Decadent food.  Meticulously-styled place settings.  Lush florals spanning the table.  All the makings of a wonderful tablescape.  It will come to you as no surprise when I say that setting the table for a special occasion is one of my absolute favorite things to do.  

But the life that happens in between those special, planned occasions is what I consider to be the most authentic and cherished.  Those are the occasions I can be found enjoying the casual, and beautiful simplicity of entertaining.  Where the food is effortless, the wine is flowing, and my table is filled with favorite pieces like a collected blue and white pitcher, and a few new finds woven in.

For the next four weeks, join me as I team up with our friends at World Market to share easy, casual dining inspiration.  As you’ll see, simple recipes, curated place settings (and of course, good company), lend themselves to create the kind of gatherings that are both achievable and affordable. Hopefully you too will be inspired to get creative in tastefully mixing and matching old pieces with new. 

Today’s spread, to me, is the perfect relaxed vibe for any day of the week.  With a cool California feel, and the help of new additions from World Market in the form of classic linen napkins, washed driftwood chargers, and the most perfectly imperfect ocean blue place settings I’ve ever spied I imagine sitting at this table in the hills of wine country, where I would most certainly stay a long long while.  Truly, MKR

P.S. Tune in next week as I share another table full of casual dining and entertaining inspiration and head over to World Market’s blog for more. xo