If you can believe it, Thanksgiving is already around the corner. Which means if you haven’t yet started on your holiday décor to celebrate Thanksgiving in Toronto, now is the time to do it…starting with your kitchen!
The kitchen not only serves as the primary area for preparing meals, but is also the major gathering location for friends and family during Thanksgiving festivities.
Large sized Thanksgiving kitchen decor centrepieces can significantly improve the aesthetic appeal of the space, but tiny items can also leave a lasting impact when arranged and grouped in the right way.
The key decorations concepts you should focus on using in your Thanksgiving kitchen holiday preparations are those that reference abundance and harvest. This includes fruits, vegetables, pumpkins, wheat, flowers, and vegetation, especially cherished foods like pies and sweet desserts. You could even decide to use Thanksgiving food as a centrepiece!
Thanksgiving is in the transitional period between the autumn and winter seasons, so you can use decor that works for both. Garlands, candlesticks, wreaths, striped cloth, gingham prints, wicker baskets, and wood are just a few of the numerous materials you can use to decorate your kitchen for the holidays.
Here are some lovely Thanksgiving kitchen decorating tips for hosting festivities to help you get ready for the occasion in style.
Use Fall Colours
This may seem obvious, but it’s fall…use fall colours when staging a kitchen for Thanksgiving!
Playing with colour is one of the strongest things you can do to transform a space in your home, without needing to apply much in the way of costly décor changes.
By choosing kitchen colour schemes that complement the design of your space, you can make your Thanksgiving decorations cohesive. For instance, use autumnal hues like brown, orange, and green in your design, and decor items such as signboards, dried floral wreath, and foraged flowers. Centrepieces and placemat setups can also use the same colour scheme, while incorporating other fall elements such as cloth, burlap, plants, beads, and pumpkins on a wooden trays to make your kitchen really look seasonal.
Cluster up & Gather Together
When arranged in clusters and put in various focal points, small Thanksgiving kitchen décor pieces can make a big impact. For example, a leaf wreath in a warm fall colour can highlight a drab door, and shelving or cabinetry can be adorned with potted plants, wheat in a vase, and metallic containers. On kitchen counter spaces, try items such as a glass mason jar filled with wildflowers and pumpkins, or a collection of wreath foliage. The idea of clustering things together is to make every view in your kitchen look like it could be picture-perfect.
Using Timeless Materials
When staging a kitchen for Thanksgiving festivities, place classic pieces on display and adorn them with holiday decor. For instance, ceramic and copper decor and containers are versatile and suitable for all four seasons. Brass elements can be used with accents of orange to give a rustic feel, while remaining classic and stylish. Ceramics can help to bring a more rustic and farmhouse aesthetic.
Combine these timeless pieces with other Thanksgiving-themed decor, such as a decorative fowl, crimson leaf sprigs, checkered and striped fabrics, and of course, pumpkins.
Add in Fresh Elements
The purpose of Thanksgiving is to express thankfulness for a plentiful harvest. What better way to commemorate it and give it a modern spin than staging a kitchen with natural festive objects you’ve gathered from your local supermarket?
With the addition of store-bought fresh greenery, pine cones, and fruits such as pomegranates, citrus, and pears, your kitchen can be instantly be given more life and brightness.
Consider hanging real or fake fall garlands from shelves, cabinets, and walls to give the room a dreamy, garden-inspired look around your spaces.
Not only will these elements add pops of colour to your kitchen, many of them are aromatic as well.
Go Vintage
Even the most modern homes can incorporate vintage elements to help give their decorations a boost.
Use Thanksgiving decorations that evoke nostalgia and have a dreamlike quality to create a stylish vintage feel for your kitchen. Choose thin candles on brass candlesticks with many style variations as illumination, and combine them with ceramic and copper decor items.
Choose a chalkboard with vintage typefaces scrawled in chalk if you need signage for things like a dinner menu, seating arrangements, or general planning for the Thanksgiving festivities.
Don’t let scratches deter you from purchasing vintage furniture and décor. Even though it’s important to look for lightly used vintage items, minor blemishes can be repaired, as long as the foundations are still good. These elements of wear and tear add character, and help the pieces tell their history, which is then reflected in your home.
Yummy Décor!
An underrated element of design can be the food itself! Think of every home magazine and TV show that showcases a staged home. What do you see adorned on the counters and islands? Food of course! We’re talking about the kitchen, after all, so using these edible arrangements to decorate the space helps to keep your kitchen seem inviting, bountiful, and of course, is also practical for keeping the yummy items accessible for guests to eat.
Consider items such as a crusty rustic bread, bowls of colourful seasonal fruit, and of course, what would Thanksgiving festivities be without a pie such as pumpkin, sweet potato, or pecan? Any one of these delicious pies can be used as a centrepiece on your islands and dining table. The best part is you don’t have to find room to store these seasonal edibles…they always seem to “mysteriously” vanish before the guests take their leave.
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