Styling a Simply Classic Thanksgiving Table

November came boldly, with a sudden embrace of actual fall temperatures and fleeting gusts of wind that sent leaves of all colors tumbling to earth. And now we're a few short weeks from my favorite of all holidays — Thanksgiving! A holiday devoted to family, friends, feasts and a weekend of entertaining.

 

If you're hosting, have you planned your holiday table? If not, well, you're in luck — for today I'm participating in a fabulous blog hop focused on styling Thanksgiving tablescapes! The amazing Rita of the Panoply blog has gathered fourteen of us to share our Thanksgiving ideas with you. I'm including all the details for the hop at the bottom of this post.

 

I set a classic table simply inspired by all the gorgeous colors appearing this month!

 

    

I started with these beautifully detailed plates

A Quick and Easy Plaid Tablescape for Fall

Welcome! I hope you're enjoying beautiful fall weather — we are most definitely! Crisp mornings followed by sunny days with just a hint of fall temps. Only a few trees have begun to show a bit of color; most are solidly green except for the cherry trees which dropped their leaves a month ago in an unseemly rush.

 

All in all a perfect time to set a table that's quick, easy and unmistakably fall-inspired!

 

Every table has a starting point, and this one began

There’s a Full Moon Rising . . .

And so October begins . . . the changing of the seasons, the slow then quick color wash of spectacular golds and reds and oranges. 

 

And at its end, the transformation of colors that become first bleak, then foreboding, signaling that Halloween has come!

 

If that gives you a slight shiver — welcome to the Halloween Tablescape Blog Hop where you'll be introduced to a selection of spooky, whimsical, or scary themes limited only by our imagination!  

 

A Mediterranean Table for Early Fall

There's a hint of fall in the air! Though summer weather and summer flowers will be with us for another month or more, autumn is definitely in sight. And so I've set a casual table for these no-longer-summer but not-yet-really-fall days that introduces some of the colorways we anticipate seeing in the next few weeks. There will be greens of course, but moodier than those of spring or summer. 

  

Colorful Orchard Tablesetting Celebrates Fall's Arrival

We turned the page and suddenly it's September! Collectively we're relieved that this year's long, hot summer will soon be in the rearview mirror, but fall's entrance is still in the (near) future. Here in North Georgia we will be experiencing warm summer temps throughout the month, but I've got my eyes set on the changeover to autumn and set a table to celebrate its arrival!