Ok, with such an important sports event as the Super Bowl, there is no way we cannot come up with a table setting. Usually we think of beer, chips and barbecue but this time I want to come up with something different. Let’s prepare a sit down lunch in front of the set.
If you’ve been keeping up with my posts you’ll recall I don’t like to over-theme my settings which is why there are no footballs in sight here! I did, however, pick up two important colors that remind us of the game. One is the color of the ball and the other is the color of the field. Basically, this two factors are what it’s all about.
I leave my rustic tabletop to create a masculine base. Then I place the woven mats in the color of the football and my “The Friendly Village” tableware to pick up on the earth tones. I then arrange the white linen napkins with the green borders and embrace them with the pewter napkins rings, which you can still find at Pottery Barn, as well as the pewter bowl holding the dried earth toned vase fillers. The green water glasses continue to pick up on one of the two important colors.
The pewter candlesticks, which I purchased at an antique shop, hold my lucky find of the day, which are the taper candles in the same brick color as the mats. Perfection!
My suggested menu is from Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa Family Style Volume:
Tomato, Mozzarella & Basil
Lasagna With Turkey Sausage, and
Tiramisu
With our meal planned and our table set, may the best team win!
