I wanted to play around with an inexpensive and easy autumn table setting that would also work for Thanksgiving as well. All of the elements can be found at a grocery store and cost for about  $25-$30. We started with a white pumpkin that was $3.99 and cut a hole in the top like we were going to carve it and then hallowed it out a little bit and put a metal can inside it to act as a vase. We then used a pack of roses that were $5.99 and some eucalyptus that was $2.99 and some berries from out yard and filled up the pumpkin vase until it was overflowing a bit. 
After that we laid out some more eucalyptus and sprinkled a few pears and some berries from the yard over top of the eucalyptus. Then we took six apples and cut out the center a little bit so we could stick taper candles in them. After that we just added some cinnamon sticks between some of the pears which provided a delicious aroma and an unexpected texture and then we placed a baby pumpkin on each plate and that was it! 

We placed the pumpkin vase on this cake stand from HomeGoods to help elevate it a bit and add some varying heights to the display.

These are the Emma plates from Pottery Barn and the napkins are from Pottery Barn as well (from nine years ago!)

 I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I’ll be back with photos of the other side of the porch later this week.

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So We Beat On… Great Gatsby Sign – Dear Lillie (now sold out!) 
Farmhouse Table – we built it, (you can read more about it here)
Chairs – Joss and Main
Pillows – World Market
Cake Stand – HomeGoods
Throw – HomeGoods
White Dishes – Pottery Barn, The Emma Collection (wedding gifts 9 years ago)
Napkins – Pottery Barn (nine years ago)
Porch Door Color – Mopboard Black in semigloss by Benjamin Moore
Lights – Target
Hat – Joyfolie

Happy Friday
Protein Power Bites and Some Autumn Signs

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15 thoughts on “An Easy and Inexpensive Autumn Table Setting with a Pumpkin Vase and Apple Candle Holders

  1. This is BEAUTIFUL!! So lovely! And I love that we can use our local grocery store to make it happen :).

    PS–When I saw the close-up photo of pumpkin vase, it made me think this would make for a very nice wedding centerpiece.

  2. So beautiful and inspiring! I will be copying for my thanksgiving table, thank you so much for sharing! By the way, I love your black doors, what kind of paint do you use, Aura? Regal Select?

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