Set the holiday table with Goodwill

 12/9/2015

You can spruce up your holiday table with Goodwill finds.

 

Jess Staats, sales associate at the Southwest Boulevard Goodwill® Store (left), used her impeccable eye for design to set up this simple dinner table setting for three. Processing coordinator Earlene Gordon’s ideas added extra pop to our set-up.

Centerpieces are a hallmark of holiday tables, but our small table space couldn’t accommodate a large one. Instead, Jess assembled a Christmas-themed display from common items available at Goodwill.

 

We worked with red, gold and white as our color scheme.  Those colors are easy to find, and it’s easier to mix and match white dinner ware.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Mix books, baskets, candles, holiday ceramics, and even fall decorative items to make a festive backdrop for your holiday gatherings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

And how much would a set-up like this cost? 

Table setting

• Three-piece dinner setting: $16
• Glasses: $1.50
• Placemats: $2.99
• Dinner napkins: $1
• Crystal platter: $8
• Table runner: $2.99
• Candleholder: $3
• Tablecloth: $1.99
• Flatware: 60 cents
• Total: $37

Most of the items came from the Southwest Boulevard Store. But you can find similar pieces at other Goodwill store locations.

Assistant manager Melanie Morose created this  elegant display of dinner ware and holiday wares  at the Claremore Goodwill® Store. (12/8/15)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our generous donors bring us amazing items. And by buying those items for your holiday table, you support our job training and employment programs. That will give you a good feeling when you sit down to your holiday meal.

Photo by Jess Staats