27 Thanksgiving Kitchen Décor Ideas to Inspire your Celebration

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Published: September 28, 2021
Updated: December 13, 2023

Thanksgiving Kitchen Décor Ideas

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Aside from being the spot where most of the meal preparation takes place, the kitchen also becomes the main entertainment hub for guests and loved ones during Thanksgiving. While large Thanksgiving kitchen decor centerpieces can add a huge aesthetic appeal to the room, small items can lend a lasting impression, especially with the proper placement and grouping.

When decorating the kitchen for Thanksgiving, the main items that you can look into are those that echo the concept of abundance and harvest. This includes florals, foliage, pumpkins, wheat, fruits, and vegetables. You can also opt to use Thanksgiving food as part of your centerpiece, especially the nostalgic ones such as pies and sweet treats.

Since Thanksgiving happens between the fall and winter seasons, it also means that you can apply decorative elements that are appropriate for both seasons. Using wreaths, candlesticks, garlands, striped fabric, gingham patterns, wicker baskets, and wood, are just some of the many items that you can use to create a festive look in the kitchen.

Here are beautiful Thanksgiving kitchen décor ideas to help you prepare for this holiday in style.

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Group your Thanksgiving Wreaths, Florals, and Decors

Thanksgiving Kitchen Décor Ideas

Small Thanksgiving kitchen décor items can create a huge impact when grouped into clusters and placed in different key areas. Here, the door is accentuated with a leaf wreath in warm fall color while beside it is a group of shelves decorated with potted plants, wheat in a vase, and metallic containers. The kitchen counter has a display of wildflowers in a glass jar paired with pumpkins on one side, and a group of wreath foliage on the other side.

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Pumpkin Farm Shelf with Dried Florals and Pumpkin Centerpiece

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Pops of Brown, Orange, and Green

Thanksgiving Kitchen Décor Ideas

Make your Thanksgiving decors coherent by selecting a color palette that fits your kitchen’s aesthetics. This cottage-style space, for example, used fall colors such as brown, orange, and green, for the dried floral wreath, signboard, and the dried foraged flowers. The centerpiece, composed of pumpkins, beads, plants, and fabric on a wooden tray, also follows the same color scheme.  

Thanksgiving Kitchen Decor

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Thanksgiving Wreath and Dried Foliage

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Thanksgiving with a Touch of Halloween

Thanksgiving Kitchen Décor Ideas

Save time and repurpose your designs by combining your Thanksgiving kitchen decors with Halloween so you don’t have to change your display within a matter of weeks. Here, the floral arrangement, cheeseboard, tray, and striped napkins are versatile for both occasions. You can then bring out smaller embellishments to make your décor more appropriate for the celebration.

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White and Orange Pumpkins and Florals

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Timeless Copper and Ceramic Pieces with Thanksgiving Decors

Thanksgiving Kitchen Décor Ideas

Display timeless pieces when decorating for Thanksgiving and embellish them with seasonal items. Copper and ceramic containers and decors, for example, are always versatile and can transcend different seasons. Match these classic pieces with items that remind you of Thanksgiving, such as a decorative rooster, burgundy leaf sprigs, gingham and striped fabric patterns, and pumpkins.

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Metals are Always in Season

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Winter Thanksgiving Shelf

Thanksgiving Kitchen Décor Ideas

Aside from fall decors, you can also make use of items that remind you of winter when decorating for Thanksgiving. Here, the shelves are filled with mini pine trees in various tones as well as tiny Christmas villages.

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DIY Rustic Pumpkin Counter Centerpiece

Thanksgiving Kitchen Décor Ideas

Create a nice focal point in your kitchen with a rustic pumpkin centerpiece that you can do by yourself. The one in the image makes use of faux florals, cornstalks, hops, wheat, pinecones, and pumpkins, arranged casually in a wood bowl and finished with a crocheted tea towel for a soft texture. The fabric runner underneath also lends softness and emphasis to the vignette.

Thanksgiving Wall Kitchen Decor

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Use Fresh Finds and Produce as your Thanksgiving Decor

Thanksgiving Kitchen Décor Ideas

Thanksgiving is about giving gratitude to a bountiful harvest. What better way to celebrate it and give it a contemporary twist than by using organic finds that you have sourced from groceries as your Thanksgiving kitchen décor? This all-white kitchen is given more life and vibrancy with its incorporation of store-bought fresh foliage, pinecones, pomegranates, citrus fruits, and pears, styled in a chic and functional way.

