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Help with table centerpiece

Elle
hace 5 años

Please help me decorate my table! I feel like I keep swinging and missing on this for some reason. I had black candles and a black candlabra but after we installed the light it felt too similar. So I switched it out for the gold box with some fall stuff in it but it felt too formal or old fashioned.
Then I found this velvet runner which I thought would be perfect with the teal and mint accents in the rest of our house, but the birch candle holder seems kinda lonely. I'm definitely on a budget and I think my husband will kill me if I buy another candle holder lol.

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  • groveraxle
    hace 5 años

    A dough bowl would be perfect, but I wouldn't load it with a bunch of crap. The bowl itself is worth seeing. I prefer this...

    ...to this:

    what-is-a-dough-bowl-decorating-with-dough-bowls-fall-in-my-farmhouse-dining-roo · Más información


    Comentarios (32)

    • drdeb1234
      hace 5 años
      You have four lights in a line coming down from the ceiling. You don’t want a centrepiece that is also 4 or 5 of something in a line. Think round, or oval. Preferably with a textured, organic feel. To counteract the harder lines from the table, chandelier, and chairs. Good luck!
    • drdeb1234
      hace 5 años
      Also, I’m never a fan of candles that look like they will never actually be lit. I find that type of decor contrived. But maybe that’s just me...
    • chloebud
      hace 5 años
      Última modificación: hace 5 años

      I like the idea of something low in your case. Any chance you have a container that's shallow, narrow and long? I could see something in wood filled with small pumpkins and gourds.

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      Brenda M. Miller Designer of Interior Spaces
      hace 5 años

      You might want to consider five hurricanes or five candlesticks down the center of the table. or a gathering of a seasonal floral and two vases.

    • Elle
      Autor original
      hace 5 años
      I like the idea of something low and oval... I just am not sure what material to use for the bowl? Would wood be weird against the grey wood table?
    • chloebud
      hace 5 años

      I think wood should be fine. What I was picturing is one of those wood 'dough' bowls that's shallow and long-ish. The same shape/size in clear glass would also be good. Even a basket...



    • chloebud
      hace 5 años

      Try an online search for "wood dough bowl centerpiece" to see what I mean....at least in shape.

    • drdeb1234
      hace 5 años

      Something like I’ve currently got on my dining table would probably work nicely in your room

      It’s just an earthy sort of bowl filled with gourds. Oval would be better though (for me too!)

    • Anne Duke
      hace 5 años
      Use a fruit bowl on a low pedestal. Spindles and tapers and a visible bulb fixture are all too much together.
    • Manon Floreat
      hace 5 años

      Fresh flowers on a pretty tray always brighten a table.



      Or perhaps an attractive arrangement of succulents and candles?



      Terrariums can also be be fun. If you ever share your table with children, you could talk about what sorts of fairies live there!



      Have a few ideas at the ready so you can switch it up at a whim

    • Elle
      Autor original
      hace 5 años
      haha the only people I share my table with believe in fairies, children or otherwise ;)
    • Manon Floreat
      hace 5 años

      You have great taste in companions, ElleN!

    • chloebud
      hace 5 años

      Perfect examples from grover. I like the first one, too.

    • rhondaka
      hace 5 años

      I too immediately thought of something oval or round. I love the dough bowls and agree with a previous post that you wouldn't want to overfill it.


      In my book, fresh flowers always wins but they can be difficult to sustain with everyone's busy schedule.

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      Celery. Visualization, Rendering images
      hace 5 años

      Some inspiration from Ethan Allen


    • Elle
      Autor original
      hace 5 años
      celerygirl that was actually my inspiration picture for my downstairs!
    • drdeb1234
      hace 5 años

      celerygirl, I usually love your suggestions, but in my opinion that inspiration room has just too many black lines. Chairs, settee, chandelier, frames, and even the trim of the rug. Way too much of a good thing

    • PRO
      Patricia Colwell Consulting
      hace 5 años

      IMO a bowl of fruit or fresh flowers are always nice. You can eat the fruit and enjoy the flowers and change them when ever you like. Flowers are so cheap at the super market they are always my choice.

    • IdaClaire
      hace 5 años

      Celerygirl's photo above is a nice look, but not at all practical. That's not a centerpiece you'd be able to use while dining with others, but a decorative space filler. I agree with using a simple long, oval bowl on the table.

    • Usuario de Houzz-324894491
      hace 5 años

      Tray loaded with real autumn fruit.

    • Janie
      hace 5 años

      Just a candle comment - we use candles every night while dining so its not an issue for us on our dining room table, but even when I have candles on a display, I light them and burn them down a bit just to make them look like they are really and truly used (even if I'm faking it). Just a "thing" I started doing years and years ago.

    • highdesertowl
      hace 5 años

      I like the idea of a round object or objects as a counterpoint to the lines and angles of your light and chairs. Maybe a couple pumpkins and some scattered tea lights? For the holidays you could switch to reindeer, or trees. Keep it low and simple, and you won't have to fuss with moving it each time you sit for a meal.

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    • Elle
      Autor original
      hace 5 años

      Thanks for all the ideas! Does this bowl work ok? I was originally looking for something elongated but I liked the charred exterior. I was thinking of filling it with white pumpkins instead of the pinecones?

    • Anne Duke
      hace 5 años
      I think the runner is unnecessary and the bowl a bit small. Try putting something colorful in the bowl, seasonal gourds for example, and see what it looks like without the runner. Or, try three or four smaller orchid plants in a rectangular container.
    • chloebud
      hace 5 años

      It looks small to me, too. I also agree you don't need the runner. Mini white pumpkins could work but look for a more elongated bowl...like grover's first photo.

    • Elle
      Autor original
      hace 5 años
      Argh I suspected the bowl was too small but our table is small so I thought it might be ok.
      Is the runner *bad* or just not necessary? It's hard to see the color in pictures but I like that it brings color to the room.
    • J. Appelbaum
      hace 5 años

      I like your runner and like the color too. If you keep the bowl, add a tray with some greenery or something "organic". By itself, the bowl is too small.

    • Betsy Cain
      hace 5 años
      The pine cones + charred bowl + runner is really pretty and practical for everyday — especially if there are six of you eating there for most meals. We are a family of six, and small centerpieces are most practical for us these days because the food takes up so much space on the table. That being said, what about something like this — three containers full of fruit or mini pumpkins or pine cones:
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    • Betsy Cain
      hace 5 años
      Another idea would be a wide, shallow platter-type bowl filled with fruit like this:
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    • Anne Duke
      hace 5 años
      A suggestion having zip to do with table decor. Try switching the dining chairs and the bench positions. The vertical lines of the the three doors and the long horizontal lines of the light fixture and bench are doing something to the look that’s a bit jarring with the photo angle. Also, the framed picture between the doors is too high and a bit washed out.
    • Betsy Cain
      hace 5 años
      This blog post has lots of fall tablescape ideas! https://boxwoodavenue.com/blog/fall-decorating-ideas-easy-fall-centerpieces-table-decorations
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