Paper Plate Thanksgiving Tablescape

by Nancy @ Slightly Coastal

4 Materials

Let’s be honest, not everyone can have layers and layers of china. I get that. Plus, if you are hosting a large number of people, pulling out the china may not even be an option. I wanted to create a paper tablescape to give you inspiration.

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I started by locating the small dessert plates at Tuesday morning. I love their selection. There are so many paper plates to choose from and gorgeous napkins. I wanted to use the traditional colors of Thanksgiving and found the pattern in the dessert plates to be just the hint of Thanksgiving I was looking for

I coordinated them with a solid brown napkin. Now, these are not your typical paper napkins. They are thick and feel almost cloth like. Two items down at Tuesday Morning but I decided to try for three. I walked over to the wrapping paper section and immediately gravitated to this plaid wrapping paper. Yes, it’s true. The “placemats” are actually cut pieces of wrapping paper. I simply traced around a placemat I already owned to make the size correct.

I pulled out my gold plastic chargers I bought at Target eons ago. Now you can find chargers for so cheap they have almost become disposable. The clear plates on top of the chargers are the Target brand of plastic plates

The only items to wash on this table are the wine glasses, silverware, and chargers. I also built this long wooden box out of two 1×4 boards and a 1×6 board. I had some brass decorative pieces I picked up at the thrift store a long time ago and simply nailed them to the painted box after I sprayed them my favorite oil rubbed bronze.

The older I get the more I realize creating moments with people we love is so much more important than the stuff we think is important. Don’t stress about having the most perfect Thanksgiving table ever. People won’t remember the table, but they will remember the people around it. Pay attention to the conversation and remember the moments.