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There’s wine, children, arguments over whether it’s called sauce or gravy and a yellow-and-white gingham Mr. Coffee percolator — just like the one that sat in my grandmother’s kitchen.

If so, you might remember classmates who constructed move-in ready mini kingdoms kitted out with gingham curtains, clothespin people and actual pieces of spaghetti.

Once this infant phenom was discovered, she was put in a gingham dress and sunbonnet to sing on a circuit of local weddings and Methodist church socials.

“Then more neutral tablecloths — like ginghams, checks, tone-on-tone or solids — are great backgrounds for Moroccan pottery and more patterned plates.”

The cohesiveness of the design is harmoniously achieved through the artful use of scale — the green and white woven fabric is offset with a gingham pattern, creating visual interest.