Tablescape Tuesday - Memorial Day Americana Table

Happy TABLESCAPE TUESDAY, Everyone!!!

I hope you had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend!   Ours was very eventful!   Lots going on pretty much all weekend!  

Well, since we had a BBQ with a few friends at our house on Sunday, we decided to have our Sunday Family Dinner on Monday instead, and it was the perfect time to do it because it was MEMORIAL DAY!  

We had my father and his girlfriend join us for this "Monday Family Dinner".  They just returned from a wonderful 47 day whirlwind vacation halfway around the world!   So it was great to see them, to hear about their awesome vacation, and to have them cook us a DELICIOUS gourmet meal at our house for us!   That was a treat!

In case you happen to be wondering.....I'd love to take a short minute to explain what our "Sunday Family Dinners" are all about for those of you who are seeing my blog for the first time...If you've read this before, feel free to skip this part...
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We started a new family tradition in January 2013 (a New Years' Resolution) that I hope continues even after the kids are grown.

"SUNDAY FAMILY DINNERS!"

We pretty much have dinner together as a family most nights, but on Sundays, we have a special dinner in the dining room as opposed to the kitchen table, where we normally eat.

I get out the fine china and candles and make a special meal and so far, it has been something we look forward to each week.

Then once a month, we invite some of our extended family to join us for a Sunday family dinner.

It's also been giving me a chance to do lots of new TABLESCAPES..haha!

To see my previous tablescapes from other Sunday Family Dinners, you can click here:

Sunday Family Dinner #1 - Red and Blue Toile
S.F.D.#2 - Black, White and Silver
S.F.D.#3 - Winter Woods With White
S.F.D.#4 - The "Royal Treatment"
S.F.D.#5 - Super Bowl Table
S.F.D. #6 - Mardi Gras Table
S.F.D. #7 - Spring is Springing Up
S.F.D. #8 - "Apple of My Eye"
S.F.D. #9 - "Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss"
S.F.D. #10 - The "KNego" Tablescape (Designed by my 9 year old son)
S.F.D. #11 - The St. Patrick's Day Tablescape
S.F.D. #12 - Last-Minute Lavender Tablescape
S.F.D. #13 - 3 Easter Tables
S.F.D. #14 - Wrapped In Love Tablescape
S.F.D. #15 - Wrapped Up in Family Tablescape
S.F.D. #16 - Orange You Ready for a Picnic Tablescape
S.F.D. #17 - Barbies and the Pink Shoes (Designed by my 6 year old daughter)
S.F.D. #18 - Simply Nautical but Nice Tablescape

 

 Because I'm on a budget but love to switch up my decor for the various tablescapes each week, I'm decorating my tables almost entirely on BARGAINS....finds from the Dollar Stores, Thrift Stores, or regular stores with sales or clearance items.

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Of course, considering that this was Memorial Day, I wanted to create a special patriotic table to celebrate the Holiday!

Here's what I came up with...

I was hoping to pull off an American table with just a hint of hometown friendliness. 


I found the cute flag hangers at Dollar Tree, 3 for $1, so I bought those and I really like how they turned out hanging from our lights!  (other Dollar tree finds at this table include the wine/water glasses, the round placemats, and the glass candleholders along the center of the table)

I had also found some great burgundy plates and bowls at our Goodwill store...they were so pretty...they were Better Homes and Gardens dinnerware, but they only had 3 bowls, 4 dinner plates and 3 salad plates....sooo...I had to improvise and I ended up making some varying sets of dishes in white, navy and this burgundy color. 

The runners across the table (two of them) are from Walmart's fabric dept.  I loved how they matched the bowls in the center as well.  I wasn't sure what to put in those, so I ended up putting a candle....looking back, I should have added something else in there to fill it, but, oh well...haha!

The centerpiece is a bouquet of pretty flowers in a glass vase that I found at a garage sale.  I set them on a nice silver box shelf (also from a garage sale) as a pedestal.  I draped it with a scarf I found at the Dollar Tree.  On both sides are my Ikea white candleholders with white candles. 

I really liked the look of the red white and blue with this tan tablecloth..I think it made the colors really stand out and it was also easy because I used the same tablecloth last week..haha...

Well, thank you so much for joining me today for TABLESCAPE TUESDAY!   Please come on back tomorrow when I'll be sharing a great new recipe with you for my WHADDA WE EATIN' WEDNESDAY segment!


Have a wonderful day and I hope to see you again soon!  =)

This post is being added to...
Tablescape Thursday
Thrifty Things Friday
Let's Dish