40 Thanksgiving Table Setting Ideas That'll Wow the Whole Family
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Cozy Table Setting
Make your mismatched china feel purposeful by setting an old family photo on each place setting to spark some nostalgia (or a good laugh). Add wicker charger plates for an extra-cozy touch.
Brian Woodcock for Country Living - 2/40
Modern Rustic Table Setting
Impress your guests with this modern rustic setting idea, which mixes galvanized metal touches with copper ones.
Sugar and Charm - 3/40
Vintage Table Setting
A pretty plaid tablecloth, muted color pumpkins, and vintage elements make for a simply stunning tablescape.
So Much Better With Age - 4/40
Bold and Gold Table Setting
Forget stuffy Thanksgiving tablescapes — this modern table setting incorporates classic elements with fun splashes of blue and plenty of gold details.
Design Improvised - 5/40
Teal and Green Table Setting
Green and teal combine to make a tablescape that's soothing and oh-so pretty.
Know How She Does It - 6/40
Minimalist Table Setting
For an ultra-modern minimalist look, stick to a white, gold, and black color scheme, which you can soften with succulents and tea candles. Provide guests with menus as well so they know what's coming.
Almost Makes Perfect - 7/40
Festive Table Setting
Put everyone in the mood to celebrate with this festive display, which includes a garland runner, pretty patterned plates, and gold flatware.
Best Friends for Frosting - 8/40
Cozy Autumn Table Setting
Galvanized chargers, plaid dinner plates, and yarn pumpkins make for irresistibly cozy place settings.
Live Laugh Rowe - 9/40
Warm Brown Table Setting
Wheat bundles, wood slices, rustic burlap, and woven chargers make this neutral tablescape warm and inviting.
Uncommon Designs - 10/40
Romantic Table Setting
Muted shades of purple and pink add a romantic flair to a table otherwise set with neutral colors and subtle fall details.
Sugar and Charm - 11/40
Black-and-White Rustic Table Setting
You can’t go wrong with the classic black and white and pops of greenery.
Taryn Whiteaker Designs - 12/40
Pop of Orange Table Setting
You don't have to limit your orange-and-black color scheme to Halloween parties. Fall is all about color and contrast, and orange provides a perfect pop of color to an otherwise black and white table.
It All Started With Paint - 13/40
Chic Table Setting
For a table that feels opulent and chic, include plenty of shiny holiday details, like gold silverware, gold place ware, and a gold wishbone at each setting. Handmade rosemary place cards really complete the look.
Best Friends for Frosting - 14/40
Metallic Accents Table Setting
Copper serves as an elegant substitute for orange, while still providing that saturated color perfect for fall.
DIY Beautify - 15/40
Nature Inspired Table Setting
For a look that's rustic, relaxed, and organic, use elements like recycled bottles, dry wheat bunches, lots of greenery, and cork ribbon "thank you" place cards.
Know How She Does It - 16/40
Farmhouse Table Setting
Complete with a wood slab, pretty printed plate, and a printed "I'm Thankful For..." bookmark secured to each napkin with twine, this farmhouse table setting couldn't be cozier.
Live Laugh Rowe - 17/40
Trendy Table Settings
Keep it trendy and modern with touches of gold, like gold flatware and gold-rimmed glasses.
Best Friends for Frosting - 18/40
Elegant White Table Setting
Use a mixture of gray and white with natural accents like wood, feathers, and wheat for a soft, elegant table.
Taryn Whiteaker Designs - 19/40
Relaxed Table Setting
Your guests will feel right at home with woven placemats, wood-handled utensils, and plenty of texture mixed with neutral elements.
Average But Inspired - 20/40
Harvest Table Setting
Embrace all the colors of the harvest season with bright tangerine plates, chevron printed placemats, and speckled napkins.
Design Improvised - 21/40
Tea Towel Table Setting
Use tea towels to make vintage-style napkins with Thanksgiving-themed phrases like "grateful," "thankful," or "blessed."
So Much Better With Age - 22/40
White Pumpkins and Hydrangeas Table Setting
Hydrangeas aren't just for spring, and to keep your Thanksgiving table light and bright, you can pair fresh hydrangeas with white pumpkins, a thin burlap runner, and silver chargers.
