Tray Table Elegance

What a perfect garden addition ... an elegant tray table. The top lifts off so you can take it back & forth to the kitchen.  This one, from McKinnon & Harris, has scalloped edges reminiscent of the shells of Virginia's Tidewater region, although it traces its origins to the Gilliam family of the Virginia Piedmont. According to McKinnon, the table was originally placed in front of a window with sweeping views of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and family members recall that it was often filled with mint juleps to be shared with friends.

Now, it's been adapted for the garden in wrought aluminum, and it comes in all of McKinnon's traditional colors, from taupe and red to shades of green, blue, and more. Diagonal slats on all the horizontal surfaces add a stylish detail and also allow rain and spills to drain away.  Especially perfect anywhere in the South, but I think it would fit almost anywhere. (29" x 17" x 22" high).

(click on images for larger view; photos: McKinnon & Harris)