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SUMMER TABLESCAPE WITH LEMONS & FLOWERS

DIY Lemon & flower summer tablescape

Nothing is more enjoyable to me than having a nice meal at a beautifully set table.  These days it’s challenging to bring everyone together for a sit down meal, but I’ve noticed having a lovely tablescape encourages people to come together for meal times.  It creates a beautiful, festive-like atmosphere, and it feels like a fun little private party at your table.  I always love creating beautiful tablescapes any time of year and this cheerful summer tablescape is definitely a favorite.

Back on theme with my last hydrangea and rose blog post I’m sharing more of my favorite flowers for the table, but this time I’m adding lemons.  We never have a shortage of lemons in our house, we use them for everything, food, drinks, even decorating.

DIY Lemon & flower summer tablescape

I love the casual summer simplicity of skipping the placemats and other heavy linens and using rustic grapevine chargers instead for texture.  I’m so bummed out these chargers from Ballard Designs already sold out, hopefully they’ll get restocked, and in the meantime I have linked some similar ones at the bottom of this post.

DIY Lemon & flower summer tablescape

DIY Lemon & flower summer tablescape

When it comes to dinner plates I usually stick with white and bring in color and patterns through my napkins, accent plates, and centerpieces.  I’m always on the lookout for accent plates in different colors and patterns.  I find them to be pretty affordable and always make the table pop.  They make perfect appetizer, salad, and dessert plates too.  These buffalo plaid accent plates are pretty amazing, and will work with so many seasons.  I picked them up from Hobby Lobby on sale and have them linked below if you don’t have a store near you.

DIY Lemon & flower summer tablescape

DIY Lemon & flower summer tablescape

Cut hydrangeas can be tricky at times, often they can wilt the next day and it’s very frustrating.  Removing the leaves can help the flowers stay hydrated longer but I prefer to keep the beautiful leaves.  A favorite trick of mine is to cut the stem at a sharp angle and dip each end in alum.  Alum is used for pickling and canning, and you can find at the grocery store in the spice section.  It works beautifully to keep hydrangeas fresh longer and ideally you’ll want to mist the hydrangea with water a few times a day too.  Hydrangeas are thirsty flowers!

DIY Lemon & flower summer tablescape

For the lemon centerpiece I used israeli ruscus as a green filler and it’s commonly found in the floral section of grocery stores.  Israeli ruscus is tough and does fine without much water, it’s been a few days and mine are still bright and perky.  Just cut the stems down to the size you want and arrange them in the lemons.

The roses in the lemon centerpiece are a different story.  Short term for several hours they’ll be fine without water, it you want your roses to last longer arranged with lemons consider floral tubes or placing them in shot glasses with water.

DIY Lemon & flower summer tablescape

I love to dream up different colors and patterns depending on the time of year and enjoy taking inspiration from nature.  The colors and textures are so bright and fresh for summer!  While we don’t have sit down family meals every night, we do make it a point to do it as often as possible.  It’s easy to create a simple tablescape that encourages people to gather around the table.  Sometimes I think the prettier the table the better the food tastes!  Feel inspired and bring your own creativity to the table!

Vase Black & White Buffalo Check Accent Plates | Grapevine Chargers are sold out, HERE and HERE are some similar ones | Pink Napkins are from Pier One, HERE are similar ones

 

Laura

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