This post and giveaway are brought to you by Pier 1 Imports. All opinions are 100% mine.

Most of us are going to be doing some type of holiday entertaining in the next few weeks and I thought I’d share how I think about setting our table and incorporate some items I found at Pier 1,  Fifteen years ago, my husband and I registered at Pier 1 for our dishes and we still love and use some of the pieces we received.

First, before you go out shopping, take a little inventory of what you have.  I didn’t have chargers or place mats or cloth napkins, those were on the top of my list to look for.

Only the finest glassware for my family, right?  We are not fancy folk, as much as I like beautiful stemware, the mason jars serve us just fine, we can in corporate those in with the new stuff.

The most important thing to keep in mind when shopping for items for your holiday table is VERSATILITY.  It’s tempting to spend a lot of money on big beautiful Christmas Trees or Golden Turkey’s on stands but those are one trick ponies.  First, put your money where it can work for you all year around, for all sorts of occasions, that’s one of the things I like about Pier 1, their items are unique enough to be interesting but traditional enough to be timeless.

It was no surprise that I found everything I needed to set my table.  I already had white dishes so that was my starting point–whatever you have that you need to use is your starting point.

Then I added a runner I found at a thrift store {texture} rustic basket style chargers/place mats from Pier 1 {super texture and versatility}, my white dishes, and thrifted wooden bowls.

I also found these sweet ric rac trimmed white napkins.  No turkeys or poinsettias on my napkins, if I’m spending money {ok even gift card money} I want to spend it on something I can use for Easter and New Years and all the other occasions.

I also found something I didn’t expect.  Napkin rings.  Feather napkin rings.  I’ve never even used napkin rings before but I loved the height and unexpectedness that these added to my table.  Plus, when we don’t use them, I can pile them into a white vase and they look like a huge bouquet of feathers.

See, here they are all piled into the centerpiece.  By the way, that oval dish right there is one of the items we registered for and still use. Let’s talk centerpiece for a moment.  You don’t have to be all elaborate to have something pretty.

I used a Pier 1 white footed bowl, one of their chunky candles and nuts and feathers that I had. I’ve been on the hunt for this scalloped footed bowl for ages.  I first saw it at Angela’s Cottage…

She filled it with watermelon and I can’t imagine anything that wouldn’t look lovely served in this bowl. Plus it was only $20.

It’s such a pretty centerpiece and, I can use it for many things during each season.

I also found a few sprigs of wintry branches {Pier 1 had lots of branch type items to choose from}.  I cut the glass tile looking one apart and put it in the centerpiece to make it more wintry.

So, things to remember as you think about your table:

Layer, use texture, incorporate what you have and then shop for useful, versatile items that will work for all seasons.  And while you are at Pier 1, you can also drop off your Toys for Tots donation.

Plus, three of you are going to win your own $50 gift card to Pier 1.  Might I suggest a few of my favorite items?

Leave a comment and tell me something you’ve bought from Pier 1 before.  For a second chance to win you can tweet with a link to this post make sure to use the hashtag: #Pier_1_Imports

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