Today I’m joining a group of my favorite people to share some beautiful centerpiece ideas for your Fall get-togethers. Thank you to Alyia from Open Doors Open Hearts and Jen from Midwest Life & Style for organizing this for us! Today I’m sharing my Fall Harvest Tablescape.
If you are hopping over from Kelly at The Tattered Pew isn’t she awesome-sauce!! I was lucky enough to meet her, Alyia, and Jen at the Haven conference over the Summer and they are all amazing humans!! I’m Jennifer, a born and bred New England gal who absolutely loves Fall!! It’s so beautiful here (and smells amazing too!)
You know it’s been a warm Fall in New England when it’s October and you still have a pair of sandals by the door! I can’t remember the last time that we’ve had all our patio furniture out and can still sit outside at night at this time of the year and not be cold!
To celebrate my favorite month and my birthday I set up the prettiest Fall harvest tablescape over the weekend.
Making a Fall Centerpiece
My cutting garden is still producing such beautiful blooms every day. It’s so nice to go out and cut a few fresh stems every morning.
My dahlias, zinnias, celosias, strawflowers, and Montauk daisies are still going strong! I am just in love with the dahlias!
For this harvest arrangement, I’m using a warm color palette: reds, oranges, & yellows.
Can you even stand how pretty that dahlia is???!!! All my dahlias (except the white one) are from The Flowering Farmhouse
Choosing a container
Some of the dahlias have shorter stems. So when choosing a container to make a Fall flower arrangement in I wanted something wider and a bit low so the dahlias could really stand out.
I had a terra cotta planter pot that had a pretty shape that I never ended up using in my garden this year. A quick coat of Rustoleum hammered copper spray paint made it look like metal ( I love this stuff…I’ve used it a few times this Fall already!!)
Since my bowl had a hole in the bottom, I added a smaller container with water inside of it.
When you are making a flower arrangement in a bowl, if you add a smaller container inside of it your flowers will stay closer together and be easier to arrange.
The different textures of the flowers add to the fun of the fall arrangement! One of my favorite flowers that I grew this year was cockscomb celosia..they add so much visual interest in the cutting garden! I’m saving all the seeds to grow them again next year ( each stem has hundreds of seeds too, they look just like poppy seeds!)
My zinnia beds were perhaps my favorite flowers this year! I grew 8 different types of seeds that I purchased from Floret Farms. For any newbie gardeners out there…GROW ZINNIAS!! They are so easy, I basically planted the seeds in my raised beds and forgot about them!! I’ve had thousands of flowers this year from a few packets of seeds.
I expanded my garden this year to make room for a cutting garden and I am so happy that I did!! It was worth all those backaches!!
Setting a Fall Harvest Table
To set up my Fall harvest tablescape I started with a small square table and draped it with a large blue & white scarf that I have.
Next, I added a gooseberry garland that I’ve had for a long time ( I just checked and I bought it in 2013 from Amazon!!) I’ve also had the rattan pumpkins for probably that long too, they were fromthe Christmas Tree Shops.
If you know me then you know I love a good antique/thrift store find! I think I paid $10 for this candelabra. I’ve used it countless times over the past few years too…good investment!
For the place settings, I used seagrass leaf placemats (Homebody) with white and brown dishes. A there’s nothing like a fresh glass of New Hampshire apple cider!
One of my favorite purchases from last Fall was these Better Homes & Gardens lanterns. I arranged them around a vintage soda crate with a variety of Fall favorites…pine cones, mini corns, and gourds.
It was such a pretty Fall New Hampshire evening! Such a nice way to spend part of my birthday.
As the sun began to set the candles started to give off such a pretty glow! Even if sunset is around 6 o’clock…
Thank you so much for joining me on my Fall Harvest Tablescape tour! Please go visit Stacy of Bricks ‘N Blooms next!! She has some great ideas for simple centerpieces. Stacy is also an amazing gardener, you have to check out her YouTube channel where she gives tours of all her gardens.
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Jennifer Howard
cottage on bunker hill
Thanks for stopping by today! Being able to share my projects, DIYs, and decorating ideas with you is amazing. Leave a comment below; I love hearing from you! Feel free to drop me a note here if you have any questions.
Jennifer Howard
cottage on bunker hill
Thanks for stopping by today! Being able to share my projects, DIYs, and decorating ideas with you is amazing. Leave a comment below; I love hearing from you! Feel free to drop me a note here if you have any questions.
get to know me
here are a few fun facts…
- I’ve lived in New England my entire life! This is good because the beach is my favorite place to be…even in the winter I love to go breathe in the salt air.
- I am an EARLY BIRD!!! I rarely sleep past 4…it’s my favorite time of day and those wee hours are my most productive. (plus, I LOVE coffee!!)
- I am a total Hallmark Christmas movie nut!! Seriously, I know, I know, they are a little sappy but they make me happy!
Beautiful table setting Jennifer! Looks so cozy and inviting!
Thanks so much, Kristen!! It’s been an amazing Fall here!!
Jennifer I adore your outdoor space and you too of course! What a beautiful setting and I love the flowers you chose! I think I may need those chairs too. Pinning!
Thank you my sweet friend!! Oh, I upgraded my patio set this year and I love the chairs too…they are super comfy. It was a set from Lowe’s. Honestly, it’s just amazing to be sitting outside in the middle of October! I was working on my laptop until dark the other day…just amazing!!
Jennifer!! I absolutely loved this!! And your candles!! That glow right before sunset is my FAVORITE!!! I’m so glad you joined us!! XoXo
Thanks for putting it all together!! You are the best!!
Jen – your dahlias look AMAZING! I love Jen (Flowering Farmhouse) – and now I might just have to buy some of her Dahlia tubers – so thank you for the inspiration! Your outdoor centerpiece is so perfect!
Yes, her Dahlias are gorgeous!! You probably don’t even have to dig them up to save them from freezing either!!
I absolutely love this post! I am definitely going to use that copper spray paint. What a difference it made and it’s the perfect color for fall.
Oh, that hammered metal spray paint in any color is amazing!! The copper is crazy good!!
This is all just so beautiful, Jennifer! I couldn’t decide which one to pin so I pinned 3!! Your flower arrangement is gorgeous and everything else just worked together perfectly. Love hopping with you today!
Anne, that’s so nice!! Thank you so, so much!!
Okay, this is breathtaking Jennifer! The colors are so stunning, I could look at it all day!
It was a pure joy being on this hop with you my dear friend.
xoxo,
Brendt
Thank you so much Brendt!!
Oh, Jennifer. This is gorgeous! I love your pretty outdoor setting. I pinned this for inspiration later!
Thanks so much Jen!!
Jennifer your table is gorgeous! I love all the flowers and it looks beautiful outside! xo
I’m seriously going to cry when we get a frost!! I’m having so much fun with my Fall flowers!
Just fabulous and beautiful. Love how you make your centerpieces look unfixed and natural. This is really the most difficult way to arrange as it isn’t going by hard and fixed rules. Be proud of yourself.
Thanks Diana!! Yes, I like to just play around with the flowers…and when I accidentally break a stem I know it’s time to stop!!
Jennifer,
I loved your centerpiece. Your flowers are so beautiful. Mine are almost completely done! So fun to do these together.
Everything was late-blooming in New Hampshire this year! The entire month of July rained…I was complaining then but it’s nice to have so many flowers left blooming now!!