Thanksgiving Table Top Specifics

Wow, I love all of your amazing responses to our Thanksgiving table. You guys sure know how to make a girl feel proud and loved, so thank you! As for some of the specifics for the table, here is the breakdown.

Tablecloth: Burlap. To cover our table and have an 8in. overhang on each side I got 7 1/2 yards of burlap. The burlap worked out so well because in order to have the 8in on each side of overhang, we needed the burlap to be 4 ft. wide. It was exactly that! So perfect, because that way the ends were already fused together! Hooray for less work! I was orinigally considering an oilcloth tablecloth as they’re really easy to wipe any marks or food off, as there would no doubt be a a lot of mess at this dinner, but this burlap turned out to be perfect for this table!

While at SAS buying the burlap, I called J to make sure he agreed with my numbers of what I was getting, and he didn’t. He thought the width needed to be at least 5 feet, meaning I needed to get double the amount of burlap, and then cut and sew a seam down the middle. A whole lot more work. I thought he was wrong, but normally when it comes to memory hes right, so I went with what he said and bought 15 yards of burlap! This is it about 1/2 unrolled in the house. Turns out I was right after all, thank goodness!

I used this awesome heat-n-bond that I got at SAS to create a nice crisp end to the tablecloth. That stuff is a miracle worker, and so easy to use!

This is what my work area looked like about 40 minutes in to the ironing and hemming:

Yes, thats my Flashlight iPhone app giving me just enough light to make sure I was ironing over the correct spots for the heat-n-bond to work! Boy was I glad when I was finished!

Up next, the pumpkins. I bought 10 mini pumpkins and used the same pumpkin we had for Halloween {since I was lazy and didn’t carve it but painted it instead, remember?!}. I got this amazing tea light cutter from Ross for $7. It makes the perfect hole for tea lights in anything: pumpkins, apples, pears, etc. I loved having it because I didn’t have to worry about creating these hideous un-even holes in everything. The only downfall was that the white pumpkins we had were seriously tough to carve in to, but no worries- I just got my hunk of a hubby to help:)

It gets a little messy:)

The wooden board was super easy. J just bought 2in.x12in.x10feet piece of lumber from Home Depot and lightly sanded and stained it. Nothing else, that easy!

We mixed the plates on the table. 1/2 were these beautiful antique plates that I got from a local antique store. I got a HUGE set which also included serving dishes for only $90. I love them. The rest were my favorite Crate and Barrel dishes. Same thing with the napkins, mainly used white, but some were brown. It would be nice to have sets of everything big enough to cover 20 people, but then again, is that really necessary? Probably not, just a spoiled girl problem;) The awesome Eames chairs were from Modern Manor. They were so perfect!!

Thats all friends! I am so glad you loved the look of it all, I had so much fun day dreaming about the day, and then finally seeing it unfold in front of me! Next up, hosting Christmas..JUST KIDDING! I’m leaving that to both of our moms!

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