As for plates, I went with a combination from two collections I have — a clear dinner plate to let the warm
wood table shine, and a neutral bowl for the soup.
Not exact matches
I wanted my
table to have a little sparkle and
shine, to offset all the dark
wood tones, so I brought in my brass candlesticks and some gold candles.
I layered my formal dinner plates on top of the
wood slice chargers to bring a pop of
shine to the
table with their gold rim (I love the juxtaposition between the rustic
wood and the fine china!).
For our dining
tables, we used farm
tables and rather than cover them in
table cloths, we let the natural
wood shine and used long
table runners of greens sprinkled with florals, white candles and raw pineapples.
The
shine and bling from the chandelier is a beautiful and unexpected contrast to the rustic
wood table, finished out beautifully with clean - lined chairs.
I wanted the
table top to be smooth as butter, so I fine - sanded a second time with a very fine sanding block, almost burnishing the paint into the
wood until it
shined even before the wax was applied.
Also the
wood is all kinds in the room from the floor (tiger - striped bamboo) to the the
table (Brazilian hardwoods) with its African mosaic marble top but all from tropical enviros - really makes my staid china and crystal sets
shine and warms up my brocade wainscoting and dupioni silk drapes!
The bottom part of the
table is
wood but the top is some sort of particle board that has a high
shine.