A Thanksgiving Table that Will Wow Your Guests

Well, it's no secret that I love a beautiful Thanksgiving table, and in this video, you'll see how I use elements of the garden and nature, as well as thrifted elements in my Thanksgiving tablescape. Hopefully, this inspires you to express your own thankfulness with a Thanksgiving table that will wow your holiday guests.
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[@TheRelaxationWorks]

Linda, this is my and my daughter's first Thanksgiving without her Dad (my husband) who passed away in May. We are having Thanksgiving here at home and we are opening our home to others in the neighborhood who are also widowed or single who would otherwise be alone. Your table looks beautiful as always - so inspiring! Your channel calms me greatly, thank you for your videos!

[@LindaVater]

Thank you for being so loving following your loss. The true spirit of the season.

[@janb2162]

Dear Cindy I too lost my Husband...in April. May the most cherished memories of him warm your heart and bring you and your daughter comfort. God keep you in His arms til you and your loved one meet again.

[@tanasuter5777]

❤

[@kathleenroberts7972]

I also lost my husband but set a place at the table for him and invite him in spirit to visit.

[@rjstrotz6144]

October 16, 2024 Greetings, Linda. Your dining room table and wood built-ins were so beautiful and elegant. Certainly befitting of the home's grandeur. So happy we can go back in time to re-experience your grand home. We too honor Thanksgiving and we start decorating for TOTAL FALL right after Labor Day, right up to December 1 [when we start decorating for winter/Christmas]. We bring out ALL FALL decor, including Halloween and Thanksgiving, and of course pumpkins, squirrels, acorns, pine cones, apples, gourds, leaves, straw bales, scarecrows, and everything else related to autumn. Fall is our favorite season. Never do we mix winter/Christmas with any event in fall, and Thanksgiving remains sacred in our home.

[@susanjohnson3973]

♥♥♥ your tablescapes, especially the camellias and pink patterned tablecloth! This year our daughter will host her Hubby's parents and us, always a lovely time together and extra fun with the little grands. We gave her our china for her thirty fifth birthday, because she has loved it since childhood. She has more space to host than we do, since downsizing to a smaller home and enjoys extending hospitality to family and friends❣ So enjoyed our visit! You are looking wonderful, beautifully recovered now! Love your hair and cute outfit! God bless you this Thanksgiving season - many hugs♥

[@BarbaraWilhelm]

I have hosted thanksgiving for the last 20 years but this year my daughter will be having everyone in her new house. The bonus is that I can decorate for Christmas earlier now.

[@annjohns9939]

Linda, I enjoyed this video so much. All those beautiful tablescapes. I definitely agree about enjoying this season of being thankful. We would be happier people if we spent more time being grateful for what we have rather than seeing how much Christmas decor we can fit into our homes.

[@vjhreeves]

Amen. Less Christmas "stuff," more giving thanks.

[@beverlyhughes552]

This Thanksgiving I will be spending the day with my husband who is in an upscale nursing home due to several accidents that requires daily therapy. The dining room where we will have our dinner is a beautiful room with very sweet, caring workers who look after their residents. Tom and I will share our love and hopefully light of our Lord Jesus. Thank you for your wonderful Videos. Happy Thanksgiving Linda, Stewart, and family.🙏😊❤️

[@LindaVater]

I so love the way you find beauty and charm and warmth wherever you are!

[@teresahatfield4521]

Linda. I really like the copper tones you used on your Thanksgiving table. It looks so festive. The flowers are gorgeous. So lovely. I hope you have a blessed Thanksgiving. God bless you and your family

[@chrisogrady4956]

Absolutely GORGEOUS table designs! I loved each and every one. I so appreciate your many talents.

[@susanwalline993]

I, too, embrace Thanksgiving and do not incorporate Christmas at all during this season. Now, afterwards, it turns into a full-blown Christmas extravaganza!

