With a new year fast approaching, we have everything you need to make your last party of 2013 unforgettable! Here are some of our favorite ways to usher in the new year:

Light your table or entryway with festive candlelight. We love the warmth and glow of Simon Pearce‘s Nantucket Hurricanes.

Make hors d’oeuvres elegant and easily available with sophisticated serving platters. Nambe‘s Scoop Server is a great way to serve chips and dip in one dish.

Add a touch of sparkle to your celebration. L’Objet‘s Pave Band Multi Crystal Napkin Rings bring just the right amount of shine to your table.

Incorporate some color on your table with bright linens. Vietri‘s Accent Chartreuse Medallion Napkins are the perfect pop in vibrant hues.

Don’t forget to toast! Moser‘s Poppy Champagne Flutes will keep the bubbly flowing.

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As the holidays approach, we love adding warmth and spirit to all the festivities. Whether you’re hosting a big party, or just having a quiet family dinner, these collections are a perfect way to unite your loved ones around the table.

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Are the holidays The Most Wonderful Time of the Year for you?  Can you not get enough Ho Ho Ho, Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer, and Santa Claus?  Or do you want to just chuck it all and head to the tropics — somewhere warm, lush, and sunny, where the sun-bronzed locals don’t see the attraction of a big plump old guy with a big white beard?

Either way, we (and our friends at Vietri) have got you covered.  You can really show off your Holiday spirit with Old St. Nick:

Or you can serve up a not-too-subtle “I Want to be Out of Here!” to all comers at your next holiday party with the Fish-Fish dinnerware:

Click to see Old St. Nick, Fish-Fish, and all our other Vietri dinnerware.

Tell us: Where would you rather be this Holiday season — The North Pole with Santa Claus, or the Tropics with someone who looks nothing like him?

Creating a picture-perfect Thanksgiving table can seem daunting with so many choices available. Luckily, the editors of Coast Magazine have done the hard work for you! They’ve curated an excellent Thanksgiving selection in their new blog, Creating a Thanksgiving Tablecsape, featuring several items from Gracious Style’s catalog.

They’ve included some of our beautiful tableware in seasonal hues of gold:

We’re just thrilled to be included in Coast Magazine’s feature! To read more about West Coast style, visit their site here.

With Thanksgiving just days away, it’s time to pay homage to our collective love of all things fowl:

Vietri’s Campagna Gallina (literally, “country of the hen”) showcases our hero in a rustic, Tuscan country way.

Mottahedeh’s Chelsea Bird Dinnerware is inspired by designs from Colonial Williamsburg.

Gien’s Sologne dinnerware was created by French animal artist Estelle Rebottaro to capture the wildlife of the Sologne region in north-central France.

Alberto Pinto’s Plumes Rooster features six hand painted roosters on gold gilded Limoges porcelain.  These chickens also teach a morality tale–plan ahead!  They take twelve weeks to deliver, so start thinking about next year’s Thanksgiving on Bastille Day.

Finally, to go along with the dishes, there’s L’Objet’s Bird Napkin Rings, available in gold or platinum:

Here are special picks for a happy Thanksgiving.

Classico is one of our best-selling collections, so we asked our friends at Sferra to tell us what makes it so special.  Here is what they said:

Classico is our very finest Italian-woven linen. Each piece is finished with a border of delicate, refined, hand-drawn hemstitching – from the 120” seamless round tablecloths, to the 15” octagonal placemats, to the 6” round doilies! Classico’s enduring pure linen fibers only become softer and more lustrous with each laundering. Heirloom linens such as these are always a worthwhile investment, because they will last for generations.

Classico is the quintessential collection for formal dining, as etiquette dictates setting fine — but simple — linens. Colors and patterns are meant for less formal occasions, so for those who like to adhere to tradition, Classico is a true hero. With that in mind, Classico is stocked in the most expansive selection of shapes and sizes to accommodate all occasions — including the extra-long 160” and extra-wide 88” tablecloths.

