A Thanksgiving table setting gives you a place to gather with loved ones. These several creative table décor ideas show different ways to set the table for the occasion. Use the ideas as a starting point for your own Thanksgiving table.
Thanksgiving décor can bring fall warmth and color to the table with natural elements. Fall foliage from a craft store or the yard can go inside a glamorous vase, while branches and a flower arrangement from the yard can also serve as a centerpiece.
Candles provide mood lighting and light for the dining space. Try rustic tealight holders made from wood rounds, metallic candle holders, or modern black ones, and use the candle holders creatively in the table setting.
Pumpkins are a Thanksgiving table staple. Use white or neutral pumpkin decorations made from burlap or other woven material on the Thanksgiving dining table.
More specific design samples appear below to support the development of your ideas.
Traditional Plaid Thanksgiving Table Decor
A rattan placemat sits on the wood dining table, with white glass dinnerware on top. The vivid red and orange plaid napkin matches the table runner, and a sleek gold napkin ring clips onto the napkin.
The modern napkin rings bring a cleaner detail to the traditional plaid setup. Add white gourds, and decorate the table with plaid napkins and the runner.
Gourds Flowers and Metallic Thanksgiving Décor
Gold-colored candle holders have a hammered finish. On the long wooden dining table, a metallic centerpiece should coordinate with them, with a vase that has a shiny silver finish at the center. The vase holds autumn flowers in soft orange tones and flowers in deep burgundy tones, and the centerpiece uses a set of beaded gourds.
Red and Orange Autumn Table Decor
At the table’s middle, gourds in orange and white add color to the centerpiece. A large white vase contains maple and birch leaves, and the centerpiece is finished with the white vase. A dark red candlestick sits inside a metallic gold candle holder, which rests along a woven tablecloth in sandy brown with white.
White Neutral Farmhouse Thanksgiving Table
A farmhouse dining table is set with round woven jute placemats that hold white glass dinnerware. A black and white plaid table runner lies across the center, while black metal dining chairs sit around the table. Add a greenery garland for a natural color, and use the garland on the table.
Modern Fall Thanksgiving Decorations
An orange striped runner lies across the center of the wood dining table. Set tea lights and orange-and-white faux gourds along the runner, with the tea lights staggered among the gourds. Copper charger plates sit beneath the glossy glass dinnerware.
Farmhouse Thanksgiving Table
At each place setting, natural wood charger plates sit beneath simple white glass dinnerware, with white napkins folded neatly over the top. Beside the settings are two wood lanterns filled with colorful mini gourds and vibrant fall flowers. Natural wood candle holders are placed beside the lanterns.
Copper and Gold Table Decor
Orange maple-leaf placemats and gold silverware set the Thanksgiving dining table. Add gold candlesticks, orange gourds, white dinnerware, and the placemats to the table. At the center, a copper turkey figurine sits with a plant vase filled with deep red and orange flowers.
Rustic Small Table Centerpieces
At the table center, red autumn cut flowers fill a wooden trough used as the centerpiece. A white table runner lies underneath it, with two large squat orange pumpkins at the trough sides. Two small black pumpkins add modern style and balance the red flowers.
Red White Gold Table Decor
On the table, matching frosted green glass cups accompany vintage gold-lined glass plates in white and gold. Red salad plates and gold silverware are added too. A folded plaid runner in red and white covers the center of the bright red tablecloth, with white pumpkins over it.
Blue white decor for the dining room
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A small round wood dining table sits beneath a white globe chandelier with golden accents. White upholstered chairs surround the table, while blue-and-white geometric drapes coordinate with a blue console table and a blue-and-white coffered ceiling. Use the white globe chandelier over the small round wood table.
Modern Black Thanksgiving Table
Use black glass dinnerware and neutral gray striped napkins for the table setting. Black candlesticks sit at the center, with colorful gourds between them. The open living-dining space has black accents.
Thanksgiving Centerpieces
Across the room, a neutral runner holds a green magnolia garland with multiple pinecones and small white gourds. One mercury glass pumpkin with an interior light is paired with multiple white frosted-glass pumpkins that also have interior lights.
Colorful Thanksgiving Table Decor
Turquoise centerpiece foliage brings color to the table. Turquoise napkins and white dinnerware with golden leaf detailing complement bright golden silverware, candlesticks, and candle holders. A crystal chandelier hangs above it.
Rustic Plaid Thanksgiving Centerpiece
A rustic wood table holds a wood pastry stand at its center. The stand is paired with black fabric gourds in a plaid pattern, multiple wood farmhouse signs, a candle, and multiple burlap sunflowers. Add a galvanized sign and a large wood gourd to the pastry stand.
