{"id":1552,"date":"2012-11-27T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2012-11-27T15:15:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T15:15:00","slug":"m-thanksgiving-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/m-thanksgiving-table\/","title":{"rendered":"My Thanksgiving Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For us, setting the table is half the battle of great entertaining. We&#8217;ll figure out the food and beverage later. First and foremost, how does the house look and how will we set the table?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Over at the Donaldson house, some of our market purchases arrived just in the nick of time. Anchoring the table is this trio of vases in their wrought iron holder. I chose sunflowers for their coloring and casual, welcoming feel.<\/p>\n<p>&lt;rel=&#8221;attachment wp-att-1030&#8243;&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1030\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Image-133-1.jpg\" alt=\"Margaret's Table Close Up\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, just as accessorizing a house takes layers, my favorite table takes layers. The second addition to the table was the candlesticks (another market find!). They hold pillar candles which are a nice change from the traditional taper candle. AND&#8230;I can flip them over next time for use as vases. How wonderful is that?!<\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, a little foliage. Some leaves, nuts and gourds finish off the table, filling in the blanks and adding some nice color.<\/p>\n<h5>Some opportunities to remember when you are setting your table:<\/h5>\n<p>Layer it up&#8230;note the napkin is folded on the plate and topped with a nut.<\/p>\n<p>Think non traditional for flowers&#8230;it doesn&#8217;t have to be &#8220;an arrangement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mix it up&#8230;flowers, candles, other things (nuts, leaves, confetti, steamers, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>Have fun with it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For us, setting the table is half the battle of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[81,34,82,83,32,84,85],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}