It All Started With Paint - 23/40
Simple and Elegant Table Setting
Incorporate inexpensive items in unexpected ways for a simple and elegant tablescape, like a table runner made of paper doilies, feathers used as place cards, and napkins used as a bouquet of flowers.
Design Improvised - 24/40
Orange and Blue Table Setting
Painted pumpkins and pops of orange and blue make this tablescape look fun, playful, and modern. Don't forget to scatter around some pinecones.
It All Started With Paint - 25/40
Sophisticated Kid Table Setting
Disposable bamboo dinnerware, paper napkins, and an activity placemat ensure an easy cleanup, but still look totally stylish.
Sugar and Charm - 26/40
Autumnal Table Setting
Really lean into the holiday with adorable turkey-patterned plates and a festive scattering of green gourds and acorn squash down the center of the table. For a special touch, hot glue acorns to lengths of brown waxed twine and use to tie up rolled napkins. Then, apply gold leaf to a portion of a preserved maple leaf and use a gold paint pen to mark with guest's initials.
Brian Woodcock for Country Living - 27/40
Pink Ombré Table Setting
Pink may be an unexpected choice for Thanksgiving, but you'll brighten the table with pretty pink touches, like flatware wrapped with dark pink ribbon. You can also paint small white pumpkins in differing shades of pink to create a pretty ombré effect down the center of the table.
Brian Woodcock for Country Living - 28/40
Teal and Gold Table Setting
Embrace a bold color palette, such as teal and gold, for your tablescape, and use those colors to choose everything from your charger plates to your napkins.
Mike Garten for Good Housekeeping - 29/40
Plaid Table Setting
Your table will look rad in plaid if you choose coordinating tartan prints for your table runners, napkins, vases, and pumpkin ribbons.
Brian Woodcock for Country Living - 30/40
Bowtie Napkin Table Setting
Hues of orange and gold make for an elegant Thanksgiving table. For a special touch, form a bow with your napkins and slip a gold napkin ring over the center.
Brian Woodcock for Country Living - 31/40
Orange and Gold Florals Table Setting
For a vintage take on the orange-and-gold color scheme, choose some pretty floral plates, skinny gold flatware, and a bright orange runner.
Mike Garten for Good Housekeeping - 32/40
All-Natural Table Setting
Go a chill vibe, go with a tablescape free of a tablecloth or place mats, instead opting for wood slabs and a moss runner, and play up woodsy elements and shades of green found in nature.
Mike Garten for Good Housekeeping - 33/40
Neutral Tones Table Setting
Full of neutral tones, including painted pumpkins, this setting is modern and sophisticated.
Brian Woodcock for Country Living - 34/40
Shades of Blue Table Setting
Download this leaf template and use it to cut shapes out of pretty blue felt. Hand-stitch the pieces together for a dreamy table runner and adorn the rest of the table with matching plates and glasses.
Mikkel Vang for Country Living - 35/40
Royal Blue Pinecone Table Setting
Give your Thanksgiving table some regal flair with a royal blue dinner napkins and table runner, which pairs beautifully with gilded pinecones and gold flatware.
Con Poulos for Good Housekeeping - 36/40
Chalkboard Table Setting
Keep the kids entertained by painting canvas panels with chalkboard paint (or using chalkboard contact paper) and placing chalk within reach.
Kate Sears for Good Housekeeping - 37/40
Scattered Leaves Table Setting
Grab some foliage from the backyard — or grab reusable parchment leaves — and sprinkle them all around the table for a festive touch.
Kate Sears for Good Housekeeping - 38/40
Kid-Friendly Table Setting
Make sure the kids' table stays entertaining (but mess-free) with a kraft paper tablecloth and lots of marker and crayons in mini pots.
Country Living - 39/40
Kraft Paper Table Setting
Using white paint marker, draw a "placemat" over plain kraft paper. Then fill the surrounding area with lots of lush greenery.
David Hillegas for Country Living - 40/40
Frills and Florals Table Setting
Spruce up a kraft paper table runner with a fun border puncher, then add bold colors and plenty of greenery to keep it feeling seasonal.
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