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Draping Foliage

Thanksgiving Kitchen Décor Ideas

Add a touch of color and freshness to your all-white kitchen by using fall foliage as your Thanksgiving décor. In this image, the white range hood cover is draped with faux leaf garland that lends a dreamy garden-inspired aesthetic to the space. Meanwhile, the cabinets and countertop are also decorated with plants and pinecones paired with white bowls and containers.

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Burst of Greenery in an All-White Kitchen

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Vintage Thanksgiving Kitchen Decor

Thanksgiving Kitchen Décor Ideas

Achieve a chic vintage aesthetic in your kitchen by using Thanksgiving decor that brings nostalgia and dreamy qualities to your vignette. For lighting, select thin candles on brass candlesticks in different style variations and pair them with ceramic and copper decor elements. If you want signage, opt for a green board with vintage fonts written in chalk. Of course, don’t forget to add some natural elements such as florals and foliage in deep brown or burgundy color.

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Rustic Dry Goods Station with Flowers, Wheats, and Pumpkins

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Celebrate Two Festive Holidays

Thanksgiving Kitchen Décor Ideas

Usher in both Thanksgiving and Christmas to create a highly festive setup for your kitchen. Here, the pumpkin patch on the counter and the “Autumn” signboard, and the huge wicker basket filled with pumpkins, produce, and wine bottles fit the Thanksgiving celebration. Meanwhile, the gold candlesticks and wreaths on the door and kitchen cabinet echo the Yuletide season.

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Quirky Thanksgiving Decor

Thanksgiving Kitchen Décor Ideas

Add fun and humor to your Thanksgiving kitchen décor by using unique decors like these expressive hand-painted pumpkins made of papier-mache with a weighted base. Keep the rest of your decorations timeless and simple to avoid making your space look kitschy. Here, the kitchen counters are accentuated with gingham bowls on placemats, as well as flower stems in amber bottles.

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Mini Thanksgiving Wreaths for Barstools and Cabinet Door

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Thanksgiving Decors for a Hot Cocoa Bar

Thanksgiving Kitchen Décor Ideas

Extend the Thanksgiving décor to the smaller nooks of your kitchen. Here, they also prepped the hot cocoa bar for the celebration by filling it with plants, leaves, and spices such as cinnamon sticks as well as small curios like beads, mini-lantern, and burlap-wrapped plants.

Thanksgiving Kitchen Centerpiece

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Fabric Pumpkins and Ceramic Decors for the Coffee Station

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Copper Cups, Checkered Runner, and Fall Florals

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Floral Thanksgiving Centerpiece

Thanksgiving Kitchen Décor Ideas

If you currently have a well-decorated kitchen, a large floral centerpiece in the middle of your countertop might just be the only thing that you need for Thanksgiving. Since the kitchen already features two eye-catching large classic rectangular chandeliers that add glow and illumination to the space, placing a tall red floral centerpiece makes the space look festive without going over the top.

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Rustic Autumn Flowers and Ceramic Pumpkin

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Floral Sprigs and Autumn Wreath

Thanksgiving Kitchen Décor Ideas

Add some color to your white kitchen in time for Thanksgiving by using warm-colored florals and foliage as decorations. In this image, the countertop is decorated with tall flower stems placed inside a glass vase while the side is decorated with floral clippings. At the back, the range hood cover is accentuated with a highly textured wreath paired with wheat stalks placed on top of the oven.

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Who Wants a Pie?

Thanksgiving Kitchen Décor Ideas

Pie is an ultimate must-have for Thanksgiving celebrations, so why not include some of it in your Thanksgiving kitchen décor? Bake some desserts that you can place as part of the centerpiece along with other sweet and savory treats. Here, the pie serves as the focal point of this small vignette and is paired with fabric pumpkin decors and florals, all of which are placed in a wicker tray basket.

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Thanksgiving Pumpkins with Sweets and Treats as Decor

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Decors on a Tray

Thanksgiving Kitchen Décor Ideas

Place small Thanksgiving kitchen decors on trays to create mini vignettes on your kitchen counter. In this example, both sides of the counter are decorated with multi-tiered antique trays filled with pumpkins, foliage, figurines, and candle. Meanwhile, the center of the counter is kept simple with a single composition of a tiny vintage pumpkin cloche on top of a wooden board. The wooden “Home” signage with a wreath adds color and warmth to the white walls.

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