3 Easy Ways to Make Your Thanksgiving Table Even More Beautiful This Year
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and while you’re probably making the classic dishes your family loves every year, it’s fun to mix things things up with some festive decorations. You can add extra helpings of wow to your holiday feast with the simply stunning harvest accents and effortless extras below.
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Set the mood for joy with a warm seasonal tablescape.
The key to a welcoming Thanksgiving table that’s equal parts rustic and chic: layering fresh-picked touches and natural textured accents in an array of harvest-happy hues. Here, a wooden table is topped with pretty patterned dinnerware in a range of shades — from golden to cranberry — that echo the changing fall leaves outside. Topping plates with floral napkins cinched with orange ribbon and wheat snippets continues the seasonal style. The show-stopping finishing touches: a stunning DIY runner (composed of fresh or faux leaves, bright autumnal blooms, Chinese lanterns, grasses and berries) and a sprinkling of leaves and chestnuts. It’s a perfectly relaxed yet refined spot to give thanks with your nearest and dearest!
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Welcome them with sweet plate topper IDs.
Place settings are made special when kissed with personalized napkin rolls that celebrate the fruits of the harvest.
To do: For each, tie a few lengths of raffia into a knot around a rolled napkin. Next, jot a guest’s name on a clean apple using an edible ink marker, like Wilton FoodWriter Edible Color Fine Tip Markers ($9.49, Michaels). Set the napkin and apple atop a plate.
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Boost ambience with autumnal twinklers.
Rose hips and holly berries turn simple candle cups into lovely luminaries — in minutes!
To do: For each, sprinkle a handful of rose hips and holly berries in the bottom of a candle cup or a small jar. Thread floral wire through rose hips and berries, then twist the wire around the rim of the jar. Pop in a battery-operated votive.
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