I found the tablecloth on ebay and it had a buy it now price. I had sent the seller an email because I had a question about the cloth, and while I was waiting to hear back from her...someone bought it right out from under my nose. Drat it! I'm so mad at myself for not going ahead and buying it. Now, to start all over again trying to plan the tablesetting...

I love your table, doesn't need anything more. The colors of the fruit in your basket go with the placemats and napkins perfectly. I love the design on your china too, such a pretty, happy little scroll. ;o) Those are gorgeous placemats too. The tree and ornaments look just perfect on the side table too. You did a great job with all of it. Luvs

fnmroberts-- lovely tables! What a way to celebrate! Thank you for sharing! cyn, I love the Provence tablecloths. High on my list now, esp. since it's on sale! seagrass, you've given me a lot to think about! I think I will have to look in person to make returns easier, as you said. Very true about the pattern placement. Much more challenging when it's a non-standard size table. busybee-- great idea about CB. We have an outlet not too far, either, so that could be another place for me to look! WhiteRiver-- Wow . . .endless ideas from that site. I've bookmarked it for inspiration. I can see having a lot of fun decorating for everyday and the holidays with those ideas! catt-- I had not had much luck with the image search, which is why I posted. Sometimes I have no idea how some images come up in the searches I post-- they seem so random! I would love to use runners more and see the table as-is, esp. since we got rid of our water-damaged table (bought that way used). But, DH is afraid the kids will ruin it (or maybe me, too) so we have it protected at all times with a pad. Hmm. If we clean up spills right away, what is the worst that will happen? I guess the more "dangerous" thing that would happen is if we put something too hot down without the right kind of pad? yogacat, what great ideas. I forgot about bedding. I love matelasse and do not own any of it . . .keep dreaming of raspberry matelasse covers for my sofa, but since that's not going to happen, I could get a spread for my table! Are they pretty much a standard size? Some sites had actual dimensions listed, but some only "queen," "king," etc. oak, I am going to have to explore table toppers! Thanks again, everyone!

Yes, I would be worried that this is not a stable piece of furniture. What concerns me from seeing the picture and hearing of its bargain price is that it is a "cheap" reproduction and not worth a great deal of money but then you get what you pay for. So, if the price is "cheap" and you receive a "cheap" piece of furniture, then so note it be. Photography is everything for the salesman. Yes, a wordsmith is a writer, reason I said I have been known to be a wordsmith albeit I need to work on my sentence structure. Why would you want leaves with this table? I just don't know if it is real original piece, why one would not want to just leave it in one piece and celebrate its beauty without being stretched out with what appears to be unfinished pine or sawdust wood. Would you be able to take the "leaves" out and display it in its original state or has this "original piece" been dinked with until it cannot be returned to its original state without these silly looking "leaves." I agree with KSWL that it would have to have pads. I think this is one I would leave on the Bay.