Christmas Farmhouse Kitchen Table Welcome!

November 16, 2023 117 Comments

16 Nov

Welcome to our farmhouse kitchen ready for Christmas.

Nothing says ‘Welcome’ more than a beautiful table kitchen table set with Christmas dishes, bottle trees and candle light.

We don’t have a separate entry into our PA farmhouse; everyone walks directly into our kitchen through the backdoor.

It was the same in my parents’ home. My mom always decorated the kitchen table for the different season. Everyone came through the backdoor just like our house. I am following in her footsteps.

‘Welcome to my home’ is significant for anyone who comes to our home, even the kids coming home. That includes our 7 grandkids.

Home is safe and comfort, warm and says you are loved!

farmhouse is always in style

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Amy loved how the table and big coordinating wreath looked when she first came through the door after a long semester several years ago.

We all sure did miss each other. Lots of hugging went on when she walked through the door! It will be the same when she arrives from her new city. It will be the same for all of them!

She is coming home for both Thanksgiving and Christmas! Meg will join us for meals as her work schedule allows.

checked patterns are always farmhouse perfect

This farmhouse tablescape came together so easily after I found the black plaid round tablecloth. Knowing it was going to look great with the wreath from a previous year too was an added plus.

I always try to build on what I have. Sometimes, eventually, the look becomes something very different.

LOOKS A LOT LIKE christmas

It really begins to look a lot like Christmas when the “Core 4”, our youngest 2 plus Jim and I are home. Our cute nickname was given to us by our adult kids. In my heart, there is lots of joy and Christmas spirit is coming too!

It begins to be Christmas when we celebrate family together with not only decorations and food but also with Advent and worship times.

using what i have

For this table as I noted earlier, I spread the round black plaid tablecloth on the kitchen table. I nabbed my pristine white cake stand for the beginnings of the centerpiece. The addition of the black lantern I kept after using it for wedding decorations for one of the kids with a battery pillar candle and bottle trees of different colors of green and heights this very simple centerpiece was done!

Use what you have and when you make new purchases, I do think about how I might use it again.

The centerpiece is easy moved when we eat. I like to see all of our faces when we have a meal together.

christmas woodland theme

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I wanted a Christmas woodland theme for our farmhouse kitchen and middle room this year. Plaid and tartan are favorites. It works beautifully for our old farmhouse home. It is over two hundred years old. No worries; we have renovated and updated.

The different sizes of flocked green bottle trees matched with the sleigh and snow scene on the dishes. Using the black lantern for the battery candle gave height and depth for the centerpiece.

Backstory of coffee set

This coffee set has a backstory. We arrived in China where we would live for more than 13 years one very hot August night. Though I had packed a few Christmas treasures with us, I had no thought of Christmas trees or dishes.

My homemaking efforts included searching the open markets for dishes, towels, pots and pans. you know the basics you need. The selctions were varied and odd at times.

Like unexpectely finding a pretty Chriistmas coffee set during late fall at a local open air market. This was the only Christmas thing I had spotted so far. You might think Christmas decor would be plentiful but it wasn’t!

The Japanese department store, Isetan did have Christmas decorations and trees. None were super quality but there was trees and garland! We paid an obscene amount of money for our not too bad tree. It did hold up and was our tree for all of those years. You could call it sturdy.

I cried as we drove away in the taxi with homesickness triggered by the high cost of the garland feeling we shouldn’t buy it. We were on a tight budget. My husband was wonderful! When I told him the reason for my tears, he had the driver turn around in the congested traffic of taxis and bikes in wet cold rainy weather to go back to buy those garlands!

We hung garland on the concrete beams. I ripped the blue plain cotton material from the local street market into rag strips for farmhouse style large bows for the Christmas spirit touches. Our apartment was decked with greenery and cheer!

Making Home Full of Christmas Cheer

I added the polka dot small plates. Those cute plates come out not only on other holidays but through out the year.

The napkins were ones I bought because of the versatility of the colors knowing I would use them often. The frayed twine tied the silverware together added an extra touch to the farmhouse woodland theme.

Using the bottle trees was a no brainer. See those trees in the snow scene decorating the coffee set! The black plaid brings out the black trim in a cheerful way; the blue seems bluer too.

That first year in China was so hard. Each time I bring this set out I am reminded how God met us during that year in many ways, including expensive garland with rag bows!

Having our home say welcome to family and guests is so much a part of Chrsitmas as we also celebrate the coming of the Christ Child.

Welcome to Christmas !