{Guest Post} Dreamy Whites

 Hello!

I am Maria from the Dreamy Whites Blog.

I live on a horse ranch in California, U.S.A. with my cowboy husband and five kids.

Federica was kind enough to ask ME to do a guest post for her!

Thank you Federica,

I am a huge fan of Sweet as a Candy, and am really honored to be here today! I have always wanted to visit Italy! I can only imagine how amazing it must be to live in Italy.

 For my guest post

I thought I would share a few ideas on how I freshened my dining room table up for spring!

I wanted it to have a provencal farmhouse feel.

 I love lilacs, since my lilac bush was in full bloom, that was the flower I used.

 My chandelier, that hangs over my table is an Italian made chandelier.

I love Italian antiques!

 I used a galvanized bottle carrier to hold the lilacs.

Giving the table a bit of a french country feel.

 I lined the table with my collection of lavender bottles.

A lot of them are old french perfume bottles.

I really like how lavender and a little bit of red looks together.

I also added four dishes of seashells to the table. There is one seashell in each dish that is filled with wax to make a candle. 

 I put one lavender perfume bottle holding a lilac bloom amongst a group of

blue- green leche glasses.

 I lined the table with a french red striped runner. 

 The grain sack material has a very organic nubby feel.

 We always drink out of mason jars. I think it helps give the table setting a farmhouse feel.

Another thing is they are inexpensive to replace. For napkins I used a variation of vintage linens. Some are all white while others are red and white.

My plates are all a mixture of english ironstone and Haviland China that I found for great prices at local estate sales and antique stores. 

 I hope you enjoyed a look at my spring inspired table setting.

 Thank you again Federica for giving me this opportunity to guest post 
on your beautiful blog.

Hopefully someday I can really visit you in Italy!

Take Care,

Maria

Dreamy Whites