On to Thanksgiving

Don’t you wish the switch from Thanksgiving to Christmas were as easy as from Halloween to Thanksgiving? Since the color scheme can remain the same from Halloween to Thanksgiving, the transition can be quick…and I LIKE quick! Not too much to take down or bring up from the basement…put the Jack-o’-lanterns and such away, leave the pumpkins and corn and pomegranates, add a few other touches, and voilà! WE’RE READY FOR THANKSGIVING!

For our Halloween decor (really, isn’t “decor” a little highfalutin to describe Halloween?? :) )  you might remember that our buffet held terracotta Jack-o’-lanterns and black kittens hidden inside (here). Now it has a more sophisticated look:

I’ve had this cornucopia for many years, and I’ve used it many, many times. What speaks more to the bounty of Thanksgiving than a cornucopia spilling over with vegetables and flowers? To add more interest, I set it on a Wilton Armetale oval platter.

The sterling pedestal compote and its contents…tiny pumpkins and gourds, and of course BUCKEYES…remained from the Halloween vignette…

…as did the pumpkin surrounded by a bit of grapevine.

I absolutely CANNOT WAIT until some sort of BLUETOOTH technology makes all lamps cord-free, how about you? Cords ruin every picture! I’ve noticed that in most magazines the lamps don’t have cords…I too, started to “erase” this one, but it’s time consuming, so no magazine shot here! I’ve seem the fabric covers like the ones for chandeliers, but that doesn’t seem like a solution to me—it just draws even more attention to the cord! So, I’m hoping for Bluetooth :)—SOON!!

The writing desk remained pretty much the same…I added the books and bowls (a new GW find!), and the pumpkins that had been on the table on the front porch came inside. They’ve held up incredibly well!

Ahhhh…sunshine streaming in!

And the china cabinet got its full Thanksgiving look. I’d held on to the blue and white for quite a while this year, but I was actually ready…no, anxious, actually, to move to the brown transferware turkey plates.

I have never done a brown and white china cabinet display before, but something this year seemed to call for that, I think to call attention to the great Royal Stafford turkey plates I bought at Home Goods several years ago.

  The turkey plates are smaller than luncheon plates…more of a dessert or salad plate, and the dinner plate behind it is another great Home Goods find. I originally thought I would set our immediate family’s Thanksgiving table (we’ll do it on the Sunday after Thanksgiving this year) with this arrangement, but that may not go over so well.  See the beautiful raised border on those plates? Well, it takes up a lot of room that would otherwise be used for FOOD, so I may have a few complaints about that :). Actually, as I think about it, that might be a GOOD THING!

More turkeys—the Friendly Village turkey luncheon plates. (I just found that Johnson Brothers’ Friendly Village also has a PUMPKIN luncheon plate!! I thought I needed about 8 of them, but the Buy it now price on eBay is $39.99 for ONE! Yikes!)

I’ve researched these knives and have been able to find absolutely nothing on them (don’t remember the mark on them now), but I love them. I bought them at a community garage sale years ago; I’m pretty sure they’re pretty old. The color is lovely for fall tables—it’s more yellow than they appear in the picture. Don’t you love that little brad in the handle?

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I love to see all your pictures. Sometimes I wish I could crawl right into my computer screen and see THE DETAILS, so here are a few shots for those readers who share my passion for the details.

 

These goblets are now vintage, from the early days of Pottery Barn. Sadly, I broke one and haven’t been able to find a replacement. Is there someone out there who knows where I can find one, or TWO, or FOUR??

Here’s a full view of our Thanksgiving china cabinet~

And last but not least…our FLAG. Those of you who’ve been following me on this fun ride of home and hearth know how much I love to see our flag, swaying softly or briskly at our front porch. One day, as I looked out onto the screened porch I caught this reflection of the flag on our sliding-glass door. Couldn’t have planned it if I’d wanted to:

 

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From my nest to yours~

Zuni