Stella

I have set a very masculine Thanksgiving table this year.

I had always felt that Thanksgiving was a holiday more for the men in our family than the women. That is why I chose these grey and wood tones for my table.

When I was growing up, it was always the women running around doing all the workand the men where in the other room watching football until all the food is ready.  Then they ate and drank and return to the other room to watch more football, and the women were to clean up all the dishes.

I won't be hosting our actual Thanksgiving dinner, we will be going to my sister's house for dinner.  But I like that my boys lend a hand in setting the table and serving the food these days.

We enjoy much more conversation around the table now then when I was growing up. And I am proud to say that all the husbands and sons now pitch in to clean up all the dishes. I think that this is more of how we should be giving thanks- by working together and enjoying each other's company!

Speaking of enjoying others-

Here are the links to all those participating in the Hop:

Knock it Off Kim | Home is Where the Boat Is
Everyday Living | Living With Thanksgiving

Tuesday

Wednesday

Me and My Captain | Bluesky at Home
Life and Linda | Our Crafty Mom

The Painted Apron

Debbie's Buzz

Loveland Lodge

Celebrate & Decorate

The Painted Hinge | Sweet Sensations

Zucchini Sisters | a casa di Bianca

Follow the Yellow Brick Home

I like the changes that have taken place, Thanksgiving seems much more enjoyable now.

I have a lot to be thankful for and feel very blessed to have a wonderful family

and many great friends.

Oh! and many, many dishes!

Sources:

Placemats - Country Gatherings - Walnut Creek, Ohio

Flatware - Ikea

Brown Chargers - Walmart - years ago

White Charger plates - Old Time Pottery - years ago

Grey Sorrento Dinner Plates - Butterchurn Kitchenwares, Walnut Creek, Ohio

Darker Grey salad plates - HomeGoods years ago

Napkins - HomeGoods several months ago

Cement pumpkins - Hobby Lobby - (I colored the stems-they were gold)

When I think of fall I am always drawn to an image of a big copper colored tree with all of it's leaves turning such a wonderful saturated redish brown, cool crisp weather and plaid flannel shirts.  So I brought out the plaids and all the copper elements I could find for this table!  Get ready for a copper overload!

I am posting this as part of the Fall Tablescape Blog Hop hosted by the fabulous Chloe Crabtree of Celebrate & Decorate! This is a fun way to get inspired about your fall decorating.  Each day 4 more wonderful bloggers will be posting their fall tablescapes to get you in the mood! 

The schedule and all the links will be listed at the end of my post.
It started yesterday- so be sure to go back and pick up Monday's posts, because they are fabulous!

My copper color started with a $5 dollar set of napkin rings and just kind of grew from there! I think I bought these at Target's dollar spot two years ago.

I didn't intentional mean to do so much copper - but when I put dark flatware out - it just didn't look good.  I lucked out last week when I walked into HomeGoods with a gift card my son's friends had given me when we hosted them for a fun weekend at the lake.  (they are welcomed anytime - especially if they thank me with HomeGoods gift cards!!)  There was this set of copper flatware just calling my name!

The gorgeous copper Moscow mule mugs are on loan from my wonderful friend, Kim, who has graciously opened her cupboards to my passion for tablescaping!  Isn't it nice when your girlfriends are supportive of your odd hobby so that we can do these tables with out having purchase even more dishes, because I did splurge on these copper wine glasses while shopping at Pier 1 with my girlfriend, Diane!  I am just going to call Diane an enabler!!  We all need girlfriends like that!

For some reason I think plaids and fall just go together simultaneously, but then again - I use plaids in almost any season! These plaid napkins and placemats had that pumpkin spice vibe to them that just wanted to be paired with these cute little pumpkin plates.
Since my kitchen and dining area are just one big room, I felt it was necessary to take down the summer accessories in the kitchen and swap it out for some fall accessories there as well.

Although, because there is no horse power limit on the boat motors, we see very few sail boats on our lake.  Occasionally in the middle of the week when it is real quiet, you will see someone out sailing.

I filled my sailboat with some different varieties of hydrangeas.

I am not much of a gardener!  My hydrangeas just don't look as big and gorgeous as everyone else out there in blog land!  I just live vicariously through the ladies who post on Floral Fridays!

