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Thrifted Thanksgiving Table: Get the Collected Look
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items I thrift almost all of my decor, including the plates, placemats and white urn on my Thanksgiving table, and I'd rather mix old pieces than buy a matching set. Since you can't buy my exact thrift finds, these are the closest look-alikes: blue-and-whi...
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Plates, Platters & Glassware
Linens & Placemats
Candlelight & Centerpiece
Plates, Platters & Glassware
Blue-and-white florals, a transferware platter and simple silver: the pieces that make a table look collected over years.
The closest look-alike for my thrifted blue-and-white plates. Spode's English florals look like they've been in the family for generations, and they mix well with any mismatched pieces you find.
Spode English Floral Dinnerware
The serving platter. A true vintage transferware piece, big enough for the whole turkey, and it's one of a kind, just like a good thrift find.
Vintage Transferware XL Turkey Platter
Simple stemmed glasses that don't compete with the plates. Plain glassware is the easiest thing to thrift too, so mix these with any odd ones you find.
Hutton Wine Glasses, Set of 6
Hotel-style silver that makes a family dinner feel like an occasion. It has the weight and look of the old silverware you'd find at an estate sale.
Vintage Hotel Silver Flatware Set
Linens & Placemats
Layer a ticking stripe or linen cloth, then toile and jute under every plate. Wrinkles welcome.
The ticking stripe tablecloth. A soft beige stripe gives you that old farmhouse feel and lets blue-and-white plates stand out.
Beige Ticking Stripe Tablecloth
If you'd rather skip the stripe, a flax linen cloth softens with every wash, and the wrinkles are part of the charm.
European Linen Tablecloth, Flax
The closest match to my thrifted toile placemats. The scalloped edge and brown toile feel straight out of a French farmhouse. Ships from Germany, so order early.
Brown Toile Scalloped Placemat
Round jute under every plate. It adds texture and warmth, and layering it under a toile placemat is what makes the setting look collected.
Caliente Round Woven Jute Placemat
The mustard napkins (pick Mustard Gold). Oversized linen in a warm harvest color that ties the burgundy flowers and blue plates together.
Mason Oversized Linen Napkins, Mustard Gold
Candlelight & Centerpiece
Low candlelight, a white urn-style vase and dried flowers that you can keep out all season.
Four brass holders for low, warm candlelight all the way down the table. Brass is also one of the easiest things to find secondhand, so mix in any you thrift.
Essential Brass Taper Holder, Set of 4
Tiered iron pillar stands that give the centerpiece some height. The black iron grounds all the soft linen and florals.
Willow Black Iron Pillar Candle Holders, Set of 3
A wide matte white vase, the closest thing to my thrifted urn. Big enough to hold a full armful of dried stems in the middle of the table.
14" Matte White Ceramic Vase
Dried hydrangeas for the centerpiece. They hold their shape for months, so the same bunch can carry you from Thanksgiving into Christmas.
Dried Hydrangea Bunch
The trailing burgundy stems. They spill over the edge of the vase and bring in that deep fall color without any orange.
Dried Burgundy Amaranth Bunch
The white turkey. A little bit of whimsy for the sideboard or the middle of the table, and the white keeps it from feeling kitschy. May have small gold accents.
White Ceramic Turkey