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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Julia Demer

Whatever You Do, Don't Do These 7 Things to Your Thanksgiving Table – Designers on Faux Pas to Avoid in the Dining Room This Hosting Season

Eclectic Thanksgiving table setting inside of dining room decorated with green floral patterned wallpaper and an ornate accent mirror.

As an interiors editor, I’ve learned this much: from the words on a page to the pillows on your sofa, what you leave out often matters more than what you put in. And as Thanksgiving looms – the one week a year we all moonlight as professional tablescapers – that editing instinct becomes essential.

Because even the prettiest Thanksgiving table can unravel fast. One garish charger, an overgrown vase, a few too many turkey motifs, and suddenly your efforts to impress have the opposite effect.

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