Delightful and Inspiring Table Ideas for Easter

Am I the only one that cannot believe that Easter is less than 2 weeks away? Last year it was on April 17th and this year it is so much earlier. With beautiful Spring weather well on its way and nature blooming all around us, I want to have a pretty Easter table to compliment the season. I love looking at different tablescapes and I hope some of these ideas from previous years will inspire you.

For the last two years, we have happily hosted my son and his numerous friends from around the country. But this year, they are all off doing their own thing. To date, it is unclear if any of our children will be here for Easter and until plans are finalized, I do not know if I am setting a big table or maybe my husband and I will go somewhere for brunch. But that doesn’t stop my brain from wanting to envision a beautiful holiday table.

Place Settings

For Easter we tend to go a bit more formal, since we eat casually more of the time the rest of the year. I love pulling out my best china and making the table feel a bit more special. These brushed gold chargers get a great deal of use at the table because they are so versatile (and so affordable!)

On multiple occasions you have seen my bee flatware. As much as we use this for both casual and more formal place settings, it still looks as good as the day I bought it.

I love blue and white dishes and I do not recall where I purchased these many years ago (I think from Horchow). See similar dishes here. However if you want to see more details of this table setting, click here for the original post.

Here is one of my favorite patterns: Royal Worcester Yellow Urn/Roses/Greek Key. I have the dinner plates and the cream soup and saucer set only. There are so many colors to work with in this one pattern. To see more about this place setting and tablescape, click here.

Adding a cute bunny salad plate to the Royal Doulton Romance Collection Juliette place setting works. The small plates are from Pottery Barn and no longer available, but check out these sweet plates from Macy’s.

Colors for the Table~the tablecloth

The colors of Spring are a must at our Easter table. I love pinks, blues, yellows, greens and anything that represents this time of year. Often, I choose my color scheme before I set the table, but it also helps to have a lot to choose from~I confess to many dishes and table linens.

In the above photo, this Indian-block printed table cloth from Just Darviny is an affordable, attractive and pretty option.

A simple white damask table cloth allows a blank slate to add all your colorful items.

Or you can eliminate a tablecloth like I did in 2020. The wood table serves as a perfect backdrop to the gold and yellow themed place setting.

Another option is using placemats too! Here simple white embroidered placemats look sharp against the mahogany table. Here are some pretty scalloped place mats from Ballard Designs.

Spring greens are appropriate for the Easter table too. Using a piece of abstract green fabric given to me by my neighbor, Anne, a fun look is created mixing old and new with the antique Fondeville Ambassador Ware. I just love the colors in this china, a gift from a dear friend.

Centerpieces

It is the perfect time of the year to find many spring flowers available for either cutting or purchase. We may be past daffodil season here in Phoenix, but in other parts of the country they are still affordable and available. Don’t they look lovely in my blue and white tulipieres from The Enchanted Home?

If you live in a part of the country that is still experiencing cold weather, here is a fun centerpiece where I combine both real flowers and faux flowers. Can you tell which ones are which?

Lilies are a traditional Easter flower and coupled with roses, make an elegant and affordable centerpiece.

Fresh cut flowers in a clear glass vase is another easy way to say Spring on a budget.

Place Cards and Table Decorations

Sometimes I use place cards, other times not. Get creative with this. These fun birds’ nests are easy to make (see tutorial here). An everyday egg can be used as a place card with a calligraphy letter. Once you make these, you can use them year to year in different applications. If using a real egg, remove the contents by placing a small hole on either end and then gently blowing the yolk and white out.

Ceramic bunnies and baby lamb napkin rings, make the table festive. Here is a bunny napkin ring from Amazon.

Bird shaped candles or decoupage eggs add to the Easter theme.

And don’t forget, Amazon has a great selection of these green moss flocked bunnies.

Last year, I picked up these wooden bunnies from Target. Not sure they have them again this year.

Need even more inspiration?

In 2021, I participated in a blog hop of Easter Tablescapes with 20 different bloggers! What a collection of talented individuals. Just click here and you will find all the links at the end of that blog post.

Happy Tuesday! For those that celebrate and hosting Easter, how will you be decorating your table?