Cremeware and Tureens

Since my kitchen and bedroom makeovers are more or less complete (no room is ever finished!) I've been pondering on what color to paint my dining room and foyer. Since those are the first two areas of my home you see upon entering, I wanted them to flow together plus tie into my kitchen and den. The kitchen wall color is Latte but I really didn't want to use that in the dining room and foyer. Then when I saw my wonderful friend Rhoda's post on her "classic dining room" this week, I knew which direction I would go. I just happen to have the hardwood floors, sisal rug, and mahogany table and sideboard, plus a few pieces of cremeware. I just need to paint and add molding under my chair rail. Since I'm not as handy as Rhoda, I don't know whether or not I could do the molding myself, so we are having a handyman friend install it.

I have been collecting cremeware for sometime now but I don't have as many pieces as I'd like to have. I wanted a real "statement piece" to go on my dining room table and I lucked up Monday in one of my favorite flea markets and found a wonderful soup tureen. It's huge! While it's not the "real deal" I fell in love with it and since it had been marked down quite a bit, I went ahead and got it. While out shopping, I found two 36" mahagony shelves at Ross for $10.99 each! I will use those on a big wall to display some of my cremeware. Well, now, since I have those shelves, I gotta have some "stuff" to put on them, right? Today I went around to some of those great places like Marshalls, T.J. Maxx and Ross (again) and loaded up. I don't have pictures of those yet cause I put them in my closet for later (I know some of ya'll do this too)!


All of the photos below are of the plates and other items I have just stacked on my sideboard for now....not necessarily "decorated" but just put out so I could see what I have.

I got these pretty little oval dishes at Old Time Pottery for a song...I love the edges. They are just placed on one of my cake plates

When I took the crystal candle holders and candles off the dining room table, I put the candles in this urn for the time being but I kinda like the way they look there

The plates on the bottom match one of my cake plates

Here's a view of the sideboard and cremeware

Here's my big "statement piece" on the table! I just love it

I would love to start painting the dining room by this weekend but it all depends on the "molding guy". Keep your fingers crossed he can get to my project soon.

I promise to post some pictures of our cruise to Mexico soon. We were so tired when we got home Saturday that we just crashed. Then Sunday I spent with my mom and then the grandkids and their parents came by for a little while. Pictures soon..............