A Summer 4th of July Tablescape

I have had this tablecloth for many years but this is the first time I have used it. I bought it with the matching napkins at Pottery Barn many years ago. I love primary colors and my 4th of July tablescapes are always a true red, white, and blue. The beige on these table linens always stopped me from setting a 4th of July table with them but I decided that it was time to use them or pass them on!

I have had these flag salad plates for a long long time. They were part of my Americana decorations in the family room for many years before we redecorated. They were designed for Brandon House by Warren Kimble and copyrighted in 1998 by Sakura. The pattern was called Spirit of the Flag. There were four different designs in the set. I used three different plate designs on this tablescape.

This is a larger salad plate that could be used as a salad or a dinner plate. I bought them online several years ago at Ballard Designs, they were made by Southern Living. This blue is a great color to use for 4th of July tablescapes.

I was thinking about this tablescape and the tablecloth and I knew I probably wanted to use a beige plate somewhere in the plate stack. I have one but it has a wavy edge and I wanted a simpler shape so I looked online a few years ago and found these simple beige (the color is called wheat) dinner plates at Pottery Barn. They are stoneware and the pattern is called Mason. They are available in several different colors. Pottery Barn is one of my go-to sources for basic good quality plates in neutral colors.

This is one of my favorite red chargers, I have had them for many years. I bought them online a few at a time over several months probably from the Juliska online store. I love the design around the rim. They were made by Juliska and the pattern was called Berry and Thread. I think the red color has been discontinued now.

These dark blue napkins with beige stars came from Pottery Barn many years ago. The frosted cream flatware set was made by D & D Inox in Italy, the pattern was called Roma. I bought it at Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdales during a major sale several years ago. There are similar patterns available online now.

I can’t remember where I bought the metal star place card holders. I have had them for years. The set came with three navy, three red, three turquoise, and three white stars in the set. I used the red and the blue ones on this tablescape.

The blue acrylic goblet on the left came from Pier 1 several years ago. I really like the height and shape of it and I have it in several different colors. Dollar stores sell them sometimes in acrylic and glass. The red iced tea glass goblet on the right was made by Waterford and the pattern was Marquis Brookside. I bought them at HomeGoods many years ago with the matching goblet. They are for sale on Ebay from time to time.

I was trying to find something to use as a centerpiece and I remembered that I had this shallow bowl. I stood it on a fake book decorated with stars and stripes. They both have the same colors as the table linens and salad plates. They were also part of some Americana decorations in our family room before we redecorated. I have had them both for many years, I can’t remember where I found them.

I added a red glass salt and pepper set to the table made by Mosser that I bought online at The Vermont Country Store a few years ago.

I’ll let you in on a little secret about this tablecloth. When I pulled it out and put it on the table to try it out I realized that it was way too wide and the blue stars border wouldn’t show on one side. Hubby helped me fold it in the center just so and line it up so the blue borders matched on each side of the table. The fold is on one of the center stripes and it doesn’t show at all. (I ironed it down so that helped.) Sometimes really large tablecloths are cheaper because people usually have smaller tables so it is good to remember that you may be able to fold them down or cut them down in some way.

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I love decorating for the 4th of July! I have created several different Fourth of July Tablescapes during the past several years. You can see six other 4th of July tablescapes that I have done here.

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