Well not anymore, but she was this weekend. Along with her main man Jeremy and their adorable bambino Will. And if you don’t know who the heck I’m talking about, you can read up on the Bowers over at their blog: Bower Power.
We had tons of fun feeding them, showing them around and just generally having a grand old time from Friday all the way through Sunday.
We even squeezed in a little video (as is the tradition whenever we’re together- check out this original one along with these three shot during our rendezvous in Nashville last summer: hotel inspiration part 1, hotel inspiration part 2 and shopping for DIY inspiration). We went back to our table setting roots this time and took some basic items that everyone should have (white plates, glass cups, regular old silverware, etc). Then we added five things to create three different looks for your table. Granted these aren’t the types of tablesettings where there’s tons of room for giant cassarole dishes in the middle of the table, so they’ll work better for people who entertain like we do (we serve food in the kitchen and people then bring their plates back to the table to eat it). Or you can just take some color and item ideas from the set ups and adapt them to work for the way you serve food (by leaving room in the middle of the table for platters, etc).
And for those at work who can’t watch a video, if you mute it you can see the set ups and read each of the five items without sound so it’ll still make sense. Hooray for no-sound work video options, eh? Oh, and you can watch it here on YouTube too.
Baby & family pics by Katie (come on, you know we’re not that good).
DeesignsbyNinaDee says
I.
Want.
That.
Squirrel!
Where did you get him? He is too cute and really needs to be living at my house… :)
Love you guys!
YoungHouseLove says
He’s from West Elm a few years ago. Maybe try eBay? Good luck!
xo,
s
Michelle G says
just wanted to chime in regarding the white plates- I have some that look exactly like J&S’s from Linnens N Things except mine are from IKEA (http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/50136317)part of an 18 piece set for just 25 beans (holla!).
ps: thinking about the cheerio baubles on your napkin rings gave me a great idea: how about a post devoted to decorating with cereal? it would be in keeping with the whole benjamin button trend, right? (kidding!!)
Allison says
I loved all of the table settings and the simple lists of elements to create them. Thank you!!!!
Jennifer says
I loved the placing video. You guys are adorable!
The kids are cute.
Oh and about that comment above. She is going to get upset about “Asian”? That is what it is called.
allie says
Holy cuteness overload!
Carmen says
Hi, loved the video. Just wondered, if you remember the name of the fabric that you used in the video. Love it!
YoungHouseLove says
Hey Carmen,
It was from JoAnn fabrics (although we don’t remember the name). Hope it helps!
xo,
s
Amanda says
Found this lovely photo of you and the Bowers on Google images, and could have sworn that was Teddy in the photo of all of y’all together. Hope your little man and Miss Clara are having fun with mommy and daddy. Miss you all so much!