the frugal table decor accessories thread

**Sara Noel** · 04-07-2005, 11:38 AM

Share some budget decor ideas for decorating tables. It can be something you have done or have seen.

I purchased a shallow resin container. (sorta platter/bowl combo) Added pillar candles in various sizes and colors and polished pebbles/rocks and have it on my table in the livingroom.

**PrairieRose** · 04-07-2005, 12:01 PM

I have been given a couple of birdhouses over the years, decorative ones. I use 2 of them, along with a stack of gardening books that Gripey has purchased down through the years, a small green bush and a large glass candle holder with a tall candle in it. None of the items were bought just for the table save the candle holder/candle. Together they make a nice little vignette.

**Makat2u** · 04-08-2005, 11:39 PM

I no longer have a coffee table

since I re-arranged my living room & got a new rocker-reclyner

. However on my kitchen table I have a bowl & platter that my mom found a few years ago in an old house they were tearing down. I have a pinapple I made out of beads in it & a nice salt & pepper shaker set a friend bought me on each side of it.

**Sara Noel** · 07-06-2007, 11:40 PM

looking for table decor ideas.

**bumplett** · 07-06-2007, 11:57 PM

I purchased a beautiful floral arrangement from a yard sale

I'm just simple that way

**Laurie in Bradenton** · 07-07-2007, 09:10 AM

I have a clear glass cake stand and cover that I keep filled with baked goods always pretty and changing.

Laurie in Bradenton

**Darlene** · 07-07-2007, 09:24 AM

I suppose books, mail, lotion, tools and other clutter isn't what your looking for....umm

When tables are clear

, wildflowers in an old glass canning jar fit the bill. Simple & sweet.

**DixieJ** · 07-08-2007, 10:40 AM

I purchased a ceramic bowl that looks like a watermelon half at a yard sale yesterday for a buck. I've got in sitting on my kitchen table--it needs something in it though--any suggestions?

Dixie Jean

**dwallyfam** · 07-08-2007, 11:29 AM

Right now on my table I have my grandmothers pitcher and bowl set with some glads in it. I figured that since it could hold water why not make it also hold flowers.

**annymoll** · 07-08-2007, 01:13 PM

I have fresh flowers.

**McD** · 07-08-2007, 03:02 PM

depends on the table. On my coffee table in front of my couch--nothing. DS tends to push it across the room. On my smaller tables I have a framed picture, a candle, and 1 willow tree figurine.

Can't go wrong with a picture and a candle, both frame and candle can be purchased at dollar general on the cheap.

**baxjul** · 07-08-2007, 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by Darlene

I suppose books, mail, lotion, tools and other clutter isn't what your looking for....umm

This is what is decorating mine right now! Along with a plant.

**geckoace** · 07-09-2007, 04:27 PM

i have a few glass vases i fill with different things like plastic easter eggs or christmas balls for seasonal decor. sometimes i fill one with champagne corks (i have a ton as i take them from work)

**miss_thrifty** · 07-09-2007, 06:00 PM

table top--if its for a kitchen I use wild flowers in a clear vase with colored beads for stabilty in it, or colored mason jar like the blue one i got at a yard sale, and put what your fav things are with door hanging open. Maybe a nice potted plant with a plant poke with saying on it from dollar store, ; maybe a small wreath(grapevine light or dark stained) with sm potted fake flowers in it, ; a potpourri candle holder the ones you have mason jars inside of it.