Setting the Table - From the Mind of Christine McConnell 

I’m sure the original owners are dancing in their graves with giddiness that YOU moved in! No one else would restore it with the love and creepiness you will 💕💙

Christine’s house is like Beauty and the Beast invites Tim Burton over. And I didn’t know I needed that aesthetic so much! 🙌

This feels like the premise of a ghost story. The looming old house at the end of the road, its dining room always set for a party of guests who never arrive.

3:24 "and when actual living guests come to stay" I love the implication that Christine regularly has non-living guests come to stay.

Until today I didn't knew I want pink elephant salt and peper shakers

I never understand why some people give thumbs down on these videos. It has to be out of pure jealousy for Christine's perfection.

“Honestly, if they’re taken too seriously, they quickly defeat the reason for existing” So true of so many pursuits.

Seeing Christine in a big spooky mansion, living her best life, gives me so much joy.

This is the best way to wake up to an April Fool’s Day. No joke. ❤️

If there are ghosts in this house, they are low key laying back watching you make this house into the elegantly creepy mansion it was always meant to be.

She's obviously magic, because she has cats and her home is still always spotless. Unless she's put the ghosts to work, I don't see how she does it.

Minimalists exist. Christine: I'm gonna end these people's entire career just with my dining room. 🤣

It's almost embarrassing how excited I get when you post a video. I can't get enough of your eerie beauty. You are one of a kind!

I love how you combine tradition and whimsy, to create something that's entirely your own. The end result is beautiful.

1. I love pink and green as a color combo. 2. I love that Christine shows that you can have a gothic/spooky aesthetic with all sorts of colors!

For all us women who grew up in the 70's and clung to the timely episodes of Dark Shadows, The Monster's and all the rich Gothic Victorian daily lives , your master piesrs of tour home decor and crafts is fascinating to say the least. Especially your new mansion. Thanks Christine for you.

I am so glad you’re uploading to RU-vid again. I truly believe if you were consistent on here you would have millions of followers, because there’s no one like you out there. I have joined her Patreon.

fingers crossed that Christine becomes a legend in the small New England town she's in. I want kids to tell ghost stories her.

I so hate that there wasn't a second season of the Netflix show...I adore the vibes/esthetic of her home.

Such a nice change from the nastiness that is all around us. She makes me want to do projects and be creative, as when I was young. She is an inspiration. Uplifting for me. Thanks Christine for making the world a little nicer.

OMG! You were gone so long & then you give us 2 videos in 1 month!!! You wouldn’t believe how happy I was when I got home from a long day at work & you’d uploaded 10 mins prior!!!! Aaahhhh! I can’t wait to see what you do to any weird rooms? Do you have an attic? We don’t have them (or basements really) in Australia so that would be most interesting to me. Thank you for being you!!!!

I'm pretty sure kids would tell scary stories of the women who lives in the creepy mansion. You might be the first youtber's patreon I've ever joined, love your content.

The talent in this young woman is just unbelievable she is so talented in everything she does I couldn't even imagine of being able to do some of the things she's does

For who didn't get it, the plates you can find at Bordallo Pinheiro, they are a Portuguese brand, they have amazing things 😍

Our spooky and elegant queen gracing us with her content this fine April 1st! Woo!

As an award-winning florist, I have to say that I LOVE your floral arrangements! They're gorgeous, just like everything else you make

Could you imagine being invited to a dinner at Christine’s house? How could anyone go *WITHOUT* showing up in fancy, old fashion attire? Bring me my monocle, dear; we’re going to Christine’s this evening! 🧐

Being a dinner guest there would be an absolute dream. Truly stunning.

There isn't a thing I would change about your content. you bring so much joy to me I am unable to fully explain it. Thank you my Victorian Gothmother

OMG 😱 I thought that I was seeing things but no this is real! Got my coffee and blanket. Great start to my day. Thanks!

if you are watching this you should go to patreon and support Christine. She is a brilliant artist so worthy of our support.

For all of us who feel we were born in the wrong century...I thank you for bringing us into your beautiful home !!!

Quickest I have ever clicked on a video. I binge watched all of your content last weekend and am so glad to see some more.

