Orangeries are greenhouses, popular in 17th century France, used for wintering over fruit trees. For a refreshing winter table setting, I love decorating with citrus and greens and I like to imagine enjoying a meal inside one of these grand buildings on a dark winter day.
I made mine with mix and match white containers, bay, boxwood, and clementines. I like the idea of adding tiny votives and paperwhites too. See more at Project Wedding.
simply beautiful. makes me want to visit one. One of my favorites is Dumbarton Oaks in DC. beautiful.
Posted by: Brittany | January 04, 2012 at 07:04 AM
Gorgeous and so simply! My neighbor gave me some of her beautiful backyard lemons for New Year's and I think I'm going to do something similar.
Happy New Year! Frolic is still one of my favorite blogs. :D
Posted by: jen | January 04, 2012 at 10:03 AM
Oh, btw, that link to Project Wedding is broken.
Posted by: jen | January 04, 2012 at 10:03 AM
I love those colors together! Really wintery but a bit of a punch too, with the orange. Wonderful work as usual, Chelsea!
Posted by: Colleen | January 04, 2012 at 10:39 AM
Such a fresh and inspiring concept for this moment in time! I love the citrus combined with white tablewares. So pretty!
Posted by: Ladomestique | January 04, 2012 at 10:59 AM
even just a white ceramic vase of bay and boxwood would be so cheering this time of year! i love how crisp it looks.
Posted by: erica | January 04, 2012 at 12:34 PM
oh! the mini duralex. lurve.
Posted by: erin | January 04, 2012 at 04:30 PM
Absolutely love this... simply marvellous. I got very excited about combining this with mismatched metal vintage pots... so much that I have popped it on my blog (with full credit and a link of course!). Inspirational and divine... feeling the need to go and tweet about it right at this moment!
Posted by: Wedding Colour Themes | January 05, 2012 at 08:21 AM
So pretty. The combination of glasses, bowls, vases, really makes it.
Posted by: janis - pinecone camp | January 05, 2012 at 09:15 AM
I have the white dishes. I have the clementines. I just took down the tree. It looks kinda empty in here. So... Thanks ~ This will totally brighten up the house!
Posted by: Connie | January 05, 2012 at 09:20 AM
This is my ideal table setting. So simple!
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Posted by: Greer | January 06, 2012 at 04:06 PM
So simple and pretty
Posted by: amourette | January 08, 2012 at 07:26 PM