Italian Dinner Party -- The Table

Last Friday night, we had a dinner party

An Italian dinner party

For 

eight!

I've shared the wine . . .

I've shared the food . . .

And now for the table!

Two leaves in -- 

angled slightly so it's easy to get to the diners on the window side

A Quaker lace cloth

bought for $25 at an estate sale

because it had wine stains

old wine stains

Which I got out!

A long table calls for more than just a bouquet of flowers

Two bouquets of yellow tulips

And a blue and white bowl of oranges and lemons

We are in "Italy" after all!

Blue and white transfer ware is a good replacement

for Italian dinnerware

Pictures of food we ate in Italy were the place cards

The name in the left corner was where we enjoyed the dish

Inside,

the menu 

all in Italian

I love small glass ice buckets as flower holders for a dinner table

They make for a low enough bouquet that you can see and talk to the person across the table

And there should always be candles at night

Four small matching low silver candleholders

with white candles

Low because you don't want to talk around the candles either!

The guests are about to arrive.

We always turn the dining room chandelier off before they come

And for once, I was able to capture the "blue hour"

And even though I showed the wine,

I didn't show the liqueur

Walnut liqueur from Sorrento

Served in wee lemoncello glasses.

The liqueur we brought back from Italy.

We don't usually bring alcohol back,

but because we were having this party,

we made an exception.

The guests felt that it was the perfect ending to the meal

along with that cup of espresso

It's Thursday and I"m joining Susan at Between Naps On the Porch for Tablescape Thursday