Serena & Lily's Memorial Day sale

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Hey everyone! Great news...

Serena & Lily’s Memorial Day Event is here, and we’re celebrating with Summer's deepest price dips + an extra 10% off clearance. As you begin preparing for the season, I wanted to make sure this event is on your radar and share a few items I'm excited to shop.

What: Up to 30% off everything.*

Here are a few items I'm especially loving:

• New Summer Arrivals — Over 500 new arrivals designed for the season ahead.

• The iconic Hanging Rattan Chair.

• New Shoreline Towels — Bright, playful, and perfect poolside, beachside, or stacked on display.

• Cordless Lighting — The Brooks Tapered and Fluted Cordless Table Lamps bring warm light wherever you need it, now available in four colorways.

• The new Beach Club Reversible Pillows — An easy way to layer in color and switch up your palette with the season.

• Everyday Favorites — The Teak Step Stool and La Jolla Basket continue to be go-to staples throughout the home.

• The Driftway Collection — An assortment of 15 furnishings crafted from solid hardwood, hand wrapped in painted linen with brass pulls and a matte lacquer finish.

• A little perch to hold a plant or a drink, our Pedestal Garden Stools come in 5 different colorways.

• The new Northport Outdoor Collection has the tailored, elevated look of indoor upholstery, designed to bring a polished feel to the patio.

• New Outdoor Dining — Designed for long summer evenings, open-air dinners, and gathering at dusk.

• Have your best night’s sleep with our new Linnea Quilt and Marisol Percale Duvet.

• Table Linens & Napkins — Made for casual, come-as-you-are summer meals. MY FAVORITES!

• New Wallpaper & Prints — New patterns to brighten the season ahead.

• The new Kids Collection. 

*Few exclusions apply. 

When: Offer ends at 11:59 pm (PT) on 5/27/2026.

Where: www.serenaandlily.com and Serena & Lily Design Shops across the country

ciao fabiana

 

 

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a spring garden table with Claudia

reposted from the August Table blog 

There are tablescapes that stop you mid-scroll. This is one of them.

When Claudia Fabiana set her outdoor table using August Table’s Garden napkins and tablecloth in yellow and gray, she created something that feels less like a styled moment and more like a memory waiting to happen. Sunlight pooling on white linens. Amber glasses catching the afternoon light. Daisies spilling from a white ceramic pitcher. Artichokes and lemons tumbling across the center of the table like a still life that wandered in from the garden.

It is, simply put, everything we believe a table can be.

Letting the Garden Come to the Table

What makes this setting so special is how effortlessly it blurs the line between the table and the world just beyond it. Claudia used what was growing and blooming around her — nasturtiums tucked onto each plate, trailing yellow blooms woven into the centerpiece, a generous bunch of daisies that feel gathered rather than arranged. Nothing here looks purchased for the occasion. It looks lived.

This is one of the most beautiful principles of a well-set table: nature is always your best stylist. A few lemons halved and placed casually alongside artichokes creates a centerpiece that is as fragrant as it is visual. A single bright nasturtium on a white plate is more arresting than any formal garnish could be.

The Details That Make It Sing

The layering in this table is masterful in its simplicity. The August Table Garden tablecloth and napkins anchor everything with their yellow and gray botanical print — the palette is the palette of the season itself. Against that, Claudia chose:

Ruffle-edged burlap chargers that add warmth and texture without competing with the print. White beaded charger plates that feel fresh and airy. Amber glassware that echoes the yellow in the napkins and flowers, bringing the whole color story together. Bamboo-handled flatware that lends a natural, organic quality to the table. A white ceramic pitcher serving double duty as a vase — one of the most charming and practical styling tricks there is.

Each choice is considered, yet nothing feels fussy. That balance is the hallmark of truly beautiful tablescaping.

A Table Made for Lingering

This is an outdoor table, set on a brick patio, with the kind of casual ease that invites people to pull up a chair and stay a while. It is the table you set for a long Sunday lunch, for lemonade in the afternoon, for dinner that stretches past golden hour into the soft evening light. It is generous and warm and entirely without pretension.

That is what we are always chasing at August Table. Not perfection, but presence. Not a table that impresses, but a table that welcomes.

How to Recreate This Look

If this table is calling to you, here is how to bring it to life:

Start with the August Table Garden tablecloth and napkins in yellow and gray. They do a great deal of the work for you — the print is layered and botanical, which means you can keep everything else quite simple.

Add texture through your chargers and flatware. Burlap, rattan, bamboo, and woven materials all complement a garden-inspired print beautifully.

