Suppertime at our House

I'm a couple of days late, but I'm linking up with Kelly's blog to show you my dining area. When we built our home, we chose a study, rather than a 4th bedroom or a formal dining room, so our kitchen is eat-in.

We eat every meal at this table, except on nights where we eat pizza. (Pizza was meant to be eaten in front of the TV, no?) It's a rule that we've enforced religiously in our home, even prior to having Jack. To each his own on this, but I'm convinced that good family communication happens at the dinner table.

The table has a leaf that stays in all the time. I love hosting friends for supper or pretty much anything. The dining furniture is a discontinued line from Broyhill called the Painter's Shed. We bought the table a month before we married, and my husband bought me the hutch for Valentine's Day a few months later. The window treatments and window seat cushions were custom from Calico Corners.

This is a great space, and I have a feeling someday we'll find a table for 8 that I can't live without that may come to live here.

Jack ate in this high chair up until just a few months ago, as I mentioned here. We love our Prince Lionheart boosterPOD and that he's now at the table.

I talked about the hotel silver in the shadowbox here and the birdie pillow here. Looking at my archives, I made both of those in 2009, so that must've been a particularly crafty year for me.

Here is a better look at the hutch. Eventually, I will put my slow growing collection of white stoneware up top,
but, you know, slow growing. I tend to forget I'm collecting it.

This is a collection of red transferware and silver plate that I've picked up at a few antique shops over the year. Except some of those pieces are from my everyday china, which I talked about my love for here. I love dishes!

This is my tea set from my everyday dishes. I want a footed silver plate tray to keep them on, but I haven't found the exact size I need yet. The pink cake plate was from my mom at my first wedding shower. I also love pink.

And here is my little Jack's view from the table. He sits directly across from me. Those placemats are a sun-washed yellow that isn't photographing well with the light behind me.

I also posted on the living room and kitchen if you're new to my blog. Thanks for stopping by!