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color
Creating a festive holiday tablescape
can be easily accomplished with some advance planning, one or more
unique ideas and the creative use of color and paint! TA wonderful way to begin the process of allowing your 'creative
juices' to flow, consider selecting a designated theme for your
holiday party. Once your theme has been chosen, designing your holiday
tablescape will begin falling into place. Once the theme and color scheme have been selected, it is time to design the holiday table. Beginning with the tablecloth (the first 'layer' of your table decor), consider sponge painting or stenciling the desired theme onto a solid colored tablecloth that reflects the holiday color scheme. Painting the simplest of border designs is sometimes the only necessary requirement for transforming the most ordinary tablecloth! Painted borders may also be appied to enhance an existing fabric runner, which can add further interest and function as the second 'layer' on the holiday table. Holiday placemats represent a fantastic opportunity to draw the attention away from ordinary dinner plates. Consider designing disposable placemats that can be constructed from everyday grocery store brown paper bags, heavy duty brown shipping paper sold in rolls or inexpensive foam board purchased at the local craft store. Explore the possibility of tracing holiday cookie cutter shapes onto the placemat surface, then enhancing the image with a tantalizing painted color! Add texture to a one dimensional surface by gluing leftover scraps of fabric to the placemat and mixing with designs that have been stenciled or painted freehand. Holiday gift wrap that represents your desired them can be inexpensively purchased and glued to the paper's surface. Enhance the gift wrap with painted borders to form whimsical, customized placemats.
Don't forget the dining chairs! For that final personalized "touch", dining chair padded cushions or slipcovers can be customized with paint to create the ultimate holiday tablescape! Besides offering another way to carry the desired theme from the dining table surface to the chairs, painted cushions and slipcovers offer another way to display the holiday color palette and provide visual balance within the dining area.
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Even
the most unexpected color combinations can be transformed into exciting
holiday tablescapes! Simply team your existing color scheme with
winter white, shimmering silver or glistening gold accents to implement
holiday magic on the holiday table! Even unlikely colors such as
mustard yellow can be paired with white to produce a star theme,
silver to achieve a snowflake theme, or silvery whites to produce
icicle effects that can dress up an existing tablescape color palette
for the holidays. Add sparkling white lights throughout the dining
space and you have transformed the dining area into a holiday winter
wonderland!
Napkins
and napkin rings represent the 'icing on the cake' for the holiday
table. Disposable paper napkins can be easily and inexpensively
beautified with painted holiday motifs that reflects your desired
theme. For a more formal holiday tablescape that can be utilized
for many years to come, consider painting a border design on a solid
colored fabric napkin. Napkin rings can be fashioned from the many
natural sources that are often free for the taking in your own backyard!
Greenery and pinecones can be easily spray painted to reflect an
unlimited array of holiday color palettes.
This
year, remember that it is possible to avoid breaking the budget
on pre-made, store bought holiday tableware. Allow color and paint
to create cost saving, unique ways to enhance the focal point of
your dining area- the holiday table! Have fun creating a memorable
holiday tablescape for your family and friends! Happy Holidays!!
