Finally...
I've finished polishing the silver,
purging the things I no longer need or use,
and re-organized what's left
into manageable groups that are easier to find and access at a moments notice.
Some things I haven't seen for years like this Martini Spike!
I have yet to use these wonderful Christofle chargers that I scored at a thrift shop last year,
because I forgot where I had stored them!
I'm ashamed to admit that I haven't seen these silver trays shine like this for years!
It feels so good to know that when I need them they are clean, polished and ready for me to set my table.
(I took my silver out of the plastic bags after getting some great advice about the risks of storing it this way.)
I can't wait to set my Thanksgiving Table!
Can you believe that I've been dying for some trophy cups all the while not realizing that I already had these sweet little sterling ones that I bought at a garage sale before my son was even born!
I have been treasure hunting in my own home these past several days.
Being a Virgo, I really do love the process of cleaning and organizing.
I recently found this family of pheasants (or quail, I'm not sure) and thanks to Eddie Ross' Thanksgiving Table inspiration, am looking forward to incorporating them into my Thanksgiving Table this year.
My husband bought me this food dome at The Alameda Point for my birthday.
I picked up this silverware chest at a garage sale last Saturday and painted it with leftover paint from my son's room (flax from Restoration Hardware) and added this vintage french enamel number that I found yesterday at Chelsea in Petaluma.
After I finished with the Dining Room,
I moved into the kitchen,
and then the linen closet where I purged about a dozen or so tablecloths that no longer fit our new round table.
Now it's time to clean the house!
Going through this process has really helped to get me excited about decorating for the Holidays...
Comments
i all looks amazing... and i cant wait to see photos of your table setting!
xx
By her cellar
cleanly shelves and whitened wall.
How can I guess her?
By her dresser
by the back staircase and hall.
And with pleasure
take her measure
By the way she keeps her brooms.
Or the peeping
At the 'keeping'
of her back and unseen rooms.
By her kitchen's air of neatness
And its general completeness,
Where in cleanliness and sweetness
The rose of order blooms."
1886
It's not the first time I hear a Virgo say what pleasure is derived from sorting and purging - we Aquarians would do well to copy you.
Hugs
Sharon
xx
xx Deb
Treasure indeed...how exciting to find all these forgotten pieces. I don't own any silver due to the upkeep. Your Thanksgiving table will be gorgeous!!!! Like out of a magazine...can't wait to see it. Your linen closet is a dream. I want baskets to store my linens in. Really yours is so lovely.
AND yes!... we would love to come visit and take a tour of the Cathedral. Maybe in the slow month of January when the busy-ness of the holidays are over. We are going through the RCIA program now...it has been wonderful! My husband is Catholic and even though he graduated from Jesuit H.S he was never confirmed. So he is going through the program with me. It has brought even deeper unity in our marriage. Thank you for the kind invite. I really need to make a trip to the Bay Area...to Alameda and say hello to my 87yr. old Aunt whom I haven't seen in so long. ox~ kerrie
I see your silver service is the Eternally Yours pattern in the chest you painted. The pattern is a beautiful quality.
The blue chargers are a great in house find so now that you found them be sure to use them often.
Lastly, now that you have polished your silver please visit and do mine. I polish so much of it each week that my own has become a horror show.
Oh, and if you have a link to the headboard lady, shoot it over to me, would love to put it under her gorgeous picture! I had no idea!
and.......to be so organized, a skill that eludes me. if i showed my drawers and closets, it would be a horror flick.
you have a great great eye.........what do you do with those "purged" items?? :-)
great post!
debra
Great post and your silver collection is exquisite. I can only imagine how beautiful your Thanksgiving table will be. You must take pictures. Hope all is well and I'm looking forward to your next trip down this way. I am going up to Sonoma soon so maybe we can figure out a way to meet up. Many hugs.
I need a flower frog like the silver one you have for my flowers. I am a silver junkie. but am totally laughing, because I just finished polishing some this morning. seriously, just finished. i want to see your table when it's set!!!!
your lovelies, Terri!
I just started collecting
the little silver and
silver-plate cigarette
urns and see that you
have some, too : )
Love your linen closet!
Wish I was so organized.
xx Suzanne