I want to show you our Thanksgiving table before we sit down to dinner in a few hours. This year is all about setting a table with earth tones that connote the season's best colors. I love gold, black, caramel, deep yellows and and creamy taupes. With that in mind, I took out a good Wedgwood pattern that gets used a lot here at home, and then I complemented it with a golden-colored linen tablecloth, some black linen napkins and mismatched bakelite. The glassware was etched Depression glass.
I love the simplicity of our table.
This is an overview of the table looking toward the kitchen. The sheaves of wheat centerpiece was surrounded by a flock of caramel glass, L.E. Smith turkeys. These are going to be used to hold cranberry sauce for guests.
The flatware is vintage and not-so-vintage bakelite. I didn't want to set the table with silver this year, so I completed a mismatched place setting for each guest.
The wine glasses are quite old, and I absolutely love them because they are beautifully etched with some gilding. The pink Depression glass tumblers are also etched. My dinnerware is Wedgwood drabware made for the former Martha by Mail catalog. I love the gilded plates. Water will be placed in the drabware pitchers at each end of the table.
Do you see what I mean about the beauty of the glassware?
Each guest gets a salad and dinner fork, along with a spoon and dinner knife. The black napkins, as well as the wheat-colored tablecloth, are double hemstitched European linen. As I said earlier, the dinner plate, the salad plate and the saucer (used for rolls) are all from the same pattern of Wedgwood.
Rather than having individual salt cellars, I used silver salt and pepper mills and shakers at each end of the table. On this end, I have a set of Chiarugi silver salt and pepper mills made exclusively for Martha by Mail.
On the other end, I have silver salt and pepper shakers made for Williams-Sonoma.
I love the simplicity of our table.
This is an overview of the table looking toward the kitchen. The sheaves of wheat centerpiece was surrounded by a flock of caramel glass, L.E. Smith turkeys. These are going to be used to hold cranberry sauce for guests.
The flatware is vintage and not-so-vintage bakelite. I didn't want to set the table with silver this year, so I completed a mismatched place setting for each guest.
The wine glasses are quite old, and I absolutely love them because they are beautifully etched with some gilding. The pink Depression glass tumblers are also etched. My dinnerware is Wedgwood drabware made for the former Martha by Mail catalog. I love the gilded plates. Water will be placed in the drabware pitchers at each end of the table.
Do you see what I mean about the beauty of the glassware?
Each guest gets a salad and dinner fork, along with a spoon and dinner knife. The black napkins, as well as the wheat-colored tablecloth, are double hemstitched European linen. As I said earlier, the dinner plate, the salad plate and the saucer (used for rolls) are all from the same pattern of Wedgwood.
Rather than having individual salt cellars, I used silver salt and pepper mills and shakers at each end of the table. On this end, I have a set of Chiarugi silver salt and pepper mills made exclusively for Martha by Mail.
On the other end, I have silver salt and pepper shakers made for Williams-Sonoma.
A quick overview of our Thanksgiving table.
I hope all of you have a delicious dinner
and are surrounded by good company.
From my home to yours, Happy Thanksgiving!
Ooh! So many questions I wish to ask you. Your table is spectacular, David. Your guests must have felt so welcomed and warmed by your hospitality.
ReplyDeleteThank you! You can always reach me by email if you do have any questions. I hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving!
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