21 Best Thanksgiving Table Settings to Inspire You
Before you start your Thanksgiving shopping or holiday cooking, what should you do first? Set the Thanksgiving table! Here are 21 of the best Thanksgiving table settings to inspire you.
Once your table is set, you can enjoy it all the way until Thanksgiving Day. Your home will feel warm and welcoming, and you’ll know the holiday is almost here.
Do you need ideas for a table you can style ahead and enjoy in the days leading up to the big meal? Join me as I share 21 beautiful tablescape ideas to celebrate our most iconic holiday.
I found 17 gorgeous Thanksgiving tablescapes online, then added four of my own from Bluesky at Home. You’ll see a range of fall colors, including several that spotlight blue. As a lover of blue, I’m thrilled that it continues to be such a popular color for fall and Thanksgiving decorating.
Thanksgiving Table Settings: 21 Ideas to Inspire You
Enjoy them all.
Step-by-Step to a Dollar Tree Centerpiece
Ananda of A Piece of Rainbow shows you exactly how to make a lovely centerpiece with natural materials for Thanksgiving. Even better, the parts are from Dollar Tree.
Fresh Greenery and Mini Pumpkins for Thanksgiving
Julie Blanner shares a simple but impactful casual centerpiece. If you love the natural look, this one is for you. This tablescape will take you from fall to Thanksgiving day.
Copper and Blue Thanksgiving Dining Room with Free Gratitude Cards
Cindy of DIY Beautify mixes thrifted white ironstone and blue transferware with copper-painted pumpkins, then builds a low centerpiece on top of a magnolia wreath. Her free printable gratitude cards make a lovely Thanksgiving tradition.
Pink Thanksgiving Table with Vintage Desert Rose Dishes
Meegan of What Meegan Makes sets her table with her grandmother’s Desert Rose Franciscan Ware, Depression glass, and a quilted runner pieced from her mother-in-law’s curtains. Family heirlooms make this table extra special.
Blue Velvet Pumpkins on the Thanksgiving Table
Jennifer of Jennifer Maune creates an elegant Thanksgiving table with plush blue velvet pumpkins as the star. It’s a beautiful example of how blue can feel warm and festive for the holiday.
Blue and Orange Thanksgiving Table Outdoors
Wendy of WM Design House sets her Southern California Thanksgiving table outdoors with blue and white fabric pumpkins, persimmons, and fresh greenery around a vintage cast iron urn. She includes free printable place cards, menu cards, and gratitude cards too.
A Relaxed Friendsgiving Table with Liberty Blue Dishes
During the Thanksgiving season, we often like to gather friends for what has become known as a Friendsgiving meal. Ann of On Sutton Place sets a Friendsgiving table with her vintage Liberty Blue dishes, a throw blanket as a tablecloth, and a five-minute dough bowl centerpiece. A little loaf of pumpkin bread at each seat makes the sweetest favor.
Turkey Plates and Antique Hydrangeas on the Thanksgiving Table
Jessica of Ivory & Noire builds a warm, earthy table with brown woven placemats, wooden chargers, and Pottery Barn’s sunflower-and-vine turkey plates. Mustard napkins tied with copper velvet ribbon and a centerpiece of antique hydrangeas, roses, and pomegranates finish the look.
Easy Thanksgiving Table in Five Simple Steps
Micheala of Micheala Diane Designs walks you through a table built in layers: a cheesecloth runner, fig leaf garland, white pumpkins, and a cluster of pillar candles. Little pumpkin plates from the Target dollar spot add the finishing touch.
Rustic Thanksgiving Table with Evergreens and Copper Accents
Marly of Marly Dice pairs copper-painted pumpkins and copper glassware with little evergreen trees and white candles. It’s a table that carries beautifully from Thanksgiving into Christmas.
Warm Fall Colors on Your Thanksgiving Table
Cozy shades of fall and the shine of copper mugs give this outdoor Thanksgiving table from Karen of Sanctuary Home Decor an inviting, natural look.
Outdoor Patio Thanksgiving Table
I had to share one of my favorite Thanksgiving tables from Bluesky at Home. It’s one that I styled for a friend on her patio. We used all the elements from her linen/holiday closet and had fun preparing the patio for her college-age boys’ homecoming.
Brown Check Napkins Set the Casual Tone
I love the brown checked napkins and lighted lantern in this Thanksgiving table from Sarah of Hostessology. Checks are always a perfect pattern during the holidays.
Four Thanksgiving Tablescape Looks from One Formula
Jeannie of Just Jeannie Jacobs styles four tables (classic gold, rich burgundy, modern sage, and her own chocolate and plum) using the same building blocks. Her napkin bow tutorial is one you’ll use all season.
A Cornucopia Centerpiece and a Decorated Chandelier
Susan of Hen and Horse Design styled one of those traditional Thanksgiving tables that makes you feel like you’ve gone over the river and through the woods to Grandma’s house. Beautiful flowers, brown transferware dishes, and amber glasses set the stage, and a decorated chandelier adds a surprise overhead.
Blue and White Tablecloth with Rattan Accents
Maggie of Margaret of York starts with a bold blue and white patterned tablecloth, then layers rattan chargers, tortoise glasses, and a champagne bucket of magnolia leaves. It’s traditional fall color with a fresh, coastal twist.
Blue Velvet and Rust Thanksgiving Table with Free Printables
My Texas neighbor Kate of Southern Home and Hospitality pairs navy velvet napkins with rust linens, decoupage chinoiserie pumpkins, and silver turkeys for a table that proves blue belongs at Thanksgiving. She also shares free printable place cards, menus, and napkin rings to match.
Check out these Thanksgiving Tablescape Ideas from Bluesky at Home
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19 – Outdoor Fall (or Thanksgiving) Tablescape
20 – Fall Tablescape that Transitions to Thanksgiving
21 – How to Make Turkey Place Cards for Your Thanksgiving Table
Thanksgiving Tablescapes Questions and Answers
You can set your Thanksgiving table a week or more ahead. Lay the linens, centerpiece, and place settings early, then add fresh flowers, candles, and any food items a day or two before the meal.
Warm fall colors like rust, gold, copper, and brown are classic choices. Blue is a beautiful alternative that pairs well with orange and rust, and blue and white dishes work wonderfully for a Thanksgiving table.
Keep your centerpiece low, below eye level when guests are seated. A garland of greenery down the middle of the table with pumpkins, fruit, and candles tucked in works better than one tall arrangement.
Start with dishes, linens, and accessories you already own. Add grocery store flowers, mini pumpkins, fresh fruit, and greenery from your yard, then repeat one simple detail at each place setting, like a ribbon-tied napkin.
I love having a beautiful seasonal table set and ready weeks before the occasion. Which of these 21 Thanksgiving table setting ideas is your favorite? Tell me in the comments.
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