Room Tour: Reinvented Thanksgiving Table

Ashley Russell has adored to make ever since she was a girl. She grew up with a passion for the house and was constantly inspired by her mother, a wedding florist. When she began her family, she needed to turn into a DIY gal on a very tight budget. She strikes her nest by reinventing things and loves”the depth and mix you may get by adding thrift and recycled items to orders that are new.” Russell, who describes her house as”Modern Cottage,” chronicles her projects in her site, The Quirky Sophisticate.

Photography by Shanna Michelle Photography

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Russell created this stunning tablescape for her Thanksgiving with her husband and four brothers. It caught my attention with its new take on a Thanksgiving look. Gray and Tiffany blue replace conventional autumn colours, yet it still very much gives us a hot and fall feeling.

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Opting to use her wedding to get tires over china, and her crafting skills were put to the test to think of an option for dinnerware. She dressed up some basic chargers using a free printable of a turkey that she found on The Graphics Fairy site. She decoupaged you to each charger and put a glass plate from IKEA on top. Paired with a wicker charger along with a striped, paper napkin she ironed and starched, each place setting was gorgeous and rich looking for very little price.

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It is the details that could produce a tablescape look expensive without having to spend much. Layered scrapbook newspapers and wooden buttons dressed napkins holding flatware.

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This centerpiece was initially a candle holder she coated cardboard and layered with different kinds of moss she tucked in between. Large acorns her parents gathered on a fall walk became the perfect filler with this reinvented piece.

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This sleek and contemporary table was a retail display shelf she purchased from a store going out of business. She covered its original maple top in silver leaf and had a piece of glass cut to size to complete it off. “It is really great to protect the paintand all I have to do would be Windex it to keep it tidy,” she states.

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The tablecloth is a burlap slipcover Russell designed for”tailored-modern twist on the conventional tablecloth.” I like her use of a rustic material and how she left a fringe-like border on the borders.

These stunning vintage chairs were a Craigslist find. She resides in Utah… the chairs dwelt in Florida. Certainly, I want to start searching outside my regional area on Craigslist. I do not seem to be finding gems like this when I search!

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Russell utilized wooden cedar fence posts to create this clever sign. After coming up with the expression, she cut out white paper letters and decoupaged them on the boards. An acorn garland completed off the top.

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Modern meets rustic at its best with this gorgeous vignette. Horizontal painted stripes on the wall make a gorgeous backdrop for a sunburst mirror. A stem of wheat against silver candlesticks exemplifies what Russell means when she says her”design is a mix of everything”

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Russell and her brothers painted a vanity that doubles as a worktable and retains their crafting supplies.

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