Designs by Pinky: outdoor dining

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Dining On the Deck!!!

I had almost forgotten how HOT and HUMID and STICKY and HEAVY July can be. This year has been hard, but we have had several evenings when we could eat out on the deck and it has been wonderful. I LOVE eating outside, relaxing and enjoying the evening. I also love to set a pretty table, don't you think the food tastes even better outside? Well, here is my latest table.

I started with this colorful, flowery indoor/outdoor tablecloth. I had these cute napkins that matched so well also! As you can see, I also mixed the flatware around the table.

The dinner plates and salad plates are melamine but the bowls are not. I wanted to bring the bowls into the setting because they each have a different pattern but blend with the salad plates so well.

I love the way the swirls on the bowl match the swirls on the plate.

These FUN wine glasses seemed perfect. They are acrylic too so no worries.

We would love for you to join us!

I brought out a flowered candle ring around a plain white candle.

I lit the candles for you too!

I cut one of the HUGE water hibiscus to show you....

along with a few other garden flowers.

I hope we can enjoy many more dinners outside. I try to eat breakfast out here most mornings. I like to get out before it gets too brutally hot:) I hope you are enjoying your summer too!!!!