Author Archives: cathyboettner

This is a decidedly lighter fall look with greens and whites in neutral earthenware bowls.

I used our black walnut charcuterie board, acorn squash white pumpkins, pheasant feathers, and two wood look turkeys on top of the wool men’s scarves.

I bought these wool men’s scarves many years ago to use for a Thanksgiving table. I topped them with the lunaria in silver/pewter containers, and a bunch of white pumpkins.

I used my Annaleigh Halloween items plus some black lanterns. I used my Fiestaware plates in orange, purple, and acid green.

This table is definitely Halloween with the vulture skeleton and white pumpkins.

This is another table that could work for either holiday, but feels a little more like Halloween than Thanksgiving. I perched some white pumpkins in footed silver dishes and put my dried lunaria in some silver toned containers and finished it with some silver/pewter candle holders.

This is a more involved table–more suited to a dinner party or Thanksgiving get together. I have some neutral earthenware that I thought would be perfect because it’s the same color as my table cloth. I used the terra cotta runner to break up the all neutral look. I filled the small crock with astilbe,Continue reading “Fall Table–#5”

This table is more of an everyday look that you could leave out to add a little pizazz to your nightly meals. This cloth is more terra cotta colored than it looks on my screen. I used a dark wicker basket and wooden bowls for the pumpkins, squashes, gourds, and apples.

I guess that this could be either a Halloween or Thanksgiving table, but it feels more like Halloween to me with all the ghostly white pumpkins and candles against a scarf with all the fall colors and plenty of black. I really love white pumpkins because they work so well for either holiday. (BTW–check outContinue reading “Fall Table–#3”

My niece celebrated with her east coast family and friends this past weekend in Chattanooga, TN. We had worked on the elements of the table decor since last year about this time when I found some driftwood that when cut up for the firepit revealed a really cool design. Shortly after that, I found aContinue reading “Wedding Flowers”