book … and an original key to my old house.

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A china-face doll …

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The table is covered in a one-of-a-kind old coverlet …

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but the dishes …

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and flatware … are readily available today.

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The glassware, however, is vintage …

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I can already think of things I’d do differently if I were to do this table again, but do YOU think it has a Shabby Country feel?

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I’m linking to Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps on the Porch.

In case not knowing the colors in this tablescape is bugging some of you …
(The gladioli are red!)