Houzz Call: Show Us Your Thanksgiving Decor!
Please tell us about your Thanksgiving traditions and share photos of your tablescapes and decorations
Houzz readers, if you hosted a Thanksgiving gathering this year, we’d love to see the lovely decor you whipped up! We’d also love to hear about your inspirations, special pieces you pull out for your tablescapes and traditions you share with your loved ones. Your photos and comments may be used in a future Houzz story like this one.
In the meantime, please enjoy these beautiful Thanksgiving tablescapes and stories Houzz readers have shared in the past. They’re sure to spark inspiration and cherished memories of your own.
In the meantime, please enjoy these beautiful Thanksgiving tablescapes and stories Houzz readers have shared in the past. They’re sure to spark inspiration and cherished memories of your own.
What kind of color scheme do you use for your table? Interior designer Leanne Michael incorporated lots of bright color on this table in Montecito, California, through the centerpiece. “We used exquisite fresh florals and cut fruits and vegetables in the centerpiece, along with using baby artichokes for hand script place card holders,” she wrote.
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How do you keep your Thanksgiving memories alive? Houzz reader Robin Krueger keeps her grandmother in mind when setting her own table.
“My grandmother used to set the prettiest tables. It always made coming to her house seem extra special,” she wrote. “Setting our holiday tables is our way of keeping her memory alive. At Christmas we always use her china too.”
Does your Thanksgiving table include items handed down from a family member? Post a picture in the Comments and share what they mean to you.
“My grandmother used to set the prettiest tables. It always made coming to her house seem extra special,” she wrote. “Setting our holiday tables is our way of keeping her memory alive. At Christmas we always use her china too.”
Does your Thanksgiving table include items handed down from a family member? Post a picture in the Comments and share what they mean to you.
Keeping family traditions alive and remembering those who started them was common among the Houzz community.
“As a young circa 1913 bride, my grandmother broke the bank and went over budget, but she just had to get these turkey decorations,” Houzz user Cerulean Blue wrote. “They’ve been on every Thanksgiving table for as long as I can remember, and sure, there’s a wing clipped here and a foot missing there, but it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without them.”
“As a young circa 1913 bride, my grandmother broke the bank and went over budget, but she just had to get these turkey decorations,” Houzz user Cerulean Blue wrote. “They’ve been on every Thanksgiving table for as long as I can remember, and sure, there’s a wing clipped here and a foot missing there, but it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without them.”
Do you serve any special dishes or use any tableware that brings back happy memories? On this table, it was the menu and the silverware that kept the spirit of a loved one alive. “My dear Pop died in 2015. He always cooked Thanksgiving and my brother and I have such wonderful memories,” Houzz reader reich1 wrote. “I use his ‘everyday’ silverware each Thanksgiving and make all his traditional Thanksgiving recipes.”
How do you approach a centerpiece? For Houzz reader jlwms123, it was a bounty of flowers, gourds, corn and candles. Vintage glassware in a variety of jewel tones added more richness to the table.
Are you lucky enough to be dining alfresco in late November? Tamsin Design Group created a visual feast with layered gold runners, green glass demijohns filled with branches, smaller pink vases filled with colorful flowers and green glass goblets. Autumnal colors on the plates and napkins complete the scene.
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Will you have any furry friends hanging around hoping for scraps? Here, interior designer Shannon Ggem’s dog Pickle waits patiently near her Thanksgiving table.
For the tablescape, Ggem mixed rustic and refined. The rustic part includes the primitive table, the woven place mats and branches she gathered from her yard. Then she layered a mix of fine china, crystal and silverware, along with statues, candles and tiny lights.
Cerulean Blue’s table, with its buffet in the background, raises a common question from Houzz readers: Do you serve from a buffet or pass food around the table?
Your turn: We can’t wait to see and hear about your Thanksgiving memories, tablescapes and traditions. Please share them, along with well-lit photos, in the Comments.
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Your turn: We can’t wait to see and hear about your Thanksgiving memories, tablescapes and traditions. Please share them, along with well-lit photos, in the Comments.
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She also pays special attention to each guest with place cards. “I love making place cards each year, and my love of old books and book folding was perfect for this year!”
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