Around Lolly's Sideboard: Early Spring

 

It's the time of year when some days it feels like Spring has sprung and other days (in the same week!), it feels like Winter still has a grip on us.  

For this sideboard setting, I decided to incorporate the Winter evergreen shades along with the browns of the woods.  There are some special pieces here and I'll give you all the details!

It's sometimes difficult to get the true Fiestaware colors to shine through.  The dinnerware here is Fiestaware Evergreen even though in some of the pictures it appears to have a little more bluish tint to the pieces.  Think Christmas tree green...it's that shade!

This is a rich color that reminds me of magnolia tree leaves!

These little bunnies aren't your typical Easter bunny rabbits in whites and pastels.  These are winter woods bunnies!

I'm so proud to own these three Pyrex bowls in the "Forest Fancies" pattern.  They are also known as the "Mushroom" pattern.  These were produced in the 1980s and are part of the last four ovalware patterns made by Pyrex before production ended in 1986.  They feature a mushroom and foliage design in brown on a speckled beige background.  These belonged to my mother and I'm proud to have them in my kitchen now.  When she cooked family gathering meals, the largest bowl held potato salad, the medium size was for baked beans, and she would serve cole slaw in the smallest bowl.

This crock is another piece of the Fiestaware Evergreen collection.  Each of the wooden utensils held here were made by a friend in his woodshop.  They are beautifully made as well as extremely functional.

The same friend gifted me this lovely vintage McCoy Ivy tea set (from the 1940s) which includes a teapot, creamer, and sugar bowl.  The design features a hand-painted ivy leaves on a cream background with faux bois (wood) handles and trim.  The shape and style is extremely unique.  I think it adds a touch of vintage elegance to this setting.  To find all three pieces in excellent condition is rare indeed. 

I think this sideboard is a nice way of bridging the Winter season into early Spring, don't you?