Find 25 tablescapes with centerpiece inspiration to celebrate Autumn. You’ll find tutorials and seasonal tips for pumpkin vase centerpieces, easy flower arranging methods, floral table runners and more for alfresco and indoor fall dining.

Fall is my favorite season and I’m counting down the days until its arrival. . . ready for crisp, cool weather,
a harvest of pumpkins, warm plaid layers, and cozy meals with the flavors of fall!

Whooooooo else besides me is ready for Autumn?

While Mother Nature still has plenty of summer weather in store for us in North Carolina,
we’re enjoying a welcome teaser of fall this week,
with lower humidity and temperatures in the 70s and 80s!

I pulled together a harvest of Autumn tablescapes from the archives.
Click on the highlighted links in red if you’d like to revisit the complete post,
for table sources or more inspiration.

Welcome Fall Table with Colorful Plaid, Petals and Pumpkins
Make the transition from summer to fall with a welcoming table with colorful plaid, petals and pastel pumpkins! You’ll find tips to create a flower arrangement and table centerpiece using an easy flower arranging method.

Falling for Sunflowers Tablescape
Sunflowers are the perfect flower to transition from summer to fall with their sunny yellow rays and warm brown centers! Find tips to create a flower arrangement and centerpiece using an easy flower arranging method for a colorful and vibrant table to transition into fall

Early Fall Table with Limelight Hydrangeas
A transitional table inspired by a tablecloth and with Robert Sprays by Wedgwood floral plates

Woodland Friends Fall Table + DIY Floral Runner
A farmhouse plaid with woodland friends and DIY floral runner with grocery store flowers, no floral foam required!

Delicious Autumn Lakeside Table
Lakeside dining with inspiration from a favorite quote and foraged arrangement centerpiece

Forest Feast Gatherings and DIY Organic Table Runner
Pomegranates, artichokes, apples, and pears from the grocery store, join Baby Boo pumpkins, maple leaves, green oak leaves, lorepetalum and hydrangea blooms. Add your votives and assemble down the length of the table for a natural and organic runner that’s edible too, after your dinner party is over.

A Touch of Copper Fall Alfresco Tablescape
A copper wine chiller serves as a vase and centerpiece, while copper mugs with serve as mini vases for mini bouquets of hydrangeas and mums at each placesetting for alfresco fall dining.

Whimsical Fall Table and Trucking to the Pumpkin Patch
Black and white checks join a colorful farmhouse plaid with pumpkin patch truck and plates

Hello Pumpkin Fall Table and Dough Bowl Centerpiece
Dried hydrangeas, crimson maple leaves and and berries add a pop of color to join mini pumpkins, filling a dough bowl for an easy fall centerpiece and table on the porch.
A Fall Table with Woodland Friends and DIY Table Runner
Create a natural DIY table runner with organic materials for fall

Golden Autumn Alfresco Tablescape
Autumn’s golden light, amber goblets and golden leaf pumpkins

The Softer Side of Fall Tablescape
White dishes and pumpkins, soft feathery grasses