Build your centerpiece from whatever is growing. Artichokes make extraordinary table decor. So do lemons, branches, herbs, and garden flowers. Use a pitcher, a crock, or a simple jar rather than a formal vase.

Let a single bloom do the work on each plate. One nasturtium, one sprig of something fragrant, one small flower from the yard. It takes thirty seconds and transforms the entire setting.

Finally, choose glassware that echoes your color story. Amber, green, or yellow glass will warm up a yellow-toned table beautifully.

Thank You, Claudia

We are so grateful to Claudia Fabiana for sharing this beautiful table with us. She has created something that perfectly captures the spirit of the season — and the spirit of what August Table is always trying to inspire. A slower pace. A more beautiful table. A gathering worth savoring.

We hope it inspires you to pull out your linens, step into the garden, and set a table this spring.

ciao fabiana

 

 

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vintage celebrity recipes!

Hey everyone! We are so happy to announce a fun new cooking adventure… We have a new Reddit page for all things related to Old Hollywood Celebrity Recipes. We're excited to have you join us!

I'm u/ciaolavinia, the founding moderator of r/OldCelebrityRecipes. 

 

We will be sharing dozens of fun recipes made popular by some famous folks of the past. As we step into 2026, it’s the perfect time to celebrate with classic dishes from the Golden Age of Hollywood and beyond.

 

Let us ring in 2026 by toasting the future by revisiting the glamorous flavors of the past with iconic dishes and cocktails popularized by silent era film stars, mid-century movie stars, and iconic tv stars from the 70's & 80's.

 

Won’t you join us in posting your favorite Old Hollywood Celebrity Recipe that you think the community would find interesting, helpful, or inspiring? Feel free to share your thoughts, photos, or questions about some delicious recipes that are still so yummy today!

 

Many vintage celebrity recipes are available, ranging from Old Hollywood classics to mid-century dishes, often found in vintage cookbooks and online collections. Notable examples include Katharine Hepburn's Brownies, Elizabeth Taylor's Chicken with Avocado and Mushrooms, and Johnny Cash's "Old Iron Pot" Chili.

 

Lucille Ball’s Chicken Saute Sec with Mushrooms and Artichokes

Their Favorite Recipes from John Wayne, Alan Jones and Charles Boyer.

- Baked Macaroni

- Corned Beef and Cabbage

- Cheese Souffle a la Sussex

Loretta Lynn's Peanut Butter Fudge

Lauren Bacall's Spinach and Sesame Salad

Kirk Douglas' Hamburger Patties

Joan Collins' Vegetable Rice with Parmesan Cheese

Gloria Swanson's Cream Fudge

Gene Tierney's Star-Kist Salad Royal

Farrah Fawcett's Chicken Marengo

Dolly Parton's Banana Pudding

Princess Diana's Fudge recipe

Clint Eastwood's Spaghetti Western

Clark Gable's Lemon Cream Pie

Cary Grant's Steak & Kidney Pie 

Rosalynn Carter's Flank Steak

Betty White's Easy Prune Loaf

Happy New Year from CIAO NEWPORT BEACH blog 

and OLD CELEBRITY RECIPES!

 

 

ciao fabiana

 

the Autumn Blooms tablecloth collection

 

We’re continuing to embrace soft autumn colors this fall season.

 

I can’t think of a more prefect tablecloth to highlight this season’s floral bounty from my garden. Meet the “Autumn Blooms” collection from  Elrene.

 

Don’t you just love it when life imitates art in the most amazing way?

 

When I first saw this “Autumn Blooms” tablecloth, I knew I’d have to pair it with my garden dahlias and other cottage flowers. I just love the soft fall colors in this collection.

 

I just love how easy it is to dress your table and give thanks to the season with the pretty “Autumn Blooms” tablecloth.

 

Inspired by the fall harvest, this elegant, printed tablecloth features beautiful dahlias, mums and other florals in a mix of golden autumnal colors.

 

My favorite way to highlight this gorgeous pattern is to layer the placemats for each individual place setting. 

That way each guest gets a little pop of fun!

 

Of course, the third and final piece of the puzzle that brings everything to life are the pretty matching napkins. 

Here we highlighted them to show the pattern perfectly and they’re held in place by a cute wicker napkin ring.

 

I just think this whole look is so perfect for Thanksgiving dinner, special occasions, festive family gatherings and everyday use throughout the fall season.

 

 

 

Shop the “Autumn Blooms” collection HERE

 

 

ciao fabiana

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