Christmas Hutch

I've decorated the China Hutch with Christmas china!   

The Christmas holiday season always seems to fly by fast, making a quick seasonal change in my hutch a blessing. 

Image 1: Christmas Arrangement in Welsh Dresser Hutch

Arranging my "new-to-me" Christmas Portmeirion china in the hutch made the switch from fall to Christmas go quickly. 

Image 2: Christmas China Hutch Detail

The china pattern is Portmeirion's "The Holly and the Ivy" pattern, made in Britain.  (That's different than just England, right? I'm guessing that maybe it's manufactured in Ireland or Scotland)

Image 4: Christmas China Hutch Detail with Birds

I added vintage red glasses and accessories, some vintage stemware with gold trim, and my two favorite little birds, and the hutch arrangement was done!  (I have since found out that the vintage ruby red water goblets and the red footed "boat" bowl are the Moon and Stars pattern from L.E. Smith Glass.)

Image 5: Portmeirion Platter and Ruby Moon and Stars footed bowl

I purchased the china set at an estate sale.  A post Christmas sale in snowy weather yielded the china with tons of accessories priced to sell.  On the last day the markdown price was great, and I bought the entire set for around $100.

 

Image 3: Portmeirion Christmas China Hutch Arrangement

Sometimes I think about the previous owner lovingly collecting this Portmeirion set piece by piece.  She may have been a fantastic hostess.  I aspire to become a better at entertaining, and maybe this set will help.  In an unusual twist, I actually use this china for dining.  (Many dishes I own are for display only.)  

Image 7: Christmas China Hutch Arrangement

I can only hope that setting up and decorating the Christmas tree will go as fast.  Enjoy the oncoming Christmas season!


Oh, it's fun to share posts with viewers on-line!  The work of collecting and displaying a collection is shared with dozens, hopefully some of which enjoy the post, whereas family members barely notice or register that a change has been made to their surroundings.  Really, 2-3 comments on-line can surpass all the accolades from the family - So leave a comment if you have time, but either way, thank you for visiting and ... 

Enjoy the Christmas Holiday Season!

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Below are two earlier Christmas hutch arrangements. 

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My earliest Welsh dresser Christmas arrangement!

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My Collection of all Hutch Posts

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Vintage Halloween Glassware

Image 1: Vintage Halloween Pumpkin and Ghost Tumbler

Haunting estate sales, rummage sales and resale shops allows me to find occasional fun items that become family legends.  I once found six of the pumpkin and ghost tumblers above.  They became family favorites, used  constantly year round.  Some of the glasses broke, and since I can't replace them, I eventually put them out of sight and only bring the remaining two out around Halloween.  I gave one of the glasses to my daughter when she got an apartment, to remind her of home and make her smile.  (She insists Halloween is her favorite holiday).

Image 2: Vintage Batty drinking glass

The batty glasses above became a favorite as well.  I only found two of them.  The glass is stronger, but the black bats don't hold up well in the dishwasher, and are now more of "charcoal" instead of black. I now think of the glasses as "ghost bats" - SPOOKY!   

Dishwashers can "etch" glassware and wear off images, and some glasses wear much more significantly.  I should have hand washed these, but the dishwasher damage has been done, and the kids still like them, so I will bring them out each year, but they will still go in the dishwasher.

Image 3: Dishwasher Damage to vintage glassware - Ghost Bats

Using vintage glassware regularly does take a toll on the glassware - Glasses break, and that's OK.  Vintage glassware frequently arrives at a resale shop rarely used or unused, and "using up" a glass is a green option I like.  It also teaches the kids to handle glass with more care - (maybe?).

When the kids were young, I was so happy to have matching glassware.  I gleefully ditched the children's plastic as soon as they were old enough, good-bye plastic sippy cups!  Then came the next battle.  Every time someone wanted a drink, a new glass would be out, and on a hot day you could fill the top of the dishwasher with dozens of glasses used that day.  I started trying to get the kids to use the same glass all day, which led to needing unique glasses so they could tell the glassware apart.  Does this happen in other families???  So much for matching glassware!

This post is a tribute to these favorite glasses, in case they don't survive the Halloween season.

Happy Halloween!

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"I love autumn, the one season of the year that God seemed to have put there just for the beauty of it." — Unknown

 

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Harvest Plates

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Kaleidoscope Part 3

Kaleidoscope Part 4

 

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Collection: China Hutches and China

I collect china, and I use my china hutches to display and organize my collection.  This post groups my china and china hutch posts in one visual location.  Check out my collection below.  

Image 1: China Collection in Welsh Dresser China Hutch

Hutch posts below:
Click on a photo to see the specific post with more details and photos.

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Furniture Treasure-1st Hutch Post

Christmas Hutch 4

Christmas Hutch 3

Christmas Hutch 2

Christmas Hutch 1

China Cabinet with Rosenthal China

Blue and White Hutch

Thanksgiving Hutch

Autumn Hutch

Halloween Hutch

Valentine Hutch 3

Valentine Hutch 2

Valentine Hutch 1

St Patricks Day Hutch

Spring Easter Bunny Hutch 3

Spring Yellow Easter Hutch 2

Spring Pink Easter Hutch 1

July 4th Hutch 2

July 4th Stars and Stripes Hutch

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Below are related China posts!

Astoria Flow Blue China

Brunswick Flow Blue China

Lugano Flow Blue China

Meissen Gold Oak Leaf Platter

Oriental Hand Painted Plate 1

Oriental Hand Painted Plate 2

Limoge Hand Painted Shell 1

Limoge Hand Painted Shell 2

Austrian Imperial plate

Rosenthal Garden Caprice plate

Bavarian Schumann China

Royal Cauldon China Plate

Edith Holden April Plate

Edith Holden June China Plate

Royal Albert Serena Plate

Golden Crown Harvest Plates

Staffordshire Kent china

Sakura Galaxy China

Gold Edged Limoge China Plate

Green Majolica Plate

Green Majolica Rose Plate

Shafford Rabbit Patch Plate

Philippe Deshoulieres Plate

Reproduction Dedham China

Anchor Hocking Burple Glassware

Valentine's Day Vignette

St Patrick's Day Vignette

Royal Albert Serena Plate

Philippe Deshoulieres Plate

Astoria Flow Blue China

Brunswick Flow Blue China

Lugano Flow Blue China

Bavarian Schumann China

Rosenthal Garden Caprice plate

Austrian Imperial plate

Staffordshire Kent china

Oriental Hand Painted Plate

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As I mentioned at the beginning, I collect china, and I use my china hutches to display and organize my collection. This lets me play with my china, and helps me catalog and view the collection. It also helps me learn, develop and improve my "styling skills" over time.

Image 2: Easter China Hutch with Rabbits and Dedham China

This post organizes and shows all of my china and china hutch posts in one spot.  Over time there has been an evolution of photography, writing, and styling skills.

Image 3: China teacups from Bavarian tea set

As time goes by, I plan on updating this page when I add more china hutch posts, grouping my china and china hutch posts in one visual location. 

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French Ethereal: Share Your Style 401 Wed 6p (Entry 5 of 60.)
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