Though the restaurant has lawful added a weekday small-plates happy hour described as "blue-jean on good terms," it is a dressy place for the Santa Monica
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Then I decide the casualness or formalness of the plates and place mats to determine which pieces go together well. Although I'm not one to eliminate something just because it's too formal, if the color is in a beeline, I can work around it.
So in the end, a casual everyday combination developed out of my deep-green plates, using a rustic woven charger for substance and creating a color difference between the green plates and the green velvet place mats. I used the velvet position mats in the opposite direction for added interest.
I think the patterned napkins, in combination with the ivory linen ones, figure out the place setting. With all of the solid colors, a pattern was needed to brighten it up and add some interest. Then the woven napkin ring couldn't be more fulfilled.
Anyone who knows me knows that I love roosters. I have for years, and it's not going to change. My husband bought these fabulous rooster plates for me about a year ago, and I'm having so much fun with them. Because they are a great pattern, we need solids to back them up.
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