New Year’s Promise
FRESH PERSPECTIVE
s the dawn of 2020 sparks renewed outlooks, reaffirmations, and hopeful plans, gather friends for an elegant New Year’s Day brunch. A hushed blue-and-white tableau echoes January’s subdued aura and feels perfectly on point with the room’s everyday décor. Dusty-blue linens with a crocheted border and chambray place mats are idyllic dabs of color against snow-white dinnerware and an embroidered tablecloth. Add a dash of glitz to the sophisticated scheme in the way of gold-flecked flatware and gilded posy napkin rings. A combination of sizable floral displays and petite bud vases brim with ivory blossoms and multi-textured greenery. On the dining table, a monochromatic display of roses, anemones, ranunculus, lace flowers, brunias, and
