Greeley, Kathryn
Kathryn Greeley
Regional design celebrity Kathryn Crisp Greeley’s Noland Interiors, Inc., has been providing professional interior design services and creating timeless and uniquely personal environments in the Southeast for more than thirty years.
From an intimate martini party to a Thanksgiving extravaganza, Kathryn Greeley shows how to make easy, fun, and breathtaking tabletop designs that will make any occasion memorable, using your existing or new collections.
Chock-full of inspired ideas for hosting high-end theme parties, The Collected Tabletop includes professional photographs of place settings and tabletop decorations; elegant, hand-painted menus; favors and floral arrangements; and simple and easy-to-prepare recipes, such as Independence Day Flag Tart, Skillet Drop Biscuits, and Goat Cheese Truffles.
Sure to appeal to both the casual fan and the more committed collector, the book details the history and significance of specific items from each collection, ranging from heirloom china and crystal to intricate art glass and colorful majolica combined with hand-thrown pottery. In this peerless resource for dinnerware enthusiasts, readers learn how to use their own collections to define their personal entertaining style.