You've Got Me Going In Circles

So, answer me this: How the heck do you use round placemats?


I bought a few of them awhile back at Dollar Tree, but I can't seem to get the hang of them.

Do you center the dishes on them? If you do that, the plate is too far away from the edge of the table.

On the other hand . . . she had five fingers.
Ah, remember that old playground joke?


Anyway, on the other hand, if you put the plate where it is supposed to be in relation to the edge of your table -- which is about one inch in from the edge -- then the plate is off center on the round placemat and looks, well, cockeyed.

I tried both ways today. Ended up using cockeyed and off-center,
which probably doesn't surprise anyone who knows me.

Besides, as I used to tell my girls when they'd put the dinner plates many inches away from the table edge, "Hey, I don't like having to call a cab to get to my food!"

Yeah, they used to hate it when I said that.

So, what do you do with round placemats?

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Here's my table setting for today: a cozy dinner for two in our dining room.

I need a bit of light from the chandelier, as I've closed most of the draperies;

otherwise, too much late afternoon sun just pours in.

Not only does it cause glare, it also illuminates even the teensiest bit of dust or schmutz.
And of course, at That Old House, we only have teensy bits of dust and schmutz.

Oh dear. My nose is growing.

What I used today:

Big green Dollar Tree plates as chargers.

Old fruit blossom liner plates, from my mother-in-law, as salad plates.

Vintage hand embroidered linen napkins.

30 year old Czech crystal wineglasses.

Vintage flatware, silverplate, Georgian pattern, from early 20th century. Ebay!

Little bird tea light holders, Dollar Tree.

Fake flowers. I'd much prefer real, but I don't have them in the house right now.
(Hear that, Howard?)

A little pink and blue chicken, given to me by my Aunt Lillian when I was a little girl, and old then. The chicken, not I. Old, I mean. Also some faux glittered fruit, just because it was there and looked like it wanted to join the party. Plus, my Mom's George & Martha salt shakers.

And that's all she wrote.

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Visit the blogs listed below, for more fun playing with dishes, or showing thrifty or vintage finds. You know you want to . . . .

Susan hosts Tablescape Thursday at Between Naps On The Porch:

Leigh of Tales From Bloggeritaville is our hostess for Thrifty Thursday:

And Suzanne of Colorado Lady brings us Vintage Thingies Thursday; I love that "thingies!"

Happy Thursday! It was garbage collection day here, always a blessing.
What would we do without our sanitation guys? -- Cass