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Deck Your Table With Easy Centerpieces
Switch them with the season, the occasion or just your mood. For design lovers, centerpieces are a satisfying, low-commitment fix
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I have always loved tabletop design. I think this goes back to when I was a kid and we would have gatherings with my large extended family. I remember walking into my relatives' homes to see the big reveal. There was always a set table with a beautiful centerpiece to reflect whatever holiday or special occasion was being celebrated. Centerpieces are great points of focus for us design junkies, because they can be switched out regularly. Compared with a new sectional or a kitchen remodel, these are low-cost commitments that pack a lot of visual punch.
The designs are endless and are limited only by imagination. There are seasonal and style-specific centerpieces to try in any home and in any room. Centerpieces can be used for a special occasion table or just to freshen up your room or outside area. Take a look at these great centerpiece ideas and imagine them in your home to freshen things up for the season.
The designs are endless and are limited only by imagination. There are seasonal and style-specific centerpieces to try in any home and in any room. Centerpieces can be used for a special occasion table or just to freshen up your room or outside area. Take a look at these great centerpiece ideas and imagine them in your home to freshen things up for the season.
Orchids make a great centerpiece. Planted orchids, arranged here in a concrete-inspired bowl, are known to last up to two months before their petals start to fall.
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Get creative with your everyday items. Seashells and moss transform this tiered pastry stand. Can you see this as a centerpiece at a beach house celebration?
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Vases aren't just for flowers anymore. Try hunting in your yard for greenery like a fern or palm. These single fronds make a great minimalist statement. Notice how the different-shape vases add to the sculptural feel of this centerpiece grouping.
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| Green and black are a winning combination. Simple and stunning, this 'Angelina' sedum is all you need against a terrazzo pot. This is a perfect look for a patio or sunroom centerpiece. |
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Consider repurposing pieces found at flea markets or antiques stores. This old trough makes a great oversize statement for this trestle table.
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Feathers, anyone? This woodsy centerpiece got me thinking of fall and of leaves' turning colors. As the seasons change, so do our options for centerpieces. These warm-tone feathers arranged artfully in a decorative tin work great for a fall table design.
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Bottles and jars (in this case, in an antique French bottle carrier) are great for blooming branches of any sort.
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Palm leaves usually last longer than fresh flowers and provide a strong dose of color and texture. A wide-bottom vase with a narrow neck is a perfect shape for palm leaves or other single branches.
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A long, tubular vase filled with stones and water is perfect for an orchid stem. The centerpiece is created by simply repeating the look with a trio of vases.
For outdoor dining, what could be more dramatic than a natural-gas fire feature as your centerpiece? This new twist on candlelight is striking and practical.
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Play with scale. This oversize centerpiece makes a beautiful, bold statement in this outdoor loggia. This scale could work just as well for a centerpiece on a large entry or foyer table.
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Do you have a pair of beautiful vases, but the opening is too small for flowers? Just place them on a table and put flowers in between. A perfect solutuion for those vases with an awkward shape.
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Rough Linen How I admire people with a gift for this - they can come to dinner but bring their talent rather than a bottle of wine!
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Deb Smith Love these ideas! I just got some antique French earthenware that I'm dying to do something with.....ooo-la-la!
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Charmean Neithart Interiors, LLC. Hi Deb. Take pictures when you're all done creating your centerpiece. Thanks for reading! Best. Charmean
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olldbobbi Charmean, this is brilliant! I can't stand to see the same thing day in and day out, and changing the centerpiece has to be one of the easiest things in the world. At least a lot easier than redecorating every room at least once a year. Love the orchid display in the glass tubes, that's really clever.
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Erika Bierman Photography So many beautiful ideas!
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latvywife I have to say, I really love centerpieces that can STAY on the table DURING the meal! You can keep it low and pretty!!!
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judyboehm Where does the terrazzo pot come from that's with the sedum?
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olldbobbi Judy, I have one exactly like that, and I believe I bought it at Home Depot, although it was a few years back.
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CAROLE MEYER Charmean....these are beautiful ideas! Flowers are so expensive and you have some great examples of "free" centerpieces that are created by using interesting, inexpensive things. This is what I have just done for my dining room table....the fruit is "not real" and I already had the moss. Thanks for your post. Carole 
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Charmean Neithart Interiors, LLC. Hi Carole. Beautiful table, thanks so much for sharing. Charmean
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Willman Interiors / Gina Willman, ASID Centerpieces are always a brain strain - I love this ideabook you put together - the simpler the better is what always catches my eye ! Thanks for including us . Love this one I saw in McGuire showroom last week and this other succulent one at Restoration Hardware
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Charmean Neithart Interiors, LLC. Hi Gina. I love your work and your pictures are just beautiful. Thank you for reading and your comments. Your input is very much appreciated. Charmean Neithart
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Willman Interiors / Gina Willman, ASID Mutually admirable of your work - thank you .Aloha.
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chocoholic66 Fresh citrus is always a colorful centerpiece. A glass bowl filled with lemons, limes, or oranges--or mix them--or have several smaller ones on a long table. Especially great in a great room or kitchen eating area. If you live where citrus grows, all you have to do is go cut some!
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Adrienne Kristine I was always told to keep the centerpiece low enough to encourage conversation across the table without having to lean left or right. Although the centerpieces are lovely, I prefer the smaller lower versions.
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Charmean Neithart Interiors, LLC. Hi Adrienne, I agree to keep them down low for meals. The bigger centerieces are meant to be decorative to give a little perk to a room during non-meal hours. For meals, I would keep the centerieces to about 12" high. Thanks for your comments. Charmean Neithart
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olldroo A tiered pastry stand is on my shopping list. Love the moss with shells, lovely contrast.
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Ideabook updated on Sept. 19, 2012.
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