[@nancycolombo4137]

Love this video and your inspiration! Thanksgiving is our favorite holiday too and we have been hosting for 23 years

[@ruthgard8390]

Kindest thoughts for a very Happy Thanksgiving in your home!

[@denisecoviello5619]

What a beautiful table! This will be my third time hosting. The first time, my oven broke and my husband carted the turkey & fixings to his brother’s house a mile away & made hourly trips to check on progress (as they were out of town) while I continued cooking on the stovetop & making salads. After that experience, the second time was much easier. A small crowd this year, only 10 or 12. You inspired me to set the dining room table now! The kitchen table will have to wait until the day of. 🍂🧡🌾

[@LindaVater]

Excellent! Great stories from Thanksgiving, right😝🤣😜

[@lianeabeyta4515]

Always love to look at past table scapes.... both yours and mine. I keep all my table pictures in my hutch in the same room to reflect back. I do my table early as I love to enjoy it all month. Just need to give the plates and glassware a fresh wash before the day, which is no big deal. I know your boys are not always able to be home , so being with friends and friends that are family is a joy and a comfort.

[@LindaVater]

Very much so!

[@EverydayThriftGarden]

Love all your videos you upload. I watch them on Saturdays after yard work and house work.

[@denisecarvill4705]

Thank Linda and a happy thanksgiving to you and yours. You look tremendous! Stronger every day! 😀🌸👏

[@libbymiller5240]

This will be our first Thanksgiving at my husband's family home that we renovated and moved into after his father passed away. One of my daughters is going to travel to Mystic, CT, where one of my other daughters lives with her husband and new baby boy. She will also stay to celebrate her sister's birthday ( fun fact: my 3rd daughter and my son are born on the same day, Nov.26th, 3 years apart! So, sometimes we celebrate Thanksgiving and 2 birthdays!!). My oldest daughter, her husband, and our other grandson will be coming for dinner as well as my son ( our musician soon to have his album out!!) and his "lady friend", AND, my AMAZING 98-year-old Mother!! Whewwww, there ya have it! Oh, and yes, I will set my table a few days before. LOVED seeing all your beautiful tablescapes! You are just overflowing with GREAT IDEAS! Sending much love and blessings..

[@LindaVater]

So much to celebrate Libby!

[@Change4Good333]

Love your table set ups. Elegant, beautiful and artistic🌟

[@maryeliason1504]

Love the copper container & camelias. I have buds on my bushes but didn't get blooms last year. So here's hoping. Loved the embellished pumpkins of last year.

[@debbierice2618]

Can’t wait to see John’s Holiday decorations. Loved the video Linda. Happy THANKSGIVING. I NVER THOUGHT OF USING THE PINK CAMILLIA FOR THANKSGIVING ❤️

[@kaeleyjust3991]

I'm hosting two Thanksgiving Dinners at my house. The first on Wednesday, night, and the second on Thursday night. I absolutely love all your tablescapes gives me so much inspiration!!!

[@LindaVater]

2!!!

[@barbarasimmons7637]

Your table looks beautiful. Our Thanksgivivg will be small this year but I still enjoy making A love!y table! A very Happy Thanksgiving to you and all your friends and family!

[@glgardener4972]

Enjoy seeing your tablescapes. I love table scaping and I enjoy setting my table early. Thanksgiving is at my house and we have guests-usually people with no place to go or family near by. I make all the food and have family help in the kitchen. I make enough for 12 and frequently send home any special requests....And thankyou for not having any Christmas decor up-I want Thanksgiving to be about Thanksgiving. After Thanksgiving and guests have gone and only then will I start with Christmas decorating with the music load and clear. Happy Thanksgiving!

[@LindaVater]

What a good soul you are!!!

[@harriettpavonrosado5175]

Happy Thanksgiving! Beautiful table cover.

[@chines68]

So much inspiration here. I had actually been sort of dreading cooking the big meal, as my partner and I are both in our 70s and arthritic! Everything hurts! But this gives me some good ideas to prepare as much beforehand as possible and enjoy the day with family and friends.

