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Holiday Table Setting Idea in Red & White (& Black)

November 11, 2015 By Linda 9 Comments

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of At Home for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine.

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I remember the very first time I hosted a holiday dinner …

 

I was a mess. A-crazy-pulling-my-hair-out-of-my-head-mess.

 

I spent the week leading up to the event cleaning like a crazy woman. On my hands and knees scrubbing floors and baseboards. Climbing ladders and step stools to dust the tops of door jams and refrigerators and ceiling fan blades. I didn’t just clear out the refrigerator; I tore it apart and meticulously cleaned each shelf and drawer.

 

And I won’t even get into what I did to the oven. And microwave.

 

I was exhausted. Frazzled.

 

And I still had a meal to prepare.  A meal I had never prepared before.

 

That’s when the frantic phone calls started. To mom. The master of the holiday meal. She whipped up family dinners with the greatest of ease.

 

A pinch of this. A pour of that.

 

She walked me through all the how tos. The turkey. The sweet potatoes. The creamed cauliflower. She held my hand through the phone line.

 

All that was left was the table setting …

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Oh how I wish I knew about the At Home home decor superstore back then! They are a one-stop-shop to help you design and decorate your entire home — both indoors and out. And the exhaustive At Home Christmas Decor merchandise at everyday low prices would have made the newlywed and newly homeowner in me sing …  

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Seriously. And I’m a terrible singer.

 

But I wouldn’t have let that stop the newlywed and newly homeowner me. I would have been skipping and twirling and singing (terribly) through aisle after aisle filled with amazing, unmatched (and seriously affordable) holiday decor ideas!  

 

Christmas Table Setting in Red and White and Black  

My biggest challenge would be which of the 15 decorative themes to choose from …  

 

or perhaps I should just mix and match my favorites from each?

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Luckily, the 20+ year married and 20+ year homeowner in me today is now well-versed in the At Home superstore. And when I visited last week, I was immediately drawn to the graphic red and white (and black) look of the Peppermint Jazz collection.

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So I snatched up some adorable red and white striped dessert plates to create a holiday table setting idea in red, white and black.

 

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And embellished each table setting with a personalized, monogram ornament. Again, from the Peppermint Jazz Christmas collection …

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A little red and white sprig ties in with my Tree for Me (you can find the link to that post below).  

 

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Some faux poinsettias in my rustic toolbox — with a few red and white sprigs added in — rounds it out all.  

 

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With this year’s holiday table setting done, all that’s left is the scrubbing of the house and the cooking of the meal …

 

and I’m exhausted just thinking about it! 🙂

So tell me, which At Home holiday collection would you use to set your table this season?

Christmas Table Setting Idea in Red, White, Black

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Comments

  1. cassie @ primitive & proper says

    November 11, 2015 at 2:52 pm

    what a fun table- and your photos are STUNNING.

    Reply
  2. Shirley@housepitalitydesigns says

    November 12, 2015 at 5:21 am

    Very, very pretty and festive!

    Reply
  3. Jenna says

    November 12, 2015 at 7:06 am

    I love the Peppermint Jazz collection Linda, and I also love the Seas & Greetings~ I will be headed to At Home today to check these out, thanks!

    Reply
  4. laura@duke manor farm says

    November 12, 2015 at 8:03 am

    what a fun table…so you! funny, your company probably didn’t even look at half the stuff you cleaned, including the microwave.

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  5. Kris @ Junk Chic Cottage says

    November 12, 2015 at 8:38 am

    Beautiful Linda.
    Kris

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  6. kirby says

    November 12, 2015 at 8:51 am

    Love the color! So much fun. I am going to have to check out At Home.

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  7. JaneEllen says

    November 13, 2015 at 1:43 pm

    Doggone it wish we had an At Home store around here. Maybe it’s just mid-west and east coast.
    If there is one it’s most likely in Denver, which seems to have everything but not going over those mountains now especially, no thanks. If my Suburban was still running then yeah, no problem but not in our little Kia Rondo. Have gotten very chicken since we moved here.
    Anyway will see what all they have when I finish this comment.
    I love your red/white/black color scheme. Those plates and ornaments are wonderful. And they can be used not just for holidays, even better.
    Isn’t it funny how we all clean like crazy when company coming and most likely never even notice so much of what you killed yourself doing? Sure good way to get good cleaning done tho.
    Saw some nice holiday dinnerware at Goodwill on Wed. (senior discount day) but figured why bother. Wouldn’t mind having some plates and little bowls tho, the dishes were pretty and reasonably priced.
    You set a beautiful table Linda, poinsettia’s look very pretty in your little tool box, (sure getting mileage out of that). Have great weekend. .

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