The butter knife goes across the top of the bread plate so the bun and butter can be placed on the plate with no problem. Too many formal dinners to count. Love your table setting.

Oh Christine. You have no idea how obsessed I am with your skills and abilities to see art and creativity thru your eyes. I can't tell you how many times I have watched your videos over and over just so I could recreate what you did. My husband and I are very different in our taste, but he never disagrees with me on something you taught how you recreated. You are a jewel, lovely.

The worst thing Netflix ever did was let go of Christine. Best show I’ve seen in many years from an amazingly talented woman.

My aestethic for a kitchen/dining room is ALL in *pastel colors* (just like I have it), but I looooved this. 🖤

God, I’m so happy she’s back. I need more Christine aesthetic in my life.

OMG. Just bought an old Victorian in Rochester and moved and started fixing up the same as you. Literally finished painting the dining room. This series is timing up with my life in eerie ways.

I'm so happy to be your dinner guest and come along on your wacky, wonderful design masterpieces! We are so lucky to have anything you put out here on YT. Thank you!!!!

So your captive IS your composer!!! I always thought you had to have a composer/musician/sound designer in your pocket because the audio engineering and background music in your videos is literally the best on YT!

Yes! Bordallo Pinheiro! They still operate and make the coolest things! I thought I recognized those plates! They're made in my Dad's hometown, Caldas da Rainha in Portugal!

My mother in law is in love with table dressings and taught my social roach self that "forks go on the left, because fork and left have four letters, and knife and right have five letters" so now I will remember for any other reason except to day dream about being invited to a fancy dinner. I love your content Christine 💕

This is freaking me out. I was searching for how to set a table the day before Christine posted this and finding nothing I could use. Pretty sure Christine is psychic.

I adore your snake candle holders!!!

I can't wait to see you do the kitchen

I'm certain you're making the house spirits very happy bringing this beautiful home to life again! Stunning!

I recently started supporting Christine on patreon and it’s awesome. I donate 3 dollars a month and she has way more videos to watch when you’ve seen all the ones on her RU-vid channel. I would definitely recommend it. I was watching her same videos over and over again so I decided to support her and see what she had on patroeon.

Her creations and videos never disappoint. Christine is the best!

Dear God, woman! To be inside your brain, even for a day, would satisfy my creativity for a year!! I LOVE your channel! You are so inspiring!

i come from a very traditional French family and this is pretty much how we set the table at every family gathering ! Love the fact that you incorporated fun elements to it like the elephants and the napkins folds.

You deserve AT LEAST one million subs! This is pure talent and skill.

I adore the attention to detail she puts into everything she does. I imagine that’s probably pretty exhausting sometimes, but I love it. So beautiful!

Yes, East Coast houses are usually bigger and even the small 1950s tract-style homes can be deceptively large on the inside. You did an outstanding job with the dining room and can tell each piece was lovingly and thoughtfully chosen. Again, welcome to the East Coast, Christine.

PERFECTION 👌🏻 👌🏻 👌🏻 I wish I had one tenth the focus and drive Christine has! I know she’s a real human but she’s one of the most divine ethereal beings who reminds me that being eccentric is a good thing, that being a fussy perfectionist pays off. Edit I have tons of that type of tableware! It’s Portuguese and they have the BEST patterns and colors! They use animals and plants and just create some of the sweetest and sturdy table wear. You can get it at TJMaxx well...20 years ago you could 😂 I bought OODLES

Looking at the colours of the stone of the fireplace and wondering if this is the original wallpaper you so lovingly restored and hoping that the original lady of the house is gazing at "her" dining room with adoration. If you haven't already joined Christine's Patreon, do it. You won't regret spending more time with her in this house!

It is so crazy that everything she does is absolutely perfect.

I could watch Christine all day every day. Everything she creates is beautiful, thoughtful and has meaning. She is incredible!

Christine McConnell is what happens when you follow your passion in life. The dining room is sheer perfection, not to mention that white dress worn in the introduction! I, too, located an incredible antique crystal chandelier on Craigslist and it truly has to be one of the most amazing pieces in my home. With a little patience one can find exactly what you're looking for. I had never heard of the knife rests, but think I will spend some time online hunting for a set!

