Since we're about to enter autumn, I thought it would be nice to talk about some secrets and ideas that help me a lot to create a perfect autumn table.
Autumn is a very colorful and peaceful season, it is also full of special and beautiful fruits and the cold is looming. So with all that in mind we can use some ideas to make a pretty seasonal table, each in their own way or leaving it to their taste.
I really like making centerpieces with natural elements, I think they bring a lot of life to the table, and even more so in autumn, since we can take advantage of all those colorful leaves that fall, reddish branches to create authentic natural decoration on the table. But a table is not a centerpiece, on the contrary: many different elements can be arranged, with volume and without, to make it special. The centerpiece can be present, or not.
Preparing a beautiful autumn table is not very mysterious, but there are different techniques or tips worth keeping in mind, ideal for making the whole table harmonious and for each piece to fit perfectly.What do you say? Do you dare to surprise your guests with a very beautiful autumn table? Let's do it, I leave you the tips and ideas, and that doesn't mean they all have to be followed, play with them or try practicing with the ones you like most or that catch your attention to make the table yours and to your style.
Surprise with rustic blue colors
If you use an unexpected or surprising color palette on your table, I'm sure you'll captivate your guests' attention immediately. I invite you to use a rustic or washed blue, which you can combine with other more neutral colors but fill the table with that peace and joy that blue always brings us
For inspiration, look at this autumn table in the photo. It is presented in different shades of blue, the main one being the tablecloth. It is enhanced by other blue tones and by the white, gray or cream tones of the mini cocottes, plates or other table elements. Those serve as unifying secondary colors.
A very important factor of an autumn table is add some natural contrast, such as this centerpiece made with natural red branches.
Use colors that create contrast
Le Creuset ceramic plates and bowls
Contrast plays an important role in making certain pieces stand out or in generating that visual cheerfulness you're looking for when presenting the table.
You can find contrast by playing with the color of the dinnerware, the pots... or also by arranging natural elements of a color that stands out strongly against the rest. You'll see the table come to life instantly, even if it's with a good touch of color in just one spot.
Lay a simple white tablecloth and you'll have the perfect stage to enhance a garnish of fruits and flowers, or for the dinnerware or any other element to stand out. The lime with burgundy, orange and white color combination is ideal, as it reflects the classic colors of autumn. But there are other colors, like gray, which you can combine or cream, which are neutral and go very well with everything, so on them you can make any more intense colored piece stand out.
A very important aspect is to draw diners' attention to the center of the table with some focal piece.
Keep a palette of soft neutrals
With white, cream, light gray and gold colors you'll highlight the table's naturalness and fill the environment with peace, elegance and calm. To add a touch of color, you can use patterned cloth napkins, for example, or let the food be the star with its color and smell.
Other ideas could be to bring white to the center of the table and display small pumpkins as a natural decorative element, or make a centerpiece with dried autumn foliage with small gold details.
Mini cocottes and Le Creuset ceramic plates
If you want to bring autumn to your table use pine cones, chestnuts, pumpkins, classic seasonal leaves in green, red, yellow or orange... You can play with using a wooden placemat too... Everything that brings the forest's autumn to the table will make an autumnal table.
If you use simple-colored dinnerware, you'll have a wide range of possibilities, and you'll be able to add color to the table with placemats, cloth napkins and a central pitcher full of colorful flowers, finishing with small pumpkins, pine cones or other fruits scattered across the table.
Combine modern elements with rustic ones
Le Creuset plates and bowls and Le Creuset salt and pepper mill
Small details make the difference
Le Creuset ceramic plates and bowls
Something as simple as a string, or putting some seasonal elements on the table, make a difference in our daily life. Pine cones, a string, a note, an envelope with a chocolate inside, some seeds scattered on the table as decoration... There are endless small details that will decorate the table, and if you use raw, orange or toasted tones, that detail will smell like autumn.
Use a monochromatic palette
- Le Creuset plates and bowls, to add a touch of color to the table.
- Revol white and gray porcelain ramekins.
- Revol round porcelain plates in white, gray and black.
- Mini cocotteswill also add color to the table.
- Revol blue, white and gray trays.
- Emile Henry red ramekins.
- The new Merengue collection from Le Creuset (the Set of ramekins, the ceramic mold, the casserole).
- Revol ceramic trays are ideal, as they have very autumnal colors.
We also invite you to visit the to serve section, where you'll find other ideal products to prepare your autumn table.
