Beautiful Thanksgiving Tablescape & Dining Room Decor

Creating a beautiful Thanksgiving tablescape is the perfect way to set the scene for a memorable holiday gathering.

From a pretty tablecloth to layered table settings and seasonal touches, there are endless ways to make your dining space inviting.

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We’re sharing our best tips and ideas to help you create a Thanksgiving dining room that will make everyone feel at home.

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Thanksgiving Tablescape Ideas

Add Color with a Tablecloth

Neutral pumpkins, acorns, and leaves in the center of a Thanksgiving tablescape.

When I organized our butler’s pantry, I was reminded I had this beautiful brown tablecloth with leaf stitching.

I knew it would be perfect for Thanksgiving and it inspired the color and theme for the whole room.

This year, I’m using brown, white, tan, and cream colors with lots of leaves!

Decorate the Center of the Table

Pumpkin, leaf, and acorn centerpiece on a Thanksgiving tablescape.

I layered neutral tan leaf branches with off-white leaves for the centerpiece.

Then, I painted six old pumpkins with Annie Sloan Old Ochre Chalk paint and tucked them between the leaves.

Next, I added a couple of large acorns and grapevine wreath pumpkins here and there.

Add a Seasonal Vignette

Two gold pheasant statues on either side of an urn filled with pheasant feathers.

We will only have four people for Thanksgiving dinner this year and have room at the ends of our table so I decided to create a seasonal vignette with these pretty pheasants and feathers.

I had my eye on these gorgeous pheasants last year but Hobby Lobby sold out of them.

Imagine my excitement when they had them in stock this year!

As soon as I saw them I put them right in my cart!

You can create a vignette on a console or side table if you don’t have room on your dining table.

Choose a place setting

A Thanksgiving tablescape featuring gold pheasants and white pumpkins.

I mixed our everyday dinner plates with beautiful brown transferware salad plates I found at an antique dealer this summer.

Gold-rimmed glasses and champagne utensils finish the setting.

DIY Charger Plates

A Thanksgiving tablesetting with a charger, cream dinner plate, and brown transferware salad plate.

What do you think about the leaf and acorn charger plates I made for our table?

If you missed the post, click the blue link to see how I made them!

I’m thrilled with how they turned out and look forward to using them in my Fall decor for many more years!

Use Inexpensive Napkin Holders

I bought these adorable pumpkin napkin holders from Dollar Tree last year.

I love how you can write on them and use them as place cards too!

Thanksgiving Dining Room Decor Ideas

Now it’s time to make the rest of the dining room look as beautiful as the table!

Layer leaf branches

Brown leaf stems layered on a mantel for Thanksgiving.

I placed branches with brown leaves on the mantel and layered them with the same tan branches I used on the dining table.

Display a Turkey

A white mantel decorated with brown and tan leaves and a gold turkey.

I added a vase with both types of leaves I used on the dining table to the center of the mantel, and set my gold turkey, purchased last year from Hobby Lobby, in front of it.