[@LindaVater]

Hurrah!

[@valjohnson5835]

This is one of my top favorite videos Linda. Your Christmas home tour last year is my number one favorite. You have an elegant and beautiful style that I love and connect with. Happy and blessed Thanksgiving to you and Stewart.

[@LindaVater]

How kind!

[@nanetteprusakowski2058]

Loved seeing all your Thanksgiving tables. I used to host Thanksgiving. My table was different every year. Planned months in advance. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

[@jeanninef2110]

Thank you for a lovely vlog. I am Canadian and we celebrate Thanksgiving in October, it gives us two months before Christmas! It is my daughter's and my favorite holiday. We love sharing what we are thankful for around the dinner table...each our turn. Even the grandkiddies share their thoughts. My sister is usually here too, as she leaves for the USA a week before your Thanksgiving. (She gets to celebrate it twice!! LOL!) All your tablescapes are so pretty. My daughter is the one who usually goes out to the garden to pick the season's end flowers and greenery and leaves. It is always so beautiful and bountiful! Enjoy your Thanksgiving, may you and your family and friends be blessed with health and happiness and much gratitude! Thank you for all that you share through your channel!

[@LindaVater]

How wonderful for you!

[@traceygodfrey6432]

Happy Thanksgiving to you all. With love from 🇬🇧

[@LindaVater]

Thank you dear

[@melindamoore9449]

I love Thanksgiving. Sad that so many just skip from Halloween to Christmas. Thank you for posting this! Hope you are feeling better daily. Your table is glorius! What a generous and caring hostess. I recently saw a large terra cotta cornucopia at an antique store. Sadly it was not for sale. I have antique stone fruit that I wanted use with it! I thought of you and thought it would make a great QVC item for your line!!

[@theresakahl2463]

so classy and beautiful!

[@janb2162]

I will be having my first Thanksgiving in my "new" home (1959), in Dixon IL.

[@lindalee8040]

So enjoying the new into. Love it.

[@donnahart3554]

Your Thanksgiving decor would make a great playlist!

[@LindaVater]

Thank you Donna!

[@jackiew4827]

I agree with Donna! Love all your table scapes

[@vjhreeves]

I second that!

[@vjhreeves]

I LOVE setting an elegant Thanksgiving table...yours are hands-down the most gorgeous ones out there. And the copper & camellia theme is one of your prettiest ever. Simply stunning. I feel exactly the same about seasonal infractions (excellent term that I will be appropriating!). I do not want to see Christmas decor in my Thanksgiving photos. Each holiday has its own beauty that should be celebrated in its time. Also gorgeous is your skin...I am positively in awe of it 😍

[@LindaVater]

I think the copper and camellias may be my fave too!

[@suzannebiehle5672]

Happy Thanksgiving dear Linda! We all have so much to be grateful for even to be able to open our eyes and breathe in the morning! God Bless you and all your loved ones..❤️

[@ritaoschmann6630]

Home with Covid, your thanksgiving tables are beautiful. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@sharonupchurch6734]

We host Thanksgiving at our house, family and a few friends.

[@kimbowers3607]

My house...yes I do tablescapes..using what I have. Yes I love it..kind of need a bigger table...lol

[@sherrypollard7190]

Hi Linda and Stewart, happy Thanksgiving to y’all. I will be hosting my family and there is 9 expected. I love doing my table also, this year I put up our Christmas tree and decorated it with fall decorations and when Thanksgiving is over I will change it out to Christmas.

[@donnamullins2089]

Attending Thanksgiving luncheon at my daughters. My son-in-law always cooks the turkey and it is beautiful. Everyone brings sides and dessert. Daughter makes appetizers and drinks. Works beautifully for our family. Your table looks beautiful as always. Cute outfit. Love the green color.

