Our kitchens rule: Our brunch (the table)

The night before – a “test run” with plastic roses before H went and got the real deal on Sunday morning. No respectable host sets a table with artificial flowers. 

The idea for this table setting started with me finding the gorgeous (yet very impractical) place card holders on sale (0.90€/piece) at Hemtex. I imagined a pure white and elegant theme for my Russian-inspired restaurant so I knew right away I wanted to do very simple narrow menus with a calligraphic font. The design turned out great – even the guy at the printery said so! *proud*
I knew my “centerpiece” would consist of as many glass elements as possible – I thought of having different shaped and height vases, candle holders, glass bottles… it would probably have looked great, but when I had placed the three glass candle holders on the table, I knew right away that the only thing I’d be adding were the three glass bottles with three white roses in each. The pearls and ceramic deer figurines were an afterthought – a great one, if I may say so myself. 🙂

// Selle lauakatte idee sai alguse sellest, kui ma Hemtexi allahindluselt need imekaunid lauakaardihoidjad (mis on samas lihtsalt ühed kohutavalt ebapraktilised junnid) leidsin (0.90€/tk). Ma kujutlesin oma venepärase kodurestorani kujundust algusest peale ette puhta, valge ja elegantsena, nii et esimese ideena sündisid kitsad ja kõrged menüüd kauni (samas mitte liiga toretseva) kalligraafiaga. Disain sai minu meelest suurepärane – isegi onu trükikojas ütles nii! *uhke*
Ma teadsin kohe, et kaunistuste hulka peab kuuluma palju erinevaid klaaselemente – mõte oli laua keskele laduda erinevate kujude ja kõrgustega klaasist küünlajalgu, pudeleid ning vaase… see oleks kindlasti suurepäraselt välja kukkunud, aga kui ma need kolm klaasist küünlajalga lauale asetasin, teadsin otsekohe, et ainus, mille ma sinna veel lisan, on kolm pudelit koos kolme roosiõiega igaühes. Pärlid ja keraamilised hirvekujukesed olid spontaanne viimane lihv – suurepärane selline, kui see koer siin oma saba ise kergitada tohib. 🙂

The menus and placecards arrived from the printery