Island Decor: Centerpiece or Plain?
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Critique my Thanksgiving centerpiece. . .
Comments (19)Ack, I think I may have made it worse. lol I added some more leaves and made some adjustments. It's hard to add stems etc because there's nothing to stick them into (like the basket I used last year..) The pedestal fits in that basket but then there's no room for anything else around it. I tried to make it look flowing from the cornucopia but I think the whole arrangement is starting to look just stuffed with stuff! The flash photos aren't helping any. I have white candles too but I thought they stuck out like a sore thumb. Here's a shot of the glass pumpkin thing beside the candle holders just to give you an idea of height. I'm 5'1" and my eyes clear the tallest candle by a good 6". Here's the new arrangement....See MoreWould this make a good DR centerpiece?
Comments (41)OK, I'm slightly embarrassed that I for one second considered the last tureen I posted. Ugh - the more I look at it, it's totally 70s and not in a good way. What can I say - my head is swimming with ideas and you guys are feeding my obsession! ;-D Love, love, love the other ideas presented here and now I think I probably need a different centerpiece for the table to suit my ever-changing mood. (Yeah, like I could afford that!) How I wish I hadn't sold my gorgeous turquoise cut glass punch bowl. I bought it to use at my wedding reception and shortly thereafter I went towards a total Mexican/southwest decor throughout my house and it just didn't quite work. Well, I wish I had it back now! I do like the idea of using 3 items on the table and creating height; however, I have to make sure that whatever I use on the table is not easily knocked over by cats. My brats just love to go running (and usually crashing) across the dining room table. (Yes, animals on the dining table - that is gross. I know.) One of our fellow posters was sweet to send me a link to this wonderful tureen. I love the crazing it has going on and I think the colors and feel of the piece are wonderful. What do you guys think? (Size-wise it's perfect.)...See MoreOT: Need centerpiece help for fundraiser
Comments (28)If paint cans plus paper or fabric to cover them, probably less than $2 per table, is more than you want to spend, you are going to have to keep it very simple. I looked up costume Panama hats -- Oriental Trading has some hats that run about $18 per dozen. If you add anything to them, they would get up into the same range as the paint cans (but if somone has one you could literally "pass the hat"). If this were our childhood years, everyone would have coffee cans, but the soup/vegetable cans could work. I would paint them all black and then trim with bright colors and photos. That might be the simplest/least expensive for a way to take donations on each table. If you try the clothespins, try using them in pairs to make them more stable on the table. Just had another idea -- play on the the medical nature of the mission trip. Get boxes -- they could be different for each table, paint them or wrap them in white butcher paper (a butcher or meat counter might give you enough paper to wrap the boxes) and decorate them with red crosses -- maybe lettter first aid or medical supplies. Or use brown paper (the stuff they sell in the ppaint depts of HD or Lowes to cover floors might be less for so many boxes if you have to buy the paper) and decorate them like suitcases with stamps and stickers (can be your photos and such). I've got some Amazon boxes you could have. I have a bunch of clothespins too -- just bought some to use to cover plants and discovered that we had some left from school/scout projects of yore.......See Morecenterpiece for kitchen island
Comments (27)Nothing on the counter,,,you want to have to move it every time you set a place) How about doing something with the column? Add an LED wall sconce on the side over the island. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IVFGKCI/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&imprToken=ZXCKxAH1WE6Lj6aAaZZPgw&slotNum=5&linkCode=sl1&tag=roomdsign-20&linkId=e5b0a41a7d7620e53984ea24d88f42c0&language=en_US...See MoreFori
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