[@LindaVater]

I think pitch in thanksgivings are the best of all

[@joanshute3384]

Linda I really enjoyed this video. Your tables were absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing your talent with us. May you have a Blessed Thanksgiving with your family and friends. So until next time God Bless you and Stewart and have a Blessed day and stay safe my dear and Special Friends. Also tell Stewart to have a Blessed Thanksgiving. 🦃🙏👯‍♀️

[@marthahoffmann8674]

Linda Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Love celebrating this special day with pumpkins and a house full of quilts. Like every year we'll celebrate at home and will share a long telephone call with my 98 year old Mom in NY. Love your table settings. Thanks for sharing your beautiful season decorations.

[@LindaVater]

How cozy!!

[@SunshineCarol]

Love u Linda, u gave me many many positive after watching your video

[@annemartin8986]

Just love yr videos Linda, all the way from Ireland

[@LindaVater]

Thank you dear!

[@vickiecantlin5634]

I know it will be beautiful....I do love your 2 lamps with the red/burgundy shades.

[@beverlyasleson3321]

You are So elegant, I love it. I am just simple and only have my kids and grandkids nothing fancy.

[@LindaVater]

Simple + grands are the essence of elegance.

[@mariemcgrath8681]

Your Table looks amazing. I just love camellias, always reminds me of my mother's magnificant bush.

[@twilde3754]

Going to a wonderful family-style restaurant. Can't wait!!! We will bring home leftovers and eat for a couple of days.

[@susansmith4749]

Happy Thanksgiving!

[@edstud1]

Linda is so stylish!

[@GardeningSpirit]

LOVED this! Can I invite myself over, how I would love to have a glass of wine and be a guest at your beautiful home. Best Wishes to you.

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

St home with my family! Our son is coming home from out of state!!!!yeah!!!!🦃I do set the table early too. We used to host a turkey frying morning! Not anymore but boy that was fun.

[@LindaVater]

Lucky you!

[@shelleyimmel8067]

My son will pick me up and we'll go to dinner at a friend's home where we're going to have about 18 people. I am in charge of sweet potatoes and scalloped potatoes. My son is bringing wine as well. I will cook up half a turkey before we leave so I can send some leftovers home with my son and enough for a turkey sandwich the day after Thanksgiving. It is first holiday without planning for my Mom who lived in an assisted living home prior to her death on February 5, so it is good to share Thanksgiving work with long term friends.🍗🍗📦🍁🍁

[@LindaVater]

Absolutely. Been there as the family dynamic changes. Sounds lovely!

[@sylviae6259]

Hi Linda question do you do your dinner buffet style or lay the tables with the food? I love all of your different dishes throughout the years, where do you store it all? Happy Thanksgiving!

[@LindaVater]

Buffet is laid out in the kitchen.

[@candymcclellan1641]

What an insprirional video - So many wonderful ideas! Truly love your ideas...my best 4 friends are getting together. No family around us , but best friends make it special. Grateful for gorgeous weather in S. CA., so lots of walking after dinner. Best wishes to you for a wonderful day!

[@LindaVater]

The best kind of way to end a meal. A walk!

[@d.l.n.7133]

My entire life we have gone to a place that is our family’s home away from home . When my two active grandsons were born , we had Thanksgiving at our house, but this year since they are older , we are going back out for our Thanksgiving dinner at 1pm. Then we will carry on a family tradition of going back to (now ) my house ( it use to be my parents house) for a rambunctious trivia game with a gift exchange. The person with the lowest score goes first when picking a gift from the pile . All gifts had to be $20.00 or under… then after we would eat a light snack from a buffet of light bites .

[@LindaVater]

Fun!

[@kandyharris2195]

I usually host Thanksgiving.. we have a very small home and love to fill it with our kiddos and grandchildren!! Is Stewart on your guest list ?😉🧡

[@LindaVater]

That’s up to him!

