Decorating for Thanksgiving on a Budget with Easy Tips and DIYs
Find easy decorating for Thanksgiving on a budget tips and beautiful DIYs plus late Fall inspiration from over 15 bloggers.
Greetings! Our house is all ready for the holiday using paper Thanksgiving decorations and repurposed Fall decor. I’m excited to share how easy it is to decorate for Thanksgiving on a budget plus loads of beautiful late Fall inspiration from my eclectic friends and their home tours.
Inexpensive Thanksgiving and Fall Decorating Ideas
Welcome to Something Different Late Fall Home Tours hosted by Cassie Bustamante. Every day this week you can find new inspiration for Fall and Thanksgiving decor from a talented group of bloggers. Scroll down to the end for the full schedule! Today I’m joining these fine ladies.
The White Buffalo Styling Co / Casa Watkins Living / Jeweled Interiors / The Black House on the Corner
If you are new here, howdy! I’m a retired military spouse who moved back to Texas after being gone for 19 years.
I perfected the art of rental decorating and overcoming challenges in small spaces for over fifteen years but now am tackling homeownership with a new set of challenges!
Our family of four lived in some of the most beautiful coastal towns in the US and Japan which have influenced my colorful and global style with DIYs and furnishings in our one-story 60’s ranch-style home in Fort Worth.
I love going all out at the beginning of the season when I pull out all of my fall, pumpkins, and Halloween decor. Every year I try something new with pumpkins repurposing decor when I can. This year I repurposed some of my larger faux pumpkins to look like heirloom pumpkins. You can totally do this with dollar store pumpkins by the way!
At the beginning of October, our house transitioned into elegant Halloween decor and I participated in a new thrift-o-ween series in IGTV. By the time November rolls around, I’m ready to pack up most of my fall decor and just leave out a lovely setting for Thanksgiving with a few nods to the Fall season. After all, Christmas is just around the corner.
Easy Thanksgiving Decorating on a Budget
Keep it simple with a few pumpkins to create beautiful fall vignettes in your living areas. I simplified our early Fall fireplace decor by only using a handful of pumpkins with faux fall foliage. (Say that three times fast!)
Shop your house for warm metals to set out to create a cozier atmosphere. I love mixing any colorful tapers in our brass candlesticks. They seriously look good with any holiday or everyday decor.
A few more pumpkins are placed around evenly adorning our built-in media bookcase, coffee table, and side table.
It totally helps that we recently found a new sofa on the FB marketplace. The olive green will be so much fun to decorate with all year. I guess you can tell I’m passionate about greens!
It’s super fun and easy to mix in minimal seasonal decor when they are metallic or soft earthy colors like mint green.
Just a few well-placed pumpkins and faux leaves (or better yet, grab some branches from your yard!) can create an elegant setting for Thanksgiving. If you want to add some visual reminders to be thankful, try printing out a free printable to go in one of your frames.
Decorating a Thanksgiving Table on a Budget
In our open concept living areas, you just turn around and you are in the dining space. I used a few more of my faux-painted pumpkins and faux leaves to keep the decor consistent in such a small space. Here are other ideas for creating a beautiful holiday table for less!
Layer your china with everyday dishes for an interesting setting. I used my grandmother’s Dresden dinner plates with some cute fall pottery and thrifted salad plates and flatware. This trick is used often to create different looks for holidays and occasions without having to buy new dishes! Shop thrift stores and estate sales and only purchase one type of dish if you do want to add in something new on the cheap.
Use paper Thanksgiving decorations to keep costs down. Since I decided to keep this holiday a little more minimal I decided to forgo table textiles including cloth dinner napkins. I created printable utensil holders that add a fun touch and keep the table from being too serious or formal. Pretty green paper napkins tuck in neatly behind the gold bamboo ware.
Aren’t the colors and layers fun? I love that you can see right through the table to my boho fabric-covered chairs. And the centerpiece ties it all in!
I hope these few simple thanksgiving decorating ideas on a budget sparked some inspiration for you! The best part is there isn’t a whole lot that has to be put away before the Christmas decor comes out.
Would love to hear if you have any favorite tips or tricks for keeping Thanksgiving decor elegant but on a budget! And check out 50+ Fall, Thanksgiving, and Halloween ideas.
But first, let’s go visit these beautiful late Fall home tours. Shall we?
Monday
Cassie Bustamante / Domicile 37 / Crazy Wonderful
Tuesday
Bloom Wild with Bari J / Eclectic Twist / House Homemade / Street Flea Style
Wednesday
Up to Date Interiors / The White Buffalo Styling Co / Casa Watkins Living / The Black House on the Corner / Jeweled Interiors
Thursday
Jessica Brigham / Dorsey Designs / Brit Dot Design / The Boho Abode
Friday
Earthly Urban Interiors / Kate Pearce Vintage / Burnett Bungalow / The Ruby Thursday Collective
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oh that green velvet couch was made fro your home! LOVE your dining table, too, and how open everything is! beautiful home, kathy!
Thanks!! I love our new sofa. 🙂
Oh so pretty Kathy! You always rock holiday decor!
Thanks for the sweet comment Jewel!
Very nice decor!
Thank you so much!
Soo pretty! And your tablescape is fantastic!
Thanks Tina!!
I love your soft muted pumpkins! They work so beautifully with your home!
Thanks Shelley!
I love all of your tips and how you did it on a budget. Your fireplace is beautiful!
Thank you Janelle!
Oh wow it all looks great ! Love that sofa and all its splendor!!!
Thank you! I’m so in love with it. 🙂
Your dining table is really beautiful. Thank you for sharing and keep up your good work. I am inspired.
Thank you so much!
Hello! Love your blog!
I read that you purchased the lovely green velvet sofa of FB Marketplace, do you happen to know the manufacturer? I’m looking for something similar, but am very hesitant to purchase without sitting on it first.
Thanks for any feedback!
Cynthia
Aw thank you! yes, it’s called Fabien sofa at Lula and Georgia. I think they still carry it! I love it but the back cushion went flat bc of the feather-filled insert but I added in two queen-size pillows to fill it out and that worked great.