Thanksgiving is a time to gather with friends and family to celebrate.
Decorating for Thanksgiving should show that the host or hostess was thoughtful of the guests and spent a little extra time to ensure that everything looks a little special so that people want to spend a little extra time together sitting at the dining room table.
Some people prefer to decorate a dining table with bold colors, however others prefer neutral colors.
Here are a few designer tips and tricks for how to decorate a dining table in a neutral color scheme.
How to Decorate a Dining Table for Thanksgiving with Neutral ColorsWhat is Your Definition of Neutral?
Most people consider neutral colors to be white, gray, and black.
Other people include beige, taupe, ivory, and cream as a neutral.
Some people consider silver as a neutral, while others include gold also as a neutral.
When decorating for Thanksgiving, some people consider orange a neutral because of the color of pumpkins.
Some people also include green as a neutral because of the color of greenery.
You decide which colors you consider to be neutrals for your Thanksgiving centerpiece.
A designer tip is to make sure to consider your dining room color scheme and the color schemes of the adjacent rooms when selecting which neutral colors you want to include in your Thanksgiving tablescape.
How to Decorate a Dining Table for Thanksgiving with Neutral ColorsTexture is Everything
When decorating with neutral colors, the overall effect can be very boring if all of the items used have the same texture.
In order to have an exciting neutral Thanksgiving tablescape, you must incorporate several different textures.
You can use items that are soft, rough, bumpy, spiky, fluffy, velvety, silky, smooth, coarse, fuzzy, or wrinkly.
Use Different Shapes
Also consider using different shapes in your neutral Thanksgiving tablescape to create variety.
You an use round and rectangular, cylinders and boxes, pyramid shapes and spheres.
A designer tip is to use abstract shapes because they are especially interesting.
How to Decorate a Dining Table for Thanksgiving with Neutral ColorsThe Base Layer
Consider what you want at the bottom of your tablescape.
Many people will want to use a tablecloth on their dining table.
Some people want to use a table runner.
Others want to use placemats.
You can use one or several of the base layers mentioned above to start building your Thanksgiving tablescape.
You can use a solid base layer, a textural base layer, or a patterned base layer.
A designer tip is that your base layer does not need to be made out of fabric - it can be made out of wicker, bamboo, rattan, moss, or most any material imaginable.
How to Decorate a Dining Table for Thanksgiving with Neutral ColorsThe Right Tableware
Thanksgiving is a time to be a bit over the top since you will be spending so much time sitting at the table.
If you have fancy tableware, now is the time to use it.
Use your good dishes, silver, and crystal.
For extra designer flair, purchase special Thanksgiving themed salad plates #ad to use with your basic white china.
Feel free to mix in some unique pieces in with your existing pieces, such as a rattan charger #ad and a cabbage dinner plate #ad.
A Thanksgiving themed gravy boat would be a fun accessory.
How to Decorate a Dining Table for Thanksgiving with Neutral ColorsCreate a Stunning Centerpiece
The centerpiece of your Thanksgiving dining table should be a bit over the top to catch everyone's attention and make a statement.
Just make sure the centerpiece is not too tall so that people can see each other across the table.
You can use different types of greenery, pine cones, candles of varying heights, flowers, pumpkins of various colors, pheasant feathers, or whatever you can dream up.
Consider using greenery, twigs, and other items from your garden to supplement store bought items and enhance your Thanksgiving centerpiece.
A designer tip is to consider how your Thanksgiving tablescape might transition to become a Christmas tablescape by simply removing a few items from your centerpiece and adding a few items in a Christmas style.
How to Decorate a Dining Table for Thanksgiving with Neutral ColorsAdd Accessories and Personal Touches
You might want to add some additional accessories or a few personal touches to your Thanksgiving tablescape to make it extra special.
Some accessories to consider are cloth napkins folded in a unique way, Thanksgiving themed napkin rings #ad, place cards, and/or a small menu for each guest,
Some personalized touches to consider adding to your tablescape are older family photos, thank you notes or notes of gratitude specifically created for each guest, or a small gift for each guest to take home with them.
