A Fall Tablescape with Lots of Pumpkins and Five Tips

Five Tips For Creating A Pumpkin Tablescape

Pumpkins just make me happy. Even the bright orange ones that greet you when you enter the grocery store. In fact, I don’t think I’ve met a pumpkin anything I didn’t like.

Pumpkin Latte…yep. Pumpkin pie…yep. Pumpkin bread…yep. Pumpkin candles…double yep.

So a pumpkin tablescape sounds just perfect to me. This no fuss tablescape is so easy to accomplish. Let me share the five rules I used to create this tablescape.

One-Gather All The Pumpkins (Real and faux)

Okay let’s be real. A tablescape filled with real pumpkins can be pricey. For this tablescape I used three real pumpkins and my collection of faux pumpkins.

I just gathered them all in a pile and then started to group colors together. It turns out I had a lot of green, white, and a few in a pretty plum color. I pulled the orange ones out of the mix and held them for something later.

Once a color pallet is established, you can put together a center flower arrangement.

Two-Create a High/Low Flower Arrangement

Feel free to use real flowers in your arrangement. I used faux because I wanted to keep them on my table throughout the season and dead flowers just make me sad. I use a high/low method when putting together arrangements. I pick a some stems that a little on the pricey side but are oh so pretty to be the show stoppers in the arrangement.

The beautiful pink flowers are my pricey addition. Then I fill the vase with different “bushes” of flowers either on sale at the craft store or from Wal-Mart. I simply take the wire cutters and cut them into individual stems so I can put them in the arrangement where I want them to be.

Three-Make a Runner From Garlands

To make this tablescape look full and lush, I put two eucalyptus garlands on the table before I put the pumpkins down. I wanted to create a bed of leaves for the pumpkins to sit on. I think this gives it a more substantial look. I highly recommend investing in some good eucalyptus garland because it seems to be able to transcend seasons and always makes a great foundation.

I even let it trail off each end of the table to make it feel like it was just more natural and unruly.

Four-Mix Those Metals

I love the look of mixed metals on a tablescape. For this tablescape I mixed brass candlesticks (so easy to find at thrift stores) and silver pheasants I bought at Target last year.

Don’t be worried if your brass candlesticks don’t match each other. That makes it even more interesting.

Five-Keep the Setting Simple

Don’t underestimate the power of a simple place setting. Investing in a good set of neutral dishes is worth their weight in gold. White and cream dishes can be mixed in to any place setting and tablescape no matter what the season.

So are you ready to go tackle a pretty tablescape? Since you have been so patient and read all the way to the end of this post…let me give you the full view. Now, I’m off for my 327th Pumpkin Spice Latte.

One more for the road….

Love you guys!

Nancy 🙂