Cozy Little Dinner Party for 4

I have a great little eat-in kitchen, that I have had a blast sprucing up recently! And, believe me when I say little... the eat-in part is only about 5 1/2 feet by 7 1/2 feet. The table takes up almost all of it!

I wanted to have a cozy little dinner party for 4, and wanted all the decor for the party to match what is in the room already.

Paint on the walls is Benjamin Moore "Honeymoon" from the Affinity Collection (AF-345). It was really a new idea for me, because it's a yellow and I hadn't done much in the way of yellow before moving into this house.

I envisioned a warm palatte of yellows and reds with a touch of black. I had some great little black and white vintage grocery salad plates from Ballard Designs that started my inspiration.

Pictured here hanging one above the other on my wall in my kitchen. There are 4 total and they flank the door leading into my office. (Said office happens to be a lil' bit messy right now, hence no pic of all 4 salad plates)

I then found a fabulous fabric at JoAnn's of all places! I used this to recover some hideous looking chairs.

So, on to the dinner party! First, the centerpiece... Had all of this already. Red gerbera daisies were left over from my son's first birthday party. (It was a Dr. Suess theme - if I get pics together I'll post someday!) They are in a clear glass vase with some green bamboo and are sitting on top of a black painted wooden charger.

I then added some tealights for ambiance on either side of the vase.

Next, white dinner plates, red salad plates, and white napkins with felt flowers. I wrapped the napkins in black grosgrain ribbon, and added the silverware inside the napkins for a nice clean look on the table.

View of the microwave stand from the table. The leaf is a metal tray I hung with a plate hanger, and the red vase and red cookbook stand are thrift shop finds!

And now, the shot from the kitchen.

And every great hostess knows that your dinner party isn't complete unless you look great, so don't forget your cute little apron that says, "I've been slaving away all day, and I still look fabulous!"