Easy Diy Decorating Projects for Thanksgiving
An easy DIY decorating project for Thanksgiving is focusing on your dinner table where family and friends will gather to enjoy all the makings of the yearly feast. You can take your own dishes to fun and festive heights with theses simple ideas for an unexpected Thanksgiving table.
If your dinnerware consists mainly of white dishes, think cherry, light and mainly monochrome with pops of energizing color. Use a plain tablecloth with a white patterned runner over it. Use a low white pumpkin to put in the center of the dinner table and then flank it with bunches of fresh sage in glass vases. Use magenta, turquoise or chartreuse colored napkins. Calvinklein.com sells Mollusk dinner plates for $26.00 each and salad plates for $17.00 each. Dinner napkins can be purchased from sferra.com for $44.00 for a four piece set. Crateandbarrel.com sells Oregon wineglasses for $6.00 each. Hammered antique flatware can be purchased from reedandbarton.com for $25.00 for a five piece set.
Go for the moody and dark look with an undone fall centerpiece with pops of gold if you have gilded china. Use a cotton velvet tablecloth for your canvas. Velvet can be placed in the washer and dryer if needs cleaning afterwards so don't let this deter you from using it. Purchase a piece of velvet from the fabric store that is twenty inches longer and wider than your table. You can leave the edges raw or have them finished if you like. Cluster vegetables in threes and fours and place them in small pillar candles. Place one at each end of the display. All forks look dramatic on a black napkin. Brushed gold flatware looks especially great. Use gold trimmed water glasses on the table for serving your desired beverage. Consider using white gilded china as this will be brighter but still have a luxurious appearance. Michaelcfina.com sells Kin Zakura by Kenzo Tokada Royal Limoges dinner plates for $160.00 each and dessert plates for $145.00 each. Dinner napkins can be purchased from sferra.com for $44.00 for a four piece set. Gold stemmed glasses by Marc Blackwell can be purchased from michaelcfina.com for $48.00 each.
The trick to using a vintage mishmash of plates is to use them with a crisp and neat canvas such as white linens. This will show-off your eclectic dishes. Be sure to include any mismatched goblets if the shapes and sizes are similar. Place tiny cabbages in small vases and place them down the center of the table. Hermes.com sells Les Maisons Enchantees American dinner plates for $85.00 each. Potterybarn.com sells Bella silver plated flatware for $45.00 for a five piece set.
Try layering organic elements if you have earthy ceramic dishes to create a warm Scandinavian look. Leave a wood table without a table cloth for a natural and rich look. To create a subtle flow of texture, use a mix of two sets of neutral dishes and alternate dinner and salad plates. Use ethnic graphic napkins. Place metallic lined bowls filled with pears and place them randomly on the table. Use a larger bowl for a centerpiece. Wrap candles with birch bark. Using dark brown water glasses add depth. Mikasa.com sells Mikasa Swirl white dinner plates for $13.00 each and salad plates for $10.00 each. Creamy Sand dinner plates by Joan Platt can be purchased from thesignatureshop.com for $70.00 each as well as lunch and salad plates for $50.00 each. Glassybaby.com sells homemade glass vessels. Crateandbarrel.com sells birch votive candles for $5.00 each.
