In the Dining Room

Hello my friends, today I am sharing the Thanksgiving décor in my dining room.

 

But first, I have a confession to make. . .I don’t actually have a formal dining room.  This is the dining area that connects my kitchen and family room together.

 

Because I want to join Nancy from A Joyful Cottage for her Every Room in the House-Dining Room party for all purposes today it is a ‘dining room’. lol!

 

There are two black chairs with wood seats at each side of the table and a parson burlap chair on each end.

 

Pretend you don’t see that kitchen island. Hee-hee!

 

 

Small berry wreaths hang on the back of the four black chairs.

 

 

I chose the drop cloth table runner I made a couple of years ago for the center of the table.

 

 

It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without Tom Turkey.  I love his subtle color.

 

 

I placed him on my green reproduction jadite cake stand ( a gift from a dear friend), and added some dried Hydrangeas.

 

 

Next to it is my French mug rack from Décor steals.  It holds white gravy boats and other smalls.

 

 

I picked up all three of these gravy boats at a recent estate sale for $8.  SCORE!  Only one is old, but for the price I couldn’t resist!

 

 

I placed a thrift find Johnson Bros. bowl on top.

 

(I stand on chairs just for you)

 

 

I found two of these dark brown transferware teacups at a thrift as well.  The little brown pitcher I bought years ago at T.J. Maxx.

 

 

I found this sweet Johnson Bros. pitcher at a thrift two years ago.

 

 

Then last year after Thanksgiving I found this bowl with the same covered bridge pattern.

I filled it with more Hydrangeas.

 

 

I love how the green cake stand pulls out the soft green color in this bowl and pitcher.

 

 

 

The most recent change that I did in the dining room is to turn our built in desk area into a china cupboard.

 

This is what it looked like before.  As you can see it just stored medicine and mainly ‘junk’.

 

 

I took the doors to a cabinet shop and had seeded glass added and I painted it white.

 

 

I’m not showing the bottom because well, here comes confession #2.  I haven’t finished painting the drawers.

 

I love it and it’s the perfect spot for highlighting my seasonal dishes.

 

 

The cupboard on the right displays my recent $4.50 find of green Pyrex bowls, a small bit of my wheat collection, and wheat Pyrex.

 

Found all of the transferware at thrifts and a yard sale.  Oh happy day!

 

 

The turkey plates and little bowls are from T.J. Maxx.  I love mixing old with new!

 

 

There you have it my Thanksgiving ‘dining room’.

 

 

if you look close you can see the unfinished drawer on my desk turned china cabinet.

 

 

Happy November!

 

I love this time of year.

 

hugs,

Jann

I am also sharing with these great parties:
Thoughts From Alice for Sundays at Home
My 1929 Charmer for Sundays Best
The Dedicated House for Before and After Wednesday