tablescapes

When you don't have time to make over your home, you can always style your table. Tablescapes provide a perfect way to showcase your home while also impressing friends and family members with your impeccable style. This year, we showcased dozens upon dozens of beautiful tablescapes, from holiday-themed settings to weddings and parties decorated to the nines. One of our regular contributing community members, Courtney Lake also showcased several gorgeous tables this year. Let's take a look at some of our favorite tables decorated to reflect the season, the holiday, or the mood.

I'm excited to present a post from one of my favorite sites, Stylelist Home!

After spending hours cooking the perfect Christmas dinner, you'll want your table to look the best it possibly can. Luckily a few simple tricks, like lining the table with candles or making festive paper Christmas trees, will bring that extra touch. In this holiday guide, we've gathered 10 inspiring table settings that will get you thinking about your own designs. Whether you like bold metallics or understated displays, we made sure there's something for everyone.

If you're not in the mood this year for the usual Christmas tinsel and trim, fear not: there are ways to get away from the typical yuletide tabletop scheme. Lifestyle guru and style expert Eddie Ross has the right idea; he recently shared his interpretation of a (wallet-friendly!) contemporary Christmas table with CasaSugar, offering plenty of ideas for mixing affordable new dinner and servingware with unique vintage textiles.

Ross, whose past stints include food editor at Martha Stewart Living and design director at Food Network, doesn't just have good aesthetic taste — he's got a pretty solid palate as well. Keep reading for more sweet ideas when it comes to hosting friends and family at the table this holiday season.

When it comes to holiday decorating, it's time to stray from the typical red and green decor. That's exactly what designer Eddie Ross did when he created this lovely, fresh tablescape that takes a definite departure from the usual Christmas colors.

Better yet, this tablescape is very affordable. Sourcing items from Cindy Crawford's collection for JC Penney, as well as West Elm, Crate and Barrel, and local garden stores, Eddie mixed these pieces with textiles he sewed himself and vintage pieces he already owned. The result is pretty spectacular.

To get a similar look, Eddie encourages us to "just think outside the box. One of the things I feel that is really unique about this table is the mix of new and old. But really, even new pieces are the antiques of the future. You know? It’s like the Fire King that’s very affordable in the '30s, '40s, and '50s are now collector items. The Cindy Crawford items are very inexpensive but will be collector’s items in the future."

Keep reading to see more images of the table and to get Eddie's tips on creating your own perfect holiday tablescape!

While I love to daydream wildly about the elaborate Thanksgiving tablescapes and decorating I could theoretically create, the reality is that I'm usually lacking the time to create the Thanksgiving of my dreams. So, today, on this Thanksgiving morning, I wanted to celebrate some real-life Thanksgivings I've curated from Flickr that showcase some truly inspiring — and realistically beautiful — Thanksgiving decorations and celebrations. Keep reading for my favorites!