Dear John (Derian)

I (the dude) hung a new plate on our "plate wall" in the dining room.

The new addition? A John Derian plate (Sky Bird #5, Paon de Mer, Standing) was a birthday gift from a lovely friend. Lucky me!!

(details about the other plates can be here)

Doily love

When friends came over on Friday, I realized that I need to get my hands on table linens that fit my dining room table when the leaf (or two) is added.

I found this one at Anthopologie. Love it! This weekend, maybe I'll attempt to make something similar.

Plates

Over the break, I was able to check off another project on my imaginary "to-do" list that lives in my head. I've been collecting plates for the past two years to hang on the dining room wall and just needed to get some plate hangers. I made a template out of construction paper and the dude used some crazy hooks that are just for plaster walls.

Now I have to find the perfect fabric to cover the two dining room chairs that have arms! Nice to finally have this project done.

{the last picture represents the wall color in the dining room. the other pictures look too orange/beige}