Bright Fall Farmhouse Tablescape
White dinner plates with scalloped edges sit in the tablescape beside vintage salad plates in blue and white. A wood serving tray rests over a magnolia wreath, while two orange pumpkins made of glass sit on top with a wood bead garland. Woven rattan placemats complete the setting.
Minimalist Gold Pumpkin Fall Decor
In the table center, stagger multiple orange gourds in varying sizes. They sit over a crocheted doily, which is layered over a white tablecloth. Add modern golden candlestick holders around the arrangement.
Antique Rustic Farmhouse Table Setting
Thanksgiving dinnerware with intricate painting rests over a woven doily placemat and pairs with a red plaid napkin. A green silk bow ties the napkin, while a green fabric gourd matches the napkin tie. Use a tea light, a gray neutral plaid runner, and a full fall floral arrangement with the setting.
Small Farmhouse Thanksgiving Table Setting
A white plaid tablecloth in a neutral tone is draped over a rounded wood farmhouse dining table. Vintage farmhouse chairs surround it, while a rustic Thanksgiving setting fills the top. Place wood candlesticks, a farmhouse lantern, and painted dinnerware around the table.
Modern Thanksgiving Table Layout
Eucalyptus stems sit in a white glass vase. Add the vase and a beige neutral runner to the modular wood dining table. Wood and rattan chairs surround it, while a mini orange gourd, a gold candlestick, and a matching gold lantern are arranged on the table.
Modern Olive Green Thanksgiving Tablescape
A large white hydrangea arrangement anchors the setting. A dark green gourd sits nearby.
The wood farmhouse dining table has white painted glass plates over black scalloped charger plates, with black wood dining chairs around it. Olive green dish paint matches both the gourd and the hydrangeas.
Thanksgiving Table Decor in Orange and Pastel Green
A waffle-textured tablecloth and gray plaid runner layer across the table. A woven rattan placemat holds a small pumpkin in pastel cream and pastel green, along with an orange glass pumpkin, both centered on the table. Orange candlesticks are paired with gold holders, while the matching napkins and silverware coordinate with the candlesticks.
Autumn Foliage Thanksgiving Table Centerpiece
A neutral woven cotton runner rests on the black dining table with vivid red and orange fall foliage added to it. Place a paper flower bouquet at the center, then set a glass terrarium beside it with a white gourd inside. Add a textured glass candle holder to the table.
Black Plate Setting for a Modern Fall Table
On the wood dining table, each setting starts with a woven placemat, a black glass dinner plate, and a white textured salad plate. Add a neutral striped napkin to each setting and tie it with twine. A sandy brown woven gourd is centered on the placemat, matching the bronze silverware added to the table settings.
Autumn Tablescape with Pumpkins and Maple Leaves
An organic centerpiece sits on the dark wood dining table. It holds pinecones, a candle surrounded by them, white pumpkins, and rusty orange maple leaves. Add a tall black candlestick nearby.
Fall Plaid Setting for a Rustic Farmhouse Table
A black farmhouse lantern sits near the wood dining table. Over the table is a red and green plaid runner with fringed edges, topped by a white pumpkin and an orange pumpkin. Add a maple leaf branch with a wooden sign over the branches.
Vintage Red and Green Thanksgiving Table Decor
The dining table is covered by a plaid runner in red and green. Add a colorful charger and a colorful dish.
Use the white gourd with the white farmhouse chair, placing the gourd in a staggered arrangement across the table and between the pillar candle and chair. The pillar candle sits with a maple leaf garland.
Thanksgiving Table in Neutral Farmhouse Style
A beige cotton runner lies on the light-stained wood dining table. Two pumpkins, one pastel orange and one creamy white, sit on it with a white pillar candle between them and over a brown and green maple leaf. A white plate comes with a beige napkin and a wood tag.
Orange with Bright Blue for a Vintage Thanksgiving Table
A grapevine placemat with a woven form and boho style sits beneath a blue dinner plate and a white glass charger. An orange vintage salad plate matches the orange napkin, which comes with a leather clip. Orange and peach flowers and a matching pumpkin are centered on the placemat.
Neutral White Setting for Thanksgiving
A natural wood dining table holds a white wood serving tray in the center. Painted white gourds line the tray, while rustic wood logs hold white candlesticks nearby. Antiqued bronze holders are mixed with the candlesticks, and a green foliage garland includes red cranberries.
Autumn Dining Tablescape
A carved pumpkin, a tasseled runner, and black-and-white dinnerware with a pumpkin pattern are arranged on the dining table. Nearby, a cabinet with matching fall decorations sits against white farmhouse chairs.
