How to set a table for Thanksgiving

It’s almost here and I’m sharing how to set a table for Thanksgiving!

Are you ready for Thanksgiving, no worries I have you covered if you need to set a Thanksgiving table scape today I’ll show you how!

November will be here before you know it and Thanksgiving comes so fast !!

I’m hosting a small Thanksgiving gathering this year. My kids will be here, well, three of them, and my brother is coming! He’s back from Florida and we are all so happy he’s home! We will SKPE with my son who lives in Seattle. Last year we cooked together on SKPE! It was so much fun! Thank goodness for technology!

I usually pre plan my table settings for any of my dinner parties. I really like setting a nice table for the holidays. This year I’m using my bone china, my antique mixed silverware, some older glassware and I’ll set a centerpiece display for our Thanksgiving table.

This Thanksgiving I’m setting up the dinning room for our dinner. I’m so excited to have it in the dinning room! We usually eat in the kitchen or if our crowd is too large we’ll set up in our basement. I really don’t use my dinning room as much as I would like, so this year it will be fun to.

When I’m setting a table I always think what am I going to do for the center piece! So the other day I was on Instagram and I saw a turkey in the back ground of a post by The Mitin Collective

Well I contacted them right away! The owner was kind enough to hold it for me and I went and pick it up! This turkey is the cutest and it’s going to look great on my table scape for Thanksgiving!!! The Mitin Collective is a darling boutique. This beautiful boutique is filled with vintage décor, kitchen essentials, gifts, furniture and so much more! If you live in the area you should check out! It’s located in Shelby Township.

With my inspirational turkey I decided to keep my table simple this year.

For my center piece I’ve added candles, greenery, a pumpkin and a few dry hydrangea’s.

I like to reuse what I have, so I’ve used the green spray from my Friendsgiving luncheon. In case you missed it you can click this link and read the post here.https://houseofmar.com/how-to-host-a-friendsgiving-luncheon/ I actually found the spray on Amazon. It’s such a pretty spray of greens and it lay’s so well on the table. I’m using a burlap table runner on top of a white tablecloth to center my centerpiece on the table.

If you’ve been here for a bit you know I like to layer fabrics!

I added some faux corn husks, and dried hydrangea’s from my yard. I went around my house and took a snip of magnolia leaves I used on the fireplace, pulled a pumpkin from the dough bowl I had on the dinning room table. Also grabbed some of the corn husks from a display in my foyer. It wasn’t even noticeable that I did this! With all of these items they are going to make my Thanksgiving Table look beautiful!

Adding a few candles just set’s a special mood, but the star of the table is the Turkey!

Soup bowls are included in my setting! I’m making soup to go along with our meal. I found the cutest little plates at target for $3.00! They have a pumpkin design that is so adorable! The plates I’ll use as our bread plates! We are all about bread in this house! I’ve included a salad plate and our dinner plate on the table!

I’m placing the coffee cups with our setting, it’s so much easier to already have the cups at the table. I’ll just bring a craft of coffee to the table with the desserts.!!! Having it all at the table keeps it simple!

I think the holiday should be enjoyable for the host as well. I try to prepare and set up as much as possible before the big day, so I can enjoy the day as well! If the host is enjoying the day so will the guest!

A few years ago my daughter and I made these little napkin holders out of stock paper. We cut the paper into a circle with crafting scissors and used a hole punch so we could add a ribbon. We wrote on the round circle words of thanksgiving, such as thanks, giving, blessed etc. I’m using a few this year for my table to hold the silverware together.

If you notice my silverware is mismatched. I’ve been collecting old silverware for so many years! Thrift stores are where I usually find them. Do you know it is so hard to find forks, there are plenty of knives and spoons but forks are always missing!

I didn’t use chargers for this table setting because I’m trying to keep it simple. By keeping it simple you can set a beautiful table with items you have. Your dishes don’t need to match, I think mixing patterns, styles and colors give a table more depth and interest!

I found it fun to go around the house and take Thanksgiving items from my other fall displays.

Real silver is a little bit of an upkeep but I did find using baking soda and warm water cleaned these pretty good! As you can see we wrote Thanksgiving on our little tag holders.

Sometimes I’m not sure where to add a napkin, over to the side, folded on the plate or under the plate. For this table setting I did an according style napkin in honor of my husband, Lol. He plays the accordion and he’ll probably play some type of Christmas music for us after our Thanksgiving dinner!

When having a smaller dinner party it can be more intimate and simple. You can also have a lot of fun with the table setting!

You know the real reason I keep my Thanksgiving table simple, it will be very easy to put it all away… because… I’ll need to get busy decorating for Christmas!

Just a little something I do when I set an early table. I will tip the glasses over and the coffee cups. I’ll cover my table with a long tablecloth so no dust get’s on my table setting. I’ll remove the tablecloth the morning of Thanksgiving and turn the glasses and cups over and all will be good!!

I really appreciate you sopping back by! I hope you were able to get some ideas from my How To Set a Thanksgiving Table!

Have the best blessed Thanksgiving!!!

I have also included a recipe for a very tasty fall cake, I hope you’ll enjoy it!

I’ve added a few Turkey for centerpieces just in case your interested with links. Also all items I used to set my Thanksgiving Table are linked in my shop my home. https://houseofmar.com/shop-my-house/