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Put The Pumpkin On The Table - Creative Pumpkin Centerpieces & Tablescapes

By Karin Lidbeck for Country Gardens
(Image credit: Andre Baronowks for Country Gardens)

Since we've got plenty of time while we wait for the Great Pumpkin to arrive, why not put together a fall pumpkin themed centerpiece for your table - or take it even further and create an autumn pumpkin tablescape?

Nowadays we have so many options - not just orange! White and green pumpkins are at the height of their popularity right now. Feeling super-inspired and creative? Then you might just want to paint your own pumpkins or gourds whatever color you choose, giving them the ultimate personalized look!

I've chosen a few of my favorite pumpkin centerpieces and tablescapes below to awe and inspire you, and maybe give you a few ideas. Use them as inspiration for your fall, Halloween or Thanksgiving tables. Click the photo or text below it to visit the original post! Let me know which you  like the most by leaving a comment below!
Beautiful natural centerpiece



How pretty! Copper and neutrals from Liz Marie Blog 



Pretty coastal style from H2OBungalow


Use a hallowed pumpkin as a vase and fill with seasonal flowers.


Fall table via Sucasasuafiesa


All white: hydrangeas, antlers, candles, & pumpkins


More orange and blue, yay! from StoneGable


Love this more traditional box design with candles, pumpkins, & gourds

Natural & neutral greens and whites


Blue Willow china & pumpkin from Celebratingeverydaylife.com



A variety of different sized candles 


Succulents in white pumpkins



Which do you like best?


You might also like:

Dishfunctional Designs: Decorating With Unusual & Unique Pumpkins for Autumn and Halloween


Have a great week!
 Laura

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Orange & Blue For Autumn


I can't not talk about orange and blue. What a great color combination! And not only that, what a great way to display your blue and white china but with some orange pumpkins or gourds during autumn. 

Whether you collect blue English transferware, Blue Willow china, or my favorite—amazing Flow Blue china— autumn is one of the best times of the year to show off your blue china by pairing it with the warm orange and yellow tones of the season. 

Right now I have the plate shown here (flea market find, two for $4!) displayed on a table with a few mini pumpkins on top. And that's it—plain and simple, no froufrou, no glitter, no ribbons, no magic dust, just a mini celebration of color. As a matter of fact, if I were going to add anything else at all to this look, it would be a bed of two or three fall-colored autumn leaves below the pumpkins, and that's it. 



I love looking at and being inspired by amazing and creative tablescapes (and I have a new blog post coming soon showing a few of my favorites!), but to tell you the truth, they're really not my personal style for my own home. 

Unless I am dressing up my table for a one-time special event such as Thanksgiving, I keep my table pretty much straightforward and simple. Sometimes I just don't have the time to put into it, or the extra money to spend on it! 

Plus, the more stuff I put on my table, the more nosy my cat gets - and he has to take a really close look at everything. 






How do you decorate your table for fall?





Have a great week!
love,
 Laura




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Good Morning Summer: Simple Ways To Brighten Up Your Outdoor Table

Good morning friends! It's a muggy morning here, and as I sit in my outdoor office (aka my backyard patio where I do much of my writing and some of my jewelry making) I'm hoping that the rain holds out so that I can enjoy as much of the outdoors as I can before rain forces me indoors. Where has summer gone? I feel like it is slipping away between my fingers. Wait! I haven't had enough! 

In any case, do you have a space to sit outside to enjoy nature? I don't have anything fancy, just a few pieces of standard patio furniture and a round metal table where I sit to work. But I like to decorate it a little bit to make it pretty and inviting. All it takes is a few inexpensive items to pretty up your sitting space and make it uniquely you. 

My favorite things to use are:

Unique or vintage linens - I'm talking about a simple, pretty tea towel or even a single, favorite fancy cloth napkin. The one shown above and below is a vintage tea towel. Put that down on your table first and then think about adding a few small things that coordinate. Heck, they even don't have to coordinate if you don't want them to - just choose a few things that you love and that are uniquely you. I just design my table so that it makes me happy and comfortable. 

A potted plant or flowers from your garden - I love a simple geranium in a clay pot. Yes, those are old broken china shards that you see in my flowerpot! They fell off a mosaic that I made (oops) and so I toss them into the flowerpot to add some interest and color. Once the hydrangea in my garden bloom (and they hardly bloomed this year, unfortunately) I like to cut some of them and keep them in a vase of water on my outdoor table. They will usually last for a few weeks where I live in Eastern Pennsylvania - and my table is beneath an awning so that helps protect them from the heat and sun. 
                          
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A few candles - I'm not as much of a candle person as I used to be, but having a pond a few feet away means citronella candles are a must to keep mosquitoes and other insects away. Plus, they look so pretty burning when the sun starts to go down and evening comes. Be sure to keep them away from your flowers or anything else that might catch on fire.

Other items of interest - Interesting rocks, stones, or a small statue or figurine can add interest and personality to your table. Just make sure you keep the size of things under control so that you don't use up all of your table space! How I do it: I simply keep everything inside the space of whatever linen I use. 


Working outside on my laptop - I couldn't have timed this photo better if I had tried! 



Remember, you don't have to be an interior decorator to create an attractive space that makes you happy and comfortable, all you have to do is go with your gut and choose the things that YOU love and that have meaning to you!

I'm the kind of person who would choose a flea market find or vintage hand-me-down a million to one over any type of mass-produced department store home decor. When it comes to decorating my personal space, I throw all "rules" out the window, go with my gut, and do what makes me happy and looks best to me. Please, decorate your space with things that have meaning to you!  Everything else is just fluff! ; )




I hope you have a great week! 
Love, 
Laura


My broken china jewelry is always available for purchase at https://www.etsy.com/shop/dishfunctionldesigns


article and images ©Laura Beth Love 2016

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