Pheasants on Gold Fall Tablescape

Over the last three or four years I have been drooling over the tablescaping posts that I have found on sites like Between Naps on the Porch,  The Tablescaper,  Cuisine Kathleen,  Nancy's Daily Dish and many others. I was not only looking at the fabulous tablescapes but also the lovely furnishings of all of the different dining rooms and kitchens.  Over the years I had developed an acute case of china cabinet envy.  For the last couple of years I had combed through craigslist for two matching china cabinets (that I could afford)  to display my wine glasses.  I had been looking for two plain squared cabinets about 36 inches wide.  I wanted to place them on either side of the small sideboard and the black shelves that I had painted (I also rebuilt the shelves) several years ago.  Last week I finally bought two matching display cabinets from craigslist. Well they are not plain and they aren't 36 inches wide,  but they are pretty. The picture below is of my tablescape from last week.


Before

The following picture is of my new tablescape for this week with the new china cabinets set in place in the dining room.

After

I had already finished putting together this weeks tablescape before the cabinets were in place. As you can see the walls look really bare in this before picture.

The after picture is showing the cabinets at the same angle.  It really does not even look like the same room to me.

The shelves have not been filled with my wine glasses yet,  but they soon will be.

The room seems to have taken on a warm glow that is enhancing the fall tablescape. Or it could be that my son Richard has taken some beautiful pictures that capture the warmth that was always there.

 The cute little acorn salt and pepper shakers look right at home in this setting.

The green wine glasses and water goblets were recent thrift store finds. The golden tablecloth has brown and orange stripes woven in. I found the tablecloth at the VOA last month.

The salad plates and dinner plates are also thrift store finds.  The metallic fall acorns on the salad plates were from Marc's last year.

The buttery color flatware also came from our local Marc's store.  The napkins and the napkin rings are from our local VOA store.

 

 The pheasant and vase are also thrift store finds.

 

The brown leaf candle is from Marc's,  the Amish print is from a resale shop, and candle holder came from a thrift store.

The salad plate is a Susan Winget plate from Certified International.  My friend Gloria knows that I collect roosters and she had seen these gorgeous rooster plates at the Goodwill store near where we work. Gloria could not wait to tell me about them the next morning.  Happily they were still there when we ran up to Goodwill at lunchtime so I could buy them. 

The dinner plate is called Harvest from Lynns Stoneware.  I love the acorns and pine cones in the design. And, of course, also a thrift store find.

The top charger is called Rafia from Luminarc,  I bought them last year from Ebay. The brown charger on the bottom came from Walmart.
The other pheasants, partridges, and Amish prints are thrift store finds too.

One last picture of the whole tablescape.  There is certainly a lot of fall warmth and color.  Whether it is the golden tablecloth, the warm wood tones, or my son's pictures,  it does say fall to me.

 

Thank you for stopping to visit today.  I always look forward to having guests stop by.  If you like you can leave a comment below,  I do really appreciate hearing from you. Remember to "thrift on" ladies,  you help our economy,  you help provide jobs in your community, and you will be delighted with what you can find.

Thank you to my son Richard for taking so many of the beautiful pictures for this post.


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