Available in Ecru or White, below is a full listing of the Classico line of table linens:
– Square Tablecloths: 54″ square, 70″ square, 90″ square
– Round Tablecloths: 70″ round, 90″ round, 106″ round, 120″ round
– Rectangular Tablecloths: 66″ x 86″, 66″ x 106″, 66″ x 124″, 66″ x 140″, 66″ x 160″, 88″ x 106″, 88″ x 124″, 88″ x 140″, 88″ x 160″
– Runners: 15″ x 70″, 15″ x 90″, 15” x108″
– Napkins: 6″ doilies, 6” x 6″ cocktail, 6″ x 9″ cocktail, 13” x 13″ tea, 20″ x 20″ dinner, 22″ x 22″ dinner, 24″ x 24″ dinner, 27″ x 27″ buffet
– Placemats: 15″ octagonal, 13″ x 19″ rect, 13″ x 19″ oval, 15″ round
– Guest/Fingertip Towels: 14″ x 20″

To see our entire collection of Sferra linens, please click here.

We know how quickly time flies when you’re getting ready for the holidays, so if you still haven’t ordered your linens for the holidays, all these collections are in stock and ready to ship right away.

To see all our table linen collections, click here.

Thanksgiving is just three weeks away, but you can rest easy: we have lots of tips to keep it simple for you.

1) Add sparkle to your entryway.

2) Place orders from your favorite gourmet store. Don’t forget a Willie Bird smoked turkey from Williams-Sonoma: they arrive fully cooked and are truly spectacular!

3) Dress up your kitchen with new kitchen towels.

4) Keep the kids’ table simple with easy-to-clean placemats.

5) Save time with no-iron tablecloths.

6) Set your table with colorful dinnerware.

7) Make sure to have plenty of flatware on hand.

8) Use your best crystal.

9) Pretend you made everything from scratch (just kidding!).

10) Enjoy yourself!!!

To visit our Thanksgiving shop, click here.

We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!  Do you have any tips you can share with us to make Thanksgiving easy?

Emphasizing floral shapes and patterns, flower magazine loves to introduce new ways to bring flowers to life.  Their Fall 2013 issue, which features interior designers Thomas Jayne and Prince of Chintz Mario Buatta, is full of beautiful and sophisticated interiors.

For a fall table, they’ve picked Moser’s Lady Hamilton Gilded Hock Set, which adds a beautiful silhouette and a burst of color to your tabletop.

Pair these hocks with the pieces below, and you’ll instantly transform your dining room.

Thanks a bunch, flower!  We always look forward to getting every new issue that arrives in our mailbox.  To read more about flower magazine, click here.

Since its founding in 1830, Christofle has always been one of the most prestigious names in French silver.  Known for the quality of their silver flatware, picture frames, and hollowware, Christofle pieces are coveted by collectors worldwide, including Emperor Bonaparte, the royal households of the Ottoman Empire, and the Tsar of Russia.  Today, Christofle is synonymous with silver throughout France, and its collections are regularly seen at Christie’s and Sotheby’s auctions (as well as our own table!).

Whether sterling, silverplated, or stainless, each item is individually hand made and finished.

Liquid metal is poured into molds at up to 40,000 degrees Fahrenheit to cast each piece. After the metal is cooled, artisans must shape the items with various mallets and hammers, ensuring that the thickness of the item is consistent throughout.

Items are then soldered, or smoothed, to guarantee the flawless, seamless finish and mirror-like polish, characteristic of Christofle. Every piece of Christofle silver is crafted by one hundred hands, using time, care and great expertise to complete the long, detailed process.

Jardin d’Eden is the latest Christofle flatware collection, designed by Marcel Wanders. The pattern is poetry made real, with decoration that spans the entirety of the flatware in a single engraving. The interlaced leaves, flowers and curls are inspired by a lush garden, a fine tracery dancing over each piece.

Malmaison, one of Christofle’s most historic patterns, is in the Empire style. The frieze of delicate palm and lotus leaves is typical of this style, and was inspired by the summer home of Napoleon’s wife, where she dined using pieces from this very Christofle collection.

Through collaboration with renowned designer Andrée Putman, Christofle’s Vertigo Collection remains classic, yet takes on modern shapes and designs. The sensual and subtle asymmetrical ring can be seen in every Vertigo piece, such as the contemporary but elegant Three-Ring Candlestick.

Using balance and geometry, the design of the BY Collection is pure and original. The BY Wine Decanter is a marvelous complement to any table.

Whether gracing the tables of emperors, princes, or maharajas, on the Orient Express or transatlantic ocean liners, or on your own table, Christofle is a classic that will continue to delight for years to come.

Visit us to see all of our Christofle products.