When it comes to tabletop decor, centerpieces don't always have to mean flowers and greenery. You can add a bit of bohemian flair with pretty plumes playfully tucked into your arrangements, or displayed on their own for instant glamour. Pheasant feathers are often used for adding drama to a table, but ostrich, peacock, and even plain ol' chicken feathers work beautifully too.
1. A polka dotted plume paired with bright yellow craspedia gives a fresh and fun feel. Recreate this look at casual gatherings like tea parties, baby showers, and backyard barbecues.
2. Succulents usually aren't head-turners on their own, but when they're artfully arranged in a gleaming disco pot with a peacock feather, their muted tones suddenly scream glamor!
3. When you have something as dramatic as pheasant feathers adorning your table, you don't need much else for a centerpiece. Here, they're grouped with rustic branches and simple white blooms.
4. Pheasant feathers, wheat stalks, and Oriental lilies make a statement piece that spells rustic glamour. The mix of patterns and textures is busy and bold, but works because of the warm color palette.
5. Sometimes, simple really is best. A couple of feathers tucked in a vintage glass bottle is no less festive for a fall centerpiece, and lets the edibles on the table shine.
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• In Season: Pheasant Feathers
• Thinking Outside the Gourd: Alternative Autumn Tables
(Images: 1. La Dolce Vita Photography via Style Me Pretty; 2. Sarah Yates via Style Me Pretty; 3. lunaphoto via Ruffled; 4. Bethann Greenberg via Green Wedding Shoes; 5. Heather Hawkins via Ruffled)
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Love the colors in the first one! And the last picture almost looks like quills in an ink bottle, very unique!
I like them all. My Thanksgiving centerpiece this year consisted of a few barred (striped) duck feathers free standing in a tall glass cylinder set in the center of a small wreath. The wreath was made of bunches of dried herbs from my garden wired to a grapevine form with a few sprigs of fall leaves mixed in. The colors of the duck feathers were a perfect complement.
Bonus: Afterward, I hung the wreath in my pantry and when I open the door the smell is divine. But the best part is that it was all free. It *pays* to go on a treasure hunt in one's own home.
Love this idea! I've been collecting turkey feathers each time we go out to work on our cabin in the country. I've matted and framed a few, but this would be great for a tablesscape!
I'm a fan of feathers in decor, but putting them on the table as a centerpiece is completely unappetizing to me.
My current holiday arrangement is peacock feathers and a couple red berry sprays from Michaels in a white ceramic vase. I don't use it as a centerpiece though, it's much too small for that.