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‘Tis the holiday season — time to decorate those fireplaces and make them a festive focal point!
While we don’t all have the exact same decorations and accessories, we can certainly mimic the structure and/or ideas of our favorite design, so we’ve pulled together some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing.
Let’s get started:
Whether we’re reminiscing about Thanksgivings past or anticipating and planning this year’s celebration, the dining table is always a central part of those memories or plans for most of us. Coming together around the table to give thanks, share a delicious meal, and enjoy the company of family and friends.
How much or little we decorate the table for the occasion can come down to personal preference but, if you’re looking for some inspiration, we’ve rounded up some great ideas for you.
Be inspired…
If you don’t typically set a formal table, but would like to try it this year, Waiting on Martha oh-so-creatively shows you how. (Some of us opt for a little more informal setting and she shows you that too here.)
Rustic and natural
This table with it’s appealing simplicity and rustic and natural touches is just one of the setttings you’ll find in Country Living’s 36 Thanksgiving Table Settings.
Traditional turkey
HGTV has a round-up of 15 Stylish Thanksgiving Table Settings, including a turkey centerpiece that steals the show.
Pretty tablescape idea from Martha Stewart’s Thanksgiving Tables slide show.
Jennifer from Town and Country Living used an unexpected palette of blue and white for her tablescape – inspired by her mother’s china and memories of Thanksgivings past.
Far Above Rubies is so creative that she came up with 17 Ways to Use a Long Box as A Centerpiece! This pretty Thanksgiving centerpiece is one.
A beautiful green and white fall tablescape from Tidbits and Twine that would work just as well for Thanksgiving.
Celebrating Everyday Life gives you the step-by-step on how to make this impressive centerpiece using natural elements.
And while getting creative with the table setting can be fun (especially when all of the family participates), the memories that are made are what really makes the day!
City Farmhouse Christmas Home Tour
If you’re like me, you have basic holiday decorations that you use each year, but like to mix it up a little and add something new or different so that it’s not always exactly the same. (And if you’re like me, most of your holiday decor is still nestled snugly in it’s storage boxes waiting to be unpacked this weekend! Where did the time go?)
Or maybe you’re all done with your decorating, but this might spark an idea to add a little something extra to your holiday decorating this year (or pin some ideas for next year!)
1. Choosing and Decorating the Tree. If you’re headed out this weekend to purchase a real tree, some tips on choosing and caring for it, and some inspiration for decorating your tree, real or not!
1. Choosing and caring for a real tree
2. How to Decorate A Christmas Tree
3. Blue and White Christmas Tree
4. 14 Creative Christmas Trees
5. Modern Christmas Tree Inspiration
2. Christmas Tree Alternatives: Sometimes, no matter how much you might want a full-size tree, there just isn’t room for it. Luckily, there are a lot of creative alternative options…
3. Holiday Wreaths. Whether you purchase a wreath or make your own, there’s just something completely festive and welcoming about having a wreath on the front door.
1. 54 Festive Christmas Wreaths
2. DIY Ornament Wreath
3. How to Make A Traditional, Natural Christmas Wreath
4. 29 Christmas Wreaths from BHG
5. Red Berry Wreath
4. A pretty holiday home tour that includes a link to hundreds more!
5. Tie it up with a bow. I wasn’t going to post anything food related, but this was our most popular pin from our holiday decorating + recipes Pinterest board this week (this one was a close second), so I thought you might like it too! It’s decorating of sorts and Martha Stewart gives you the template for the bow. Then it’s as simple as laying the stencil on the brownies, dusting with powdered sugar and removing the template. Clever.
For more Holiday Decorating Inspiration, check out our “Tis the Season Pinterest Board! Happy decorating…