[@youbetcha108]

Hi Linda Doing thanksgiving out again this year. I have hosted thanksgiving every year for the last 18 years and enjoyed all the memories. Children remember the holidays when you decorate. And do I ever ! I started in September with fall colors and handmade paper leaf garland on twine around the door openings. I used the things the children made at school and still put them out as do you Linda. 🥰. After September comes Halloween Thanksgiving Christmas new years Valentine’s Day St. Patrick’s day ( part Irish here) and Easter!!!🐇💐 and then summer patriotic decor. It keeps the year moving and the kids really enjoy the holidays. I change the kitchen and bathroom linens too and I used to even change the soap dispensers. I have lots of pictures over the years and lots of nice memories. I like the sweater you are wearing. It changes the color of your eyes! Do you do any outdoor dining for thanksgiving? Like s’mores or hot apple cider mulled wine on your beautiful patio?

[@LindaVater]

Sometimes! If it’s not too cold!

[@nikkiwebb5701]

LOVE THE TABLE SETTING. What is the name of your flatware.

[@charlesperez9976]

I love your table arrangement. So what time should I show up for Thanksgiving dinner? I’ll bring Ritz crackers and fig newton pie.😂 But seriously,I have a sweet Thanksgiving story for you: In 2020,during lockdown,my mother was very sad,because nobody was coming into town,even her sister and her husband,who live nearby,were not. I was going to go to her house,and she asked me what to do,she said”it’s just going to be the 2 of us,I can make a couple Cornish hens or something!” I told her,no! I had an idea,because I didn’t want her to labor for so long,and her only guest,me,eats like a bird,it would be wasted on me. So,she not only fulfilled my request,she loved the idea!! On Thanksgiving day,2020,mom and I had grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. Talk about simplicity! We ate it,enjoyed it very much,and we were thankful for it. ❤️ Linda,how hilarious would it be if you served your guests just that very thing this year?😂 I bet they would actually be very thankful! A sort of re-set,a way to really remind everyone how thankful we should indeed be. Happy Thanksgiving,dear Linda❤️

[@LindaVater]

What a gift you are to her!

[@heather1778]

What is the gorgeous paint color on your walls? Our dining room is a traditional dark red, but I’ve been searching for a pretty orangey red to freshen it up!

[@deborahbavas6514]

The different table settings were beautiful! Do you invite a surprise guest and seat her by Stewart!?😊

[@LindaVater]

Maybe not at Thanksgiving but on other occasions lol!

[@susangrother8931]

I think the greens & Camilla centerpiece at 11:54 is beautiful. It looks like the container is lined with moss. Is there a water or foam medium to hold the greens?

[@LindaVater]

I think there was g

[@susanlinker8844]

Hi Linda, Happy Thanksgiving! I enjoy your videos and your style! I was curious about the sweater you are wearing in the video. I do not see a link or description. Do you have any information regarding this item. It looks so comfy!

[@LindaVater]

It’s an old jcrew cardigan:)

[@rachelsmith1881]

We are going to a family member’s home in PA.

[@LindaVater]

Travel safely!

[@maggiedee9284]

Thank you for the video showing how to use vodka to stunt the height of paper whites. Mine have reached about ten inches high and are blooming profusely while staying totally upright. Now can you help us with the not so pleasant fragrance? Happy Thanksgiving to the Vaters. Here in Canada we celebrated in October. My favourite holiday.

[@debbiehyla9907]

Linda, as usual your video is a feast for the eyes. I especially fell in love with the red and cream tablecloth! I have googled everything I can think of to locate one like it … to no avail. Will you share your source?

[@LindaVater]

I think it was William Sonoma years ago

[@debbiehyla9907]

@@LindaVater thanks!

