Similar Dress here and here // Shoes (Similar here and here) // Earrings  // Similar Watch // Table Runner // Similar Ikat Plate here and here // Bamboo Plate // Placemat // Napkin // Vase // Flatware

I love to set a holiday table.  The 4th of July is a favorite!  A simple but elegant table is my typical style.  I’ve been eyeing these bamboo and Ikat plates for a few months. Getting ready for a July 4th tables cape and with Pottery Barn’s sale, I couldn’t resist! They have up to 70% off and free shipping right now. I am crazy about Ikat so it was hard for me to pass these up for so long.

Having great basics like this blue vase, make setting a festive table easy. My blue vases are actually from Tiffany and used when I chaired the Junior League of Dallas Ball years ago but work well with this causal setting, too. Tuck some American flags in hydrangeas and, voila, July 4^th centerpieces. I added these red and cream striped placemats, jute table runner and napkins tied with a woven red ribbon I picked up at the local craft store.

Obviously, we’d need glasses for dinner and these are the ones I have at my bar for both parties and family events. I didn’t add them to the table because, honestly, it was so dang hot, I blew it off!  Thankfully, my dress was cool.

I’ll be sharing my menu next week but go ahead and order this today so you can start marinating your meat 3 days before your cookout!

Happy Friday!

xo

Alicia

Photos: Mary Summers-Hafner