Thanksgiving Tablescape 2021

Even though the world has opened up a bit and people are travelling again, we chose to stay close to home again this year.  Waiting for some normalcy before venturing out for fun again. Although we miss our extended family dearly and want nothing more than to be together for the holidays. My kids know no different being alone with just us every holiday, but Joe and I really feel the longlines of the past.   So even though it's just the five of us we still want it to feel special.  So without much planning I pulled together a tablescape with what we have and some grocery store blooms. 

We used our white Mikasa dinner plates and put our Narwhal Anthro plates on top.  The white Napkins are from Pottery Barn and were a wedding gift (still going strong after 18 years!)  

The black fur runner is from Amazon and the checkered black and white placemats are from Home Goods.  The glass pumpkin is from Home Goods also from three years ago.

I placed the flowers in a gold pot I found thrifting.  The gold candle sticks are also thrifted.

The blooms set me back $50, but I feel like this would have cost $200 if I bought it from a florist. It's a combination of white roses, white carnations, kale, daylilies, green dianthus, and white daisies.  I actually wanted a mixture of reds and dark pinks but they had nothing like that at the grocery store. 

Joe folded all the napkins for me. He learned this in Southern Living Magazine this year. He taught our daughter too which was very fun for her. 

                               

I can't thank Joe enough for doing almost all of the cooking this year. It's really not enjoyable for me.  I made the fruit salad and helped chop things, but he did most everything else. And this weekend he is going above and beyond helping decorate both inside and out. Even risking his life on a ladder getting lights on the second story of our house this year. Stay tuned!

Happy Thanksgiving weekend! 🦃
xoxo

Cathleen
 

Cozy and Warm Thanksgiving Tablescape

It's Thanksgiving week 2020.  🦃 The table is set for a cozy dinner with just our family of 5. We live far away from our extended families so we've gotten used to celebrating alone sadly. But we try to make happy memories for our kids who will hopefully come around for future holiday gatherings.  Here's our table all cozied up with a King size Faux Fur Quilt! All of my table cloths seem too small, but this fit the bill! I think I might find a kid or two hiding under there at some point.

For a "centerpiece" I used white pumpkins from Halloween, some white Daisy's, a glass Trifold with faux pumpkins and candles and mini LED lights.

I pulled out the Black and White Buffalo Check print placemats that I got for Christmas last year because I think they are also great for Autumn. 

We hope that you are not alone this Thanksgiving and that there is someone you can safely celebrate with. Wishing you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving.  

xo

Cathleen

2016 Christmas Home Tour

Welcome to our 2016 Christmas home tour! We were so excited to decorate our new home for Christmas.  We used a lot of what we already had but added a few new things this year as well.  We always veer slightly away from traditional red and green and go for more for jewel tones.  We like a lot of vintage things too.  So grab a cup of hot cocoa and enjoy!

I finally used my birthday gift card to a local store called "Morgan Imports" to buy this pre-lit white light Christmas tree.  I made some pink Pom Pom knit garland to wrap around. Later on, see below pic, I added some smaller Navy pom pom garland.  

The tree moves around some. Now it's in the office window.

I have a paper lantern star in the other office window.

This picture of our foyer doesn't have much "Christmas" going on, but rather a sneak peak into a project I have been working on all week -painting all of the downstairs interior doors grey.

Simple gifts make great decorations too.  I loved trying to decorate around this notion  -using things around the house and not spending money on decorations just to fill space.

I was a little obsessed with yarn poms this year. Here's another teal pom pom garland that I knitted and some grey finger knitted garland that my son makes. Inside the hutch lots of my Grandmother's ornaments are on display.

My "tablescape" for Christmas dinner includes English Christmas crackers for everyone and vintage C9 Christmas light bulbs fill my centerpiece.

Alas, Oh Christmas tree! We found a beautiful 9' Frasier fir from the NC mountains. It smells so divine and the multi-colored mini lights give it a vintage feel.

Our stockings were needle pointed by my husband's mom and the kid's stockings were done by my husband's God Mother.  Look, more poms!

Can I just say how in love I am with this pink bottle brush tree? I found it at Michael's and had to have it.  My Christmas cactus has lasted through a season, but already bloomed.  Mr. Fox fit the bill for Thanksgiving but seems pretty wintery to me.  The 4 doll ornaments are hand painted famous artists, a gift from Joe's aunt this year.

The small pink trees made it to our eat-in-kitchen where we'll probably have our desserts set out on Christmas eve.  We think they give this space a good dose of color and Christmas spirit.

I added more C9 lights to an apothecary jar with some battery powered white LED lights.  It makes an adorable center piece.

My DIY Feather wreath looks great in here.  I've also added some grey linen curtains in here this week. And hey Bentley (our dog.)

Our Kitchen island island got a grey coat of paint this week too.

The drink area has paper Santa and reindeer straws, some drink stirrers, and "Jingle Juice" napkins, all ready for Christmas Eve egg nog!

I love the view looking into the living room. We rearranged some furniture so it feels more open.

Another apothecary DIY moment going on at the kitchen island. It's a little "winter snow scene" I created with fake snow, some pink bottle brush trees, and a tiny sparkly reindeer.  Placed on a marble cheese tray and I'm crazy about it.

The guest bathroom has a few touches, Cranberry soap, some evergreen potpourri, and balsam fir spray.

Upstairs there are a few simple Christmas touches. In the Master bedroom I have a few Christmas tree sprigs next to the bed.

In the loft, a small green tree with purple glass balls and some vintage ornaments.

One of my all time favorite decorations is this hanging ball from the 70's maybe that used to hang in my house as a child.

E.claire's room has the Christmas blanket and pillow cases I made for her years ago, some neat LED snowflakes that hang in her two small windows and her pink tree.

The boys have their flannel deer sheets, their red plaid throws I made for them and their little green tree.

Let's take a step outside.  I absolutely love having a covered front porch. We can decorate out there like we can inside.  My DIY wreath, but with LED lights this year.

Our vintage sleds made pretty cool decorations (I think.) And a simple silver basket of pine cones from the yard.

We overdosed on outside colored lights, but what's new?  We added some fun round LED color changing spheres.

All lit up! Next year we need to figure out a way to get lights up on that second story.  It's quite the challenge!

And here's wishing you and yours a very sparkly and bright holiday season and a Very Merry New Year!

xo

Cathleen