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Love the colors in picture 6 -- the pop of green really works.

It is nice to incorporate seasonal elements for holiday decor. Some of these photos are way off seasonally.

I love the tablescape in #2, but I think pepper berries come out in winter/spring. In #4, dahlias are summer flowers; their bloom season is long gone by November. And the last photo shows calla lilies, which also bloom in winter/spring (in SoCal, anyway).

I also think #1 (with the eucalyptus) looks very cool and winter-like. Better suited to Christmas, maybe.

Because of this, those images do not look very Thanksgiving-y to me.

arroyo, I agree that not all the tables say "Thanksgiving dinner" to me, but they all have some nice ideas. I don't think you need to exactly duplicate the ideas in these photos. If you're willing to pay, you can find just about any flower anytime of the year (thanks to globalization), but I don't think that was the point of the post.

You don't need to use dahlias or eucalyptus to decorate your table, but a colorful bloom or decorative herb might be just the touch you were looking for to finish off your table setting.

Here's a recent Thanksgiving table styled for a client...

http://www.roomzaar.com/rate-my-space/Dining-Rooms/Union-Square-Dining-Room-and-Entry/detail.esi?oid=9079680

It's the third pic in, btw.

@Patrick -- That table setting is brilliant. It's styled, but entirely practical: there's enough room to put down a serving dish, people can see over the central flower arrangement, etc. Thanks so much for sharing -- I'm going to steal some of your ideas this Thanksgiving.

The orange and purple 'dalhia' table was actually our Thanksgiving table setting three years ago. Being Canadian, our Thanksgiving falls about six weeks ahead of the US holiday, in early October - dalhias are still well in bloom here at that time. We were also married in October, and we used dalhias in our wedding decorations. Many Canadians read this blog as well, so hopefully this will give them some ideas for next year!

I love photos 2 and 9. Most of the rest are screaming for someone to remove at least 50% of the decorational clutter. And what is it with having centerpieces where you can not see the person on the other side of the table...this would work I guess if you wanted everyone to not talk.

The orange and purple one - well, it's a nice setting, but it's going to take you a half hour to remove everything so people can eat there. So people are actually not going to remember the table setting - more of all the stuff they had to remove just to have dinner.

#5 is so beautiful! you can barely see the table so i'm not sure how helpful it is, but it's such a pretty shot. i love the color of the wood, the rustic bowl and the pretty dried flowers.

oh, and #6 would be much nicer with a white tablecloth, in my opinion. that beigey yellow is atrocious paired with those bright fiesta colors.

Thank you for these. I am currently stressing about how to do the TG table, and these tables are both pretty and relatively simple.

I love the mini-decorating project of designing a table. We have an annual, medieval Yulblot (winter solstice) feast at my house, and I even include the food in the table design. What fun!