I love this witchy gramma aesthetic soooooo much! Perhaps because I share it :) Always a pleasure to watch the creativity Christine brings into the world, and especially when it comes to bringing this lovely old house back to life.

So happy you’re posting on RU-vid!! This has become my favorite channel.. hands down. flawlessly produced and recorded. You amaze me!

I wish I could dress up in a steampunk vintage outfit and go have dinner in that dining room! Penny Dreadful comes to mind!

Your esthetic of this dining room is one that is warm & welcoming! Capturing a large room and turning it into something cozy and intimate is a challenge! I don’t believe any of your guests would want to leave! 💕

I’m so glad these episodes were made public. I love sharing them with friends. Anything to spread the word about this supernaturally talented woman. 🙏❤️

I can’t believe you have Bordalo Pinheiro! He was such an amazing artist.

I bet the ghosts in Christine's home are so happy to see everything returned to its original beauty.

The lady I cook for (she's 77) always has her table set formally. When I stay and keep her company, she has a coffee setting to her right which is where I sit with a sugar and creamer set up for me and coffee going because she knows I don't eat till later. Her dishes and silverware were a wedding gift from her aunt. Bone China. Art Deco. When you hold up a plate to the light you can almost see through it.

Not usually one for ornate things, but the way you pull things together is just incredible. The pink elephants are such a sweet touch 😭

Christine, I find your content very inspiring. I'm planning to purchase an old church and transform it into a Conservatory. I'll definitely be returning to your channel to encourage my own efforts. *s

I feel like she is a mystical Goddess! Everything she does is sensational and with such detail!

Enchanting as always...and can we just take a moment to respect the fact that this is the SECOND full house alteration you're doing?? You did the California property and kept it AND you're mastering this one, which is bigger. Well done! Thank you so much for the joy and inspiration!

I love your table settings they are beautiful. In the 80’s I was the manager of the China, Crystal and Silver department in the now forgotten Broadway Department store. It was an upscale store like a Nordstrom’s or Macy’s but snootier than Macy’s. While working there I learned all about setting a fine table and having a good set of China for formal and everyday. Now that I am much older I have a full collection of China in my house. My everyday China is green vintage fire king , I use this for snacks and also the dogs dinner bowls. I have all the refrigerator and stove top accessories as well as mixing bowls and measuring cups etc. my house though nothing as grand as your is a 4 bedroom 4 bath ranch house built in 1976 and I just bought it in northeastern Texas. I’ve been here for a year. My house has all the formal rooms a traditional house should have which I love. In my breakfast room which is a large round room with a wall of windows and a China cabinet of 6 doors across all curved like the room is full of my everyday good China, classic vintage Franciscan pottery Desert Rose, and I have collected service for 12 in it and have every dish they make, the China cabinet looks great with them in it . In my dining room I have a large China cabinet as well and it is full of my fine bone China from Lenox called Castle Garden a lovely creamy bone colored plate with gold rim and delicate floral around the edges. I have my table set for a fancy dinner party as well. I have a large silver chest with 8 drawers which holds my mother and grandmothers silverware which is Rogers brothers first love pattern and a fully stocked bar of Waterford crystal glassware, everything in service for 12. I have purchased all of this one piece at a time through eBay as my patterns are no discontinued. Just like you I started with a charger of chrome and gold, but I have 2 tablecloths on the table a beautiful white linen Irish cloth topped with a vintage light green cut work tablecloth with matching napkins. I bought twelve serving spoons in my silver pattern and sent them to a jewelry crafter on Etsy and they made me 12 napkin rings out of the handles. My fancy table is set with soup bowls and I have every kind of spoon and fork one could use on the sides of my plates. I used little sterling jewel encrusted name card holders with white cards and each place setting has its napkin fan folded and a large hand made light greet gauzy ribbon bow. I love having the table set just like you do. I covet your house, which is sinful, but I love what I have because it is mine. I love watching your videos and your voice is so soothing and tranquil I could just listen to you for hours.

I love how committed you are to your aesthetic. I hope I can achieve that level of design someday!

Not my aesthetic but I have so much respect for how meticulous she is with every detail of whatever project she's working on.

I love the reason behind pink elephants. Christine, there are crystal knife rests all over the place for a more formal table if ever you need. We grew up with them when I was little.

