Are your pumpkins and gourds looking as if they are past their prime? Mine sure were, yet I still wanted to decorate my cornucopia (you can find one here) for Thanksgiving. I knew there was no way I could use those once luscious gourds that were now showing some age spots and didn’t smell as fresh as they did six weeks ago. So, I decided to go the alternative route and just gathered up items from around the house that resembled the colors and textures of fall.
I pulled out some brown packing material left over from a wine gift we received last Christmas along with some corks, antlers, feathers, and faux leaves. For an unexpected items I tossed in a long strand of pearls.
I didn’t take much time to arrange everything because I wasn’t going for a formal look.
Since the foyer is the best place for us to have a seasonal display, I put it on the marble-topped stand in there and added a very old lamp that once belonged to my mother. Its colors and burlap shade definitely work with the other textures. Some green books give it much needed height.
I kept the Monet post card in the silver frame that has been in the foyer all fall. Its sparkle and shine offset browns and rusts.
If you have a cornucopia but you aren’t sure how to fill it, just shop your house (and yard), and I bet you will find plenty of items for a great Thanksgiving display.
Take care.
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What a beautiful and creative idea Janette!…and so love your mother’s lamp!