A Red Barn Tablescape for Fall

I love old barns and I especially love old red barns. I drove across the country and back several times over the years and I also took the train back and forth a few times too. (I love road trips and riding trains and I don’t fly.) I would always be fascinated by all the wonderful old barns I saw along the way. This tablescape is a tribute to all of them. I have had this green tablecloth for a couple of years, I bought it on Amazon. I love this color for a Fall tablecloth or for Thanksgiving. I used it on one of my Thanksgiving tablescapes some years ago. It is a green tweed color and it is perfect for the Fall season.

I had seen these red barn plates several times over the years and when I started looking for barn salad plates, they popped up and I knew I wanted to develop a tablescape around them. I bought four of them at Mercari online and three more at Replacements, Ltd. online a few years ago. The designs were copyrighted in 1998 by Warren Kimble for Sakura, New York and the series was called Barns. The salad plates were made between 1998 and 2002 and there were four different barns in the series.

This green stoneware dinner plate came from Pier 1 several years ago. It was part of their Spice Route series and each color was named a different spice. This one was called Clove. I love this plate for Fall and Thanksgiving tablescapes and if you read my blog you see it often during those times of the year. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying dinner plates here.

This charger was made by Juliska Ceramics and the pattern was called Berry and Thread, color Ruby. I like plates with interesting rim designs because it adds something unique to the plate stack. I bought these chargers a few chargers at a time over a couple of years several years ago until I had the number I needed. I can’t remember where I bought them but it was online and probably from several different sites. This charger is a deeper red, almost a brick red. These plates are no longer in production. To read about what you should be considering when you are buying chargers please click here.

This green flatware is called Madeline Green and I bought it at World Market several years ago. I use this flatware often during the Fall season and into Thanksgiving time as well. I love the frosted handle. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying flatware here.

These barn napkins were made by a seller on Etsy who has made napkin sets for me several times over the past few years, Meg from ME2Designs. When I can’t find napkins to match my tablescape theme I contact Meg and tell her what I am looking for and she finds samples of fabrics and sends me photos to choose from. I told her I wanted barns and she found this fabric and it was perfect for this tablescape. I love all the different barns that are illustrated and I see an outhouse too! The metal red barn napkin rings were a challenge. I ordered them from one place online and they were suddenly on back order. Then I ordered them from another place online and suddenly they were on back order there too. I finally found them at Walmart online a few years ago and I bought them there. To read about the what, where and how of napkin rings please click here.

My daughter-in-law gave me these cute tree place card holders. She used them for a themed party for my son a several years ago and then said I could have them. But she has started tablescaping too so I found a set for me and I will return them to her so she can use them. To read about the what, where and how of place card holders, please click here.

I bought the green acrylic goblet on the left a few years ago online at Home Depot. Home Depot sells tablescaping items. They are made by Certified International. The green acrylic goblet on the right came from Pier 1 several years ago. You can read my blog post about what to consider when you are buying goblets for your tablescaping collection including the colors that I use most often here.

I looked for a long time for a red barn cookie jar and I finally bought this one online at Country Village Shoppe. It needed more height so it is sitting on a couple of my green Depression Glass bowls.

I suddenly remembered this red barn that I received as a gift several years ago and I added it to the tablescape. It was part of Jim Shore’s Heartwood Creek collection and it was called Red Barn, Strength And Plenty. He copyrighted the design in 2004 and it was licensed by Enesco.

To balance the table, on the other side of the centerpiece, I added a Mosser Glass red salt and pepper set that I bought online at The Vermont Country Store a few years ago.

We plan another trip across the country maybe next year sometime, more barns to see!

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