[@adeletrimble4046]

Linda, I missed where you shared your tablecloth. Can you refer to it and I’ll check it out. 😊

[@LindaVater]

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[@ChildofGod98765]

I put my faith and trust in Christ! My greatest happiness comes from following him our Lord and Savior. As a single mother things are difficult this thanksgiving. My husband passed years ago so I’m alone. I’m overwhelmed because both of my children are autistic. I’m struggling. I can’t afford Thanksgiving dinner this year groceries are so expensive. I lost my job as a social worker at Forsyth hospital because I declined the vaccine. I declined because of my pre existing health condition lupus and heart disease. I was denied my medical/religious exemption. I wish I could go back to the hospital but the mandate is still in place for hospitals that participate in Medicare and Medicaid. I’m waitressing and I’m so thankful to be working again, but I’m not making nearly enough to make ends meet. I’m so discouraged I feel so alone in this world. Every month is a battle, to not end up on the streets with my children. Thankfully God gives me strength to keep going. Please pray for me and my boys, that’s all we want or need. Please pray for me and my children this Thanksgiving thank you.

[@LindaVater]

🙏🙏🙏

[@lindylou3519]

Beautiful table Linda. I’m with you…enjoy the holiday without bringing Christmas into it. This year will be out of the ordinary to say the least as our oldest daughter (46) who lives in OK just lost her husband to cancer a few weeks ago. We are so thankful that she wants to come home with her sons for Thanksgiving. 😢

[@LindaVater]

Oh I am so so sorry…

[@lindylou3519]

@@LindaVater thank you sweet Linda!

[@romiehutson5230]

I love your plates linda what beand are they. Ty

[@LindaVater]

Christian Dior Malachite

[@brenschilling3529]

Linda I really enjoyed seeing and hearing about all of the past Thanksgiving tables and decor. It wont be the same for our little family this year, as I have just lost my hubby of 36 years. Because we are in mourning, our son and I will stay home, as we are in no shape to be around others quite yet. Any suggestions on how to set a table for two would be appreciated. Hugs, Bren

[@LindaVater]

I would set a cozy table for two near any area of warmth you have. Buy a fireplace, whether it’s fake or real, even by the warm glow of a special holiday movie on the TV. Set a lovely table and acknowledge how special your husband was and how fortunate you were to have had him in your life. And the continued fortune you have in your love for one another. Sounds corny, but I feel confident you will be able to find comfort and warmth in this Thanksgiving of 2022

[@brenschilling3529]

@@LindaVater Thank you for the lovely suggestion on setting the table for two this year. We will do just that !! I always enjoy your vlogs of times in the garden and this year's various table settings you have had over the years. Sending many "Thanks" to you and Stewart and those you hold dear for a Happy Thanksgiving, filled with love, joy and a grateful heart. Hugs, Bren

[@tmarmie3664]

Hi Linda - I’m from a different country so my comment is off topic. I always notice how often you wear low slung jeans and belts - which look super cute. I am of a similar age and build to you. About 5 years ago I ended up in the ED with massive internal bruising around my tummy area . I was an elementary teacher so hadn’t done anything strange(happened mid morning).Anyways I am convinced low slung jeans , while constantly bending over small tables caused it. I only wear high waisted jeans or high waisted thick leggings since, with ‘everything ‘ supported, and it never happened again. Just a thought - I hope you don’t mind. Love, love, love all your videos. Happy Thanksgiving to yourself, Stewart, family and friends.

[@LindaVater]

Now that styles have changed I wear high waisted much more too!

[@tmarmie3664]

@@LindaVater Excellent- more comfy too ❤

[@crystalfernung4785]

With such big center pieces, do you move it once your dinner begins? Don’t they interfere with conversations

[@LindaVater]

Yup! Check out my Sunday video coming up.

[@lizkeith1356]

wow, this woman looks so much like Beth on Yellowstone.

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Need to check who that is!

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[@bowler8]

you need a battery operated candle lighter

[@judyrhine234]

I love your programs but just a little criticism. Get your bangs cut out of your eyes. You have a beautiful face don’t try to hide it. I’ve retired from styling for one of the major professional Haircare companies in the world and have worked with some of the best stylists in the world so I do know a little bit about it. Happy Thanksgiving.