Favorite Posts Of The Year – The Best And Most Beautiful of 2025
2025 was an interesting and wonderful year in so many ways! One of the wonderful things was how Mantel and Table has grown! Thanks to all our readers and subscribers, it was our best year yet!
And these were our best posts – as evidenced by how many of you read them! Let’s count down from ten to one, our favorite posts of 2025!
Click or tap on the picture or the link below it to revisit our favorites!
Favorite Post #10 – Storing Napkins – How to Organize a Beautiful Linen Drawer
Coming in at number 10 on our favorite posts list, is this one about how I organized my napkins in the drawers of my dining room built-ins. It’s a pretty easy system – if you can even call it that – but it’s a really great way to stay organized and have a beautiful linen drawer too!
Storing Napkins – How to Organize a Beautiful Linen Drawer
#9 – Easy Cucumber Sandwiches with Dill to Make Your Tea Party Delicious
Mmmmm – cucumber sandwiches! The absolutely quintessential tea party food, and they’re great for any old time too! Such a simple and delicious recipe – I love these little things! And obviously you did too!
Easy Cucumber Sandwiches with Dill to Make Your Tea Party Delicious
#8 – How to Do a Beautiful Casual Table Setting – Fast!
I have to admit, this one surprised me a little. Yes, the table is pretty, but since this post was pointing out all the “wrong” things I did, I didn’t think it would be as popular as it was. But heck, it IS nice to know that you don’t have to be “perfect” to set a lovely table!
How to Do a Beautiful Casual Table Setting – Fast!
#7 – The Very Surprising Results of the 2023 Tablescape Competition
Wow – this was one funny post, but I know we were all so curious how this competition was going to come out. I won’t spoil the ending if you didn’t happen to read it already, but suffice it to say that the results really were a surprise!
The Very Surprising Results of the 2023 Tablescape Competition
#6 – Peanut Butter Cookies – How To Make These Super Delicious Treats
Well, of course Peanut Butter Cookies, right?! This really is the best peanut butter cookie recipe I’ve ever made, and apparently you all thought so too!
Peanut Butter Cookies – How To Make These Super Delicious Treats
#5 – How to Throw a Really Beautiful Milestone Birthday Party
Oh my – this is probably my own favorite post, well, ever! This was the party of my dreams, and I loved sharing it with you!
How to Throw a Really Beautiful Milestone Birthday Party
#4 – An Outdoor Candlelight Dinner to Celebrate Spring
Oh I love this one too! This was one of my first outdoor posts, and from the first spring I had Mantel and Table. I think it was also one of my first nighttime photography experiences. A lot of firsts! Plus, those gorgeous lilacs!
An Outdoor Candlelight Dinner to Celebrate Spring
#3 – A Fabulous Champagne Cake Recipe You’ll Absolutely Love
Toasted Sugar Champagne Cake! What’s not to absolutely love?! This one takes a bit of time and attention in the kitchen, but the end result is so completely worth it. Everybody raves about this cake for months after you serve it! Maybe even years!
A Fabulous Champagne Cake Recipe You’ll Absolutely Love
#2 – How to Set a Beautiful Formal Table – It’s Easy!
This one speaks for itself. It’s really just the easy way to set a fancy table at home! With the tips and tricks to make it easy to remember too.
How to Set a Beautiful Formal Table – It’s Easy!
Favorite Post #1 – How to Host a Tea Party – The Essential Guide for Tea-Lovers
Woo! We obviously all LOVE tea parties!! This was far, far, FAR and away the most read and longest visited of all Mantel and Table posts! It was an actual tea party that I just took pictures of, and looking at it again makes me remember what a fun time we had! I hope you can get some tips and ideas from it for your own fun tea parties!
How to Host a Tea Party – The Essential Guide for Tea-Lovers
THANK YOU!!
Thank you so much for sharing all these posts with me in 2025! I know we’ll have many more coming up in 2026!
Lots of love, and Happy New Year!
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Love them all, Barbara. Always so beautiful and elegant. You’re such an inspiration.
Aww – thank you so much JJ! I love sharing everything with you! Thanks so much for being here! 💛