Spring is ... Brown!

Here's a tablecloth I didn't buy at Bed Bath & Beyond. It was the most cheerful they had short of something too cheerful such as you'd find on a beach in the Caribbean. Somebody with style and imagination could make this one look all springy and serene, but not me.

I'm grateful for what we have, I honestly am. We've been eating off the same Villeroy & Boch everyday china since we got married in 1985. Every day we use it for every single meal and I think I cook and we eat at least six times a day. It's lovely, really, and very durable. We've broken very little. I'm truly grateful and am wondering if it's going to outlive me, which would be fine. It's discontinued. So am I. And I'm glad to have it -- really I am. Here's a photo:

Yes, this pattern looks springy. But I've been looking at these springy plates for close to 23 years. They don't look springy anymore. They look like plates. I don't think spring when I see them. I think, "Uh oh. Don't know what's for supper. Again."

But now it's spring. And I'd like to look at something different. I know I could go out and buy a box of cheap fun china from somewhere (like I did in grad school) and have a change of pace, or at least something different to look at, but I can't write about people starving to death one day and then write about how I'm bored with my plates and so I bought new ones (that won't hold up as well) just because I could. (Plus where do you put it all? Send my existing everyday china to Somalia to make room?)

But I can justify going out to get a fresh new, non-stained, colorful spring tablecloth. I'll take vinyl. I'll take cloth. I don't care. Just give my eyes a break. So I went to the mall and I'm here to tell you that spring has sprung -- and it's brown.

I like brown. But not for a spring tablecloth. Target also had wimpy green, sophisticated black and white, an understated soft blue-green that matches the Albertina, and a navy ikat. And lots of brown. Brown, brown and beige. Is it fall and nobody told me? Here's a very pretty table runner that would clash with my plates, but I'd buy it anyway. Except it doesn't look springy.

If you want colors you have to  get vinyl outdoor tablecloths, but I don't want to have to wear my sunglasses at supper. I'm all for garish -- outdoors.

All things considered, if all I have to complain about is that I can't find a tablecloth I like, life is good. Really good.

Hope it is for you, too. Happy Brown Spring!

Comments

[groovyoldlady]

How 'bout some placemats instead - I'm thinking goldenrod to bring out those yellow rosebuds - and maybe a new centerpiece with flowers and pale pink candles.

[Brenda]

You wouldn't want to sell those dishes and use the money to purchase new ones... would you?? I have the same set from when I got married in 1986 and never got enough to even have a dinner party! :( I have been looking all over for it. So glad we both have such good taste.