My mother entertained formally a lot. I haven't set a table in years. So nice to see this one all decked out.

As soon as I got the notification I clicked 💗💗💗💗💗💗

Love the pink elephants! Such a cute idea!

I am a newer subscriber. I subscribed right when you found this place and moved in. Then I didn’t see a video from you for months and months. I know you want patreons, but there are over 300K of us that want to see your videos too. If I could afford it, I would send money. Please don’t leave us behind! I love everything you do! It was always my dream to live in an old Victorian home. 💗💕

I *love* the idea behind the pink elephants at each setting! It turned out lovely. I am feeling inspired to tackle our 100 year old house now.

I missed your Videos 😘😊

I’m having a spooky elegant wedding on Oct 30th of this year and these videos that you’ve been posting lately are going to help me out immensely!!!

It’s cute to understand why you choose the pink elephant to decorate your table. Every detail is eye candy

Gothic Victorian elegance from a beautiful, creative and talented host with a sense of humor and and wonderment. I love everything you do. This house in New York is your perfect canvas.

Spectacular Christine! just like you, thank you 🥂🧚‍♀️😎.

Lady, you've done it again! Thank you, for sharing the table ware collections. A beautiful dinning experience!

Thank you! That is extremely beautiful and a wonderful idea to have a set table. I am now a proud mini member of your patreon and hope to have the discipline to restrict my watching. I think that the world is a far better place with you and your creativity in it! I will likely never do any specific project but your process has changed how I approach my own life. Your apron project was astouding and now I do take a few more moments on my own makeup in the morning and enjoy it more. You are the Wizard!!! With gratitude for all you do. Sincerest thanks, Joanne (Canada)🌏🌍🌎👠👠🇨🇦

Watching your videos brings me such joy. I moved into my very first independently owned home three years ago after getting divorced and had never had control over style/decoration before now. I spent the last two years getting back on my feet and saving up, and this year I'm finally decorating how I want with taxidermy pieces and Gothic/Victorian furniture, and your channel gives me such inspiration to be myself!

The morning just got better. ❤️ Plus I love how there is someone else out there that gets joy out setting a table. I know small things.

The dinner table and settings are beautiful 😍

What an honor it would be, to be seated at that beautiful table!

That chandelier is absolutely fabulous. I love that the arms are also glass/crystal.

WOW!!! So much detail and it all pulls together spookily beautiful. Love the elephants. (Yes the little grey ones were tooooo adorable to leave behind.) Thank you for another Phantasmic episode.

Hi Christine! First of all, I looooove your videos! The creativity and originality you have it's just amazing and really refreshing! I also wanted to say that the table setting is beautiful! Those plates from Bordallo Pinheiro are stunning! He was actually a Portuguese artist that lived in between the late 1800's until early 1900's. Being Portuguese I grew up seeing that kind of dishware all over the place, and seeing them styled like this is just amazing! Thank you for this and for being so amazing !

If she taught any workshops or courses I’d definitely take them! She is incredibly amazing and extremely talented.❤️

Oh my stars! The green and pink scheme makes it appear as a table garden! wow! I love that you didn't use a tablecloth allowing the beautiful table to shine. So much goodness packed into one room. Congratulations!

Woooohooo!! So excited for a new video. In my imagination you are the perfect Barbie doll....beautiful and a little creepy. In the perfect dollhouse that is decorated just so. You're such a delight....glad you're on earth with us 🎨❤😍

Hi Christine, so glad to see you back !!!! Love love love your video’s !!! Please keep them coming !!!! Love the new house , but I loved the old one to ! Glad you didn’t sell it !!! But can’t wait to see what you do with your new house !!! 🏡

Christine, I have never seen such a beautiful table. I love each setting. I believe even royalty would be impressed with your ability to make us feel so grand and special. You have a talent for the beautiful and luxurious. Congratulations 👍👍❤️❤️🌹🌹🇺🇸🇺🇸🕊🕊😇😇🙏🙏🍾🍾🥂🥂

I absolutely love your elegant gothic style, it is beautiful. My daughter 12 year old Sitarra loves watching your videos with me, and dreams of meeting you one day. Thank you for all you do to bring us to your magnificent world. Blessed Be