58 Beautiful Ways to Set Your Table This Thanksgiving (2024)

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How to set a pretty Thanksgiving table? ›

A mixture of gourds and mini pumpkins running down the length of your table makes for a charming, autumnal table display. Flank your pumpkins with navy blue plates, linen napkins, and natural wood-accented silverware for a different take on Thanksgiving tablescapes.

Layer Pinecones, Leaves, Fruit and Gourds

This centerpiece lets fall's bounty take centerstage, with a mix of fresh and dried fruit, pinecones, and autumn leaves. Extend the theme onto place setting by placing smaller leaves in the center of dinner plates.

Thanksgiving Meal

Transferring your turkey and side dishes to nice serveware is an easy thing to do that will make your meal feel more elegant. Use a neutral color, like white or tan, so that the serveware doesn't compete with the color of the delicious and colorful food you'll be serving!

Place the bread plate on the top left, a few inches above the fork. Lay a butter knife on top of the plate at an angle with the blade facing left. Place the water and wine glasses on the top right of the knife and spoons. If serving multiple wine options, remember to have appropriate glassware on hand.

Borrow decor from your friends and neighbors.

Swapping decor is a great way to get a fresh look for the holidays without spending any money. If you're hosting Thanksgiving dinner and guests offer to bring something, instead of food ask for a decoration such as fresh flowers or a few pumpkins.

Involve your kids in planning and preparing the Thanksgiving meal. Let them choose a dish to help make, or have them help you set the table or decorate. This will help them feel involved in the holiday and make it more meaningful for them. Start new Thanksgiving traditions with your kids.

An old dough bowl or wood trencher makes a great low centerpiece when filled with seasonal pumpkins, gourds, pinecones and flowering branches.

IF you mean a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner: roast turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, string beans, rolls, cranberry sauce; mushroom dish, maybe a salad or 2, maybe wild rice; pumpkin pie and/or apple pie.

To the left of the plate, place the fork on the napkin. On the right of the plate, place the knife closest to the plate and then the spoon. Directly above the knife, place the water glass. To the right and slightly above the water glass, place the wine glass or a glass for another beverage.

How to add seating for Thanksgiving? ›

Utilize Doorways

Consider your dining room doorways as space for additional seating. And the beauty of large archways and doorways between rooms is that you can add small tables for ample seating that is still close enough to pass the potatoes down to Aunt Jean.

Turkey. Just as it's a traditional meat used for Christmas dinner, turkey is favoured because it's big – and that means it can feed a whole family. Turkeys are usually stuffed with chestnuts and/or sausage meat and grains and baked in the oven before being carved at the table for everyone to enjoy.

Forks are on the left with the salad fork on the outside and the dinner fork closest to the plate. On the right side of the plate you'll place the dinner knife, tablespoon, teaspoon or soup spoon. Below is a diagram of a formal dinner place setting using all utensils.

Enhance the Christmas atmosphere by setting the table with special holiday dinnerware. Plates, bowls, and glasses adorned with festive patterns and motifs can elevate your table setting. Don't be afraid to mix and match different patterns and colours to create an eclectic and visually appealing arrangement.