Hello and happy November!
I am a busy mother and I don't get a lot of time to myself, but it is important to make time in life for the things you really enjoy, am I right?? Something I have enjoyed since I was a little girl is decorating. As an adult this has spilled over into decorating tablescapes. Lately, I'm lucky if my table is not sticky from a whole family using the table and only me cleaning it up! But it really pains me to see nothing decorating the table except a messy stack of school papers and mail, someone's plate they left behind, and a mound of play-doh starting to get crusty. I did make
my toddler clean this up by the way :)
So now that it is November and Thanksgiving is around the corner, I'm going to return to one of my favorite me-time projects: a new holiday tablescape. I have been inspired by a few things I have seen around the interwebs. I'm not going for the extreme neutrals that are so popular right now. My husband hates this trend. It's not that he wants loud colors, he just doesn't like the sterile, "blah" look of a pale room. I provide enough paleness for our house I guess. So this Thanksgiving I will spice things up with some rich fall colors.
I decided my Thanksgiving table inspiration would come from a classic turkey plate. This Spode Woodland turkey dinner plate is easy to find and is so festive.
Something I have been admiring lately is plaid cloth napkins for the fall. These are Pumpkin Spice Plaid napkins from Crow Country Primatives. They have a variety of plaid products, although I have not yet purchased anything from there.
I looked at a bunch of different options for charger plates, and at first I was leaning towards wooden or faux bois chargers. I found these wood-grain chargers in brown and gray from Sur La Table. But then I saw this copper charger, also from Sur La Table and got an idea. I already own an abundance of gold ruffled chargers from previous events in my home, why not paint a few copper and save myself from buying even more chargers! You don't eat off of chargers anyway--they're just pretty coasters for your plate. But if I paint them now and let them curate until Thanksgiving, they will definitely be fine. I'll let you know if I do this and show you how they turn out.
Now as for cutlery, I really would love some pretty gold flatware...this is something I've had on my wishlist for several years but I have restrained myself so far. I just found this Cambridge Gold Renaissance flatware from Shopko, another store I have never done business with.
I found this idea on Pinterest--this would look great with my DIY copper chargers.
Speaking of Pinterest, here are some other Thanksgiving centerpiece ideas...
Acorn vase fillers
Washi tape plaid pumpkins
Wheat and burlap
I already made these gold turkeys several years ago after seeing this Martha Stewart Living picture. They used gold leaf, I used gold spray paint. And you know what? Mine are lovely and were much easier to make.
Turkey folded napkin
As for a table runner, I hesitate to pick something until I get everything else together. I have a dark table and I will have to decide whether to put a runner on the bare table or pull out my plain tan tablecloth.
As for stemware, I have these basic footed goblets from World Market, but I'm thinking a touch of gold on a faceted, angular-shaped goblet would be an even more elevated look.
To wrap things up, here is my inspiration board...
Can't wait to swap out the play-doh for some of these beauties!
What are you planning for your table this month???
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