Last Minute Thanksgiving Tablescape Ideas

by Heidi

Thanksgiving Tableware



1. Bird Bowl by Jonathan Adler

This bird bowl, made of fired stoneware with a matte white glaze, will look perfect atop any Thanksgiving table.

2. Serving Dish with Dual Handles by Eva Solo

Beautiful ovenproof porcelain dish comes very handy. The handles do double duty to keep the hot pot off the tabletop and also let you hold it with one hand and serve with the other should the occasion call for it.

3. Norm Serving-Carving Tray by NORM Architects

You will be thankful of this serving-carving tray throughout the year.
It acts as a carving station (catching the juices below), a cold plate (you can insert an ice pack between the top and bottom pieces), and a serving tray (when you use the pieces separately).

4.Avva Breadbasket by Josh Jakus

This lovely felt breadbasket keeps dinner rolls toasty warm and make them easy to pass. It opens like an envelope so you can grab one as it makes its way around the table, and later, it'll fold flat for easy storage.

...and last minute Table Décor ideas



If life has kept you running a mile-a-minute and you’ve not had a chance to focus on your Thanksgiving tablescape, try this simple votive idea, or place setting

1.A leaf votive

A votive wrapped with vibrant fall leaves and tied with twine can make a nice addition to a buffet or dining table this Thanksgiving.

2. Colors of the Season

For a splash of style, adorn your table with autumn's brightest accessories: vivid fall leaves. Simply clip sprays of young leaves from a tree in your yard (these are from a maple). Arrange the clippings at each place setting, and top with transparent glass plates.


......or if you have a little spare time, try these ideas…..

3. Cranberry Arrangement

Cut toothpicks in half. Skewer one cranberry onto the end of each toothpick (without sticking it all the way through). Poke cranberry-laden toothpicks into a crafts foam ball. Cover each foam ball completely with cranberries. Place the balls on glass, silver, or mercury glass candlesticks. Add more fall panache by weaving curly grape vines through the arrangement of cranberry topiaries, or sprinkle acorns around the bases.

4. Shiny Silver Centerpiece

Take a step away from traditional fall colors and try a metallic palette. For a shiny silver centerpiece, arrange mercury glass candlesticks on a silver serving tray. Spray-paint small pumpkins and gourds with metallic silver paint and place on top of the candlesticks. To add candles, hollow-out the center of each pumpkin just wide enough to securely hold the candle upright.

5. Vegetable centerpieces

What better way to celebrate the Thanksgiving harvest feast than by creating a centerpiece using gorgeous green vegetables. To make the asparagus- and green bean-wrapped candles, stretch two sturdy rubber bands around a white pillar candle, then insert vegetable stalks underneath the band. Cover the bands with a circle of satin ribbon and decorate the platter with a few white mums and coffee berry sprigs.

6. Butternut squash vase

For a seasonal vase, cut off the top of a butternut squash (about 1/4 of the squash height) and scoop out the flesh. Add water and arrange dahlias, sunflowers, zinnias, or other autumnal flowers in the vase. For a Thanksgiving table, line several squash vases along the center of the table, setting some on footed plates for height variations.


May your Thanksgiving be nice and may your Thanksgiving dinner stay off your thighs !

Happy Thanksgiving xoxoxo!