Anchors are allowed!  Even though these are not the type of anchors we use -the nice guy that he is-  let this slide.

I chose these blue dyed napkins and a knotted rope napkin ring to top of the dish stack.

A few nautical accents scattered about the blue striped table cloth join the sailboat.  These cute little buoy candles were left over way past summer at Joann Fabrics last year so I got them for mere pennies.

I am a fair skinned, freckled red head.  For years I had one wish - that was to get my shins tan. Well, I can tell you, my wish came true!  My shins are finally tan!

When it gets up in the 90's - you know were to find me-  

I will be out by the lake with at least my toes in the water or floating on some sort of watercraft.

I hope you stay cool this summer!

Thanks for stopping by!

Ann

Sources:

Tablecloth and blue tumblers - Target - about a month ago

Jute placemats, anchor plates - HomeGoods - last year

Dinner and salad plates - Dillard's on clearance about 2 years ago

Flatware - HomeGoods years ago

Napkins - I think I got these at Marshalls quite a few years ago

Napkin rings - The Peddler, Walnut Creek, Ohio

Sailboat and Chargers - Pier 1 Imports

Buoy Candles and rope accents - Joann Fabrics last year

I will be linking up to the following parties:

Tablescape Thursday - Between Naps on the Porch

We are happily celebrating Independence Day with lots of Red, White and Blue!

This is just one of the many patriotic tables you will see in our Red, White and Blue Tablescape Hop going on this week.  Chloe Crabtree, of Celebrate & Decorate organized a great group of bloggers who are eager to share their version of patriotic tables with you. 
 We will be having between 25 to 30 family members over to enjoy the spectacular fireworks show our little lake puts on.  We also have a water ski show during the day - that is put on just to the left of our house - so we can view it well from both decks. I will have to set up some other eating areas, but this one will probably the favorite since it is in the shade.

Here is the line up for more Red, White and Blue fun at our Tablescape Hop-
just click on the links to see more patriotic inspiration!

Belle Bleu Interiors  |  A Casa di Bianca




Camelot Art Creations  |  Celebrate & Decorate



My French Twist | Me and My Captain

 I have been looking online at wooden boxes for quite some time.  I see many tutorials on how to build one.

I noticed most of them all looked pretty much the same.  A simple wooden box.  Some were stained light and some dark.  Some were longer than others.  It all depended on the person's dining room table size.

I wanted something more elegant with some pizazz. I knew I wanted something with legs and more decorative.  I talked to my husband about it and off we went to the Home Depot.

We used Poplar wood, however any wood would work.  Leftover barn wood, fence wood or redwood. I see some people using whiteboard wood.

This box is 48" long. and 9" wide.

This rope moulding really finished off the box and gave it a nice edge.

We also added the onlay, which was around $9.89 each. They are also called wood appliques .

We used this Wadell leg from home Depot.  It was around $3.00. My husband cut it down.  You don't want the box to be too tall.

I  saw many other styles of legs online.
If you used this leg style, you could get two different leg styles out of one piece.  Just cut off the top and bottom.

I wanted a two toned look, so we used two different stains. Here is how it turned out.  I absolutely love it!

The great thing about these boxes, you can use them for all different seasons and holidays. Just change out the decor.

I am using battery candles with a remote....Such a cool device. The tapers are real candles.

Just be careful when using the real candles.

I posted this on Facebook and was overwhelmed with the response. I have a few friends that want one.

I am over my radiation treatments and I am on the road to healing.  The next step is the thyroid cancer.  I am feeling better with each passing day.

Thank you all for being there for me.  Hugs..... I am linking up the following blogs: Fabulous Fall Linky Party @  My Journey Back- The Journey Back The Creative Home and Garden Hop @ Creative Home Expressions Make it pretty Monday @ TheDedicatedHouse Masterpiece Monday @ Boogie Board Cottage Amaze Me Monday @ Dwellings-The Heart of your Home 

Inspire Me Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life Centerpiece Wednesdays @ The Style Sisters What's It Wednesday @ Ivy and Elephants  Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop @ Katherines Corner    Tutorials, Tips and Tidbits @ Stone Gable Blog Creative Things Thursday @ The Vintage Farmhouse Fluster's Creative Muster Party @ Fluster Buster