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    April 16, 2019

    A simple Easter tablescape for when you have no time

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    This simple Easter tablescape requires very little time to set up. All you need is a few potted plants, a basket, a table runner and some Easter eggs of course!

    Pinterest Pin for the post 'A simple Easter tablescape for when you have no time' from the blog, Chalking Up Success!

    When people see my tablescapes, they often tend to say things like, “It's so lovely . . . I would never be able to create something like that myself” or “I bet it took you ages, I just don't have the time”. Well, for all those people who think setting an elegant table is only for pros or for people with oodles of free time and nothing better to do – this one is for you!

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    A simple Easter Tablescape

    What you'll need:

    • A table runner
    • Place sets
    • Your usual crockery (The one I used here is from Depot_online.) Available in Germany and Austria.
    • A lined basket
    • Potted bulbs or flowers (How many you use depends on the size of your table). I used the lovely 'Persian buttercup' (Ranunculus asiaticus).
    • Plant Pots
    • Eggshells
    • Eggs for around the table
    • Candles
    • Candlesticks

    The white flowering 'Persian Buttercup' as a centerpiece for a simple Easter tablescape - A home decor post from the blog 'Chalking Up Success'.

    A simple Easter Tablescape

    How to set it up:

    Make sure your table is clean before you start.

    Lay the table runner down the middle of the table.

    Fill the lined basket with potted flowers.

    A basket filled with white flowers and the earth hidden by white eggshells.

    Fill in around the edges with eggshells (I used white).

    Place the basket in the middle of the table.

    A person placing a basking of Persian Buttercups onto a table. From the blog post 'A simple Easter tablescape by 'Chalking Up Success'

    Next, add the place sets for each setting. These will act as placeholders for your plates so you know where to add the decoration. Don't add the plates and glasses yet though – you'll do that last of all.

    Pop some smaller flowering plants into ceramic plant pots and distribute along the table. The number of plants you use will depend on the length of your table. If your table is short or round you may not need extra plants at all.

    A person placing a some white flowering potted plants onto a table. From the blog post 'A simple Easter tablescape by 'Chalking Up Success'

    Add some candles and candlesticks in between the flowers.

    white flowers and candles as part of an Easter tablescape from the blog Chalking Up Success.

    Take your Easter eggs and drop them haphazardly around the table.

    A white folowering plant sprawling onto a table where brown speckled eggs and alium seedheads lay.

    Now you can bring out your plates, glasses and cutlery and set each place.

    A person placing crockery onto a table. From the blog post 'A simple Easter tablescape by 'Chalking Up Success'

    Grey/Green rustic plate and bowl as part of a simple Easter tablescape. Three white eggshells rest inside the bowl.

    Place some of the eggshells inside the bowl (If you are using one).

    You now have a simple Easter tablescape to show off to your guests.

    My tablescape is pretty in white this year but of course, you can make yours any colour you like. Here are some other options using the same crockery:

    Grey/green plate and bowl on a table as part of a simple easter tablescape. Over the bowl rests a small branch of Witchhazel with pretty white flowers.

    A sprig of 'Witchhazel'.

    A white eggcup stands inside a grey/green stoneware bowl. The eggcup is filled with a hollow white eggshell which is being used as a vase to hold five pretty purple hyacinth flowers - from the blog, Chalking up success.

    Pretty blue Hyacinths in an eggshell vase!

    Grey/green stoneware plate and bowl as part of a simple Easter tablescape. A napkin is a white napking and on top of that a green tinted water glass. From the blog, Chalking Up Success.

    With brown speckled (Quails) eggs.

    The beauty of this simple Easter Tablescape is that you can set it up the day before so that on the big day, you only need to concentrate on cooking. If you know you're going to be baking over Easter, buy white eggs if you can and keep the eggshells for your tablescape - rinse them out before using 😉

    Use this tablescape as a 'template' to use all year long. You'll be surprised how, changing out the types of plants you use throughout the seasons, will give your table a whole new look – even when you're basically doing the exact same thing each time. Just like the simple summer tablescape in the photo below.

    A simple Summer tablescape - grey/green stoneware bowl and plate - dried orange slices are arranged around the side of he plate and an Alium seedhead is placed inside the bowl.

    When your guests arrive and you hear them say “It's so lovely . . . I would never be able to create something like that” or “I bet it took you ages, I just don't have the time”,  just point them in my direction and together we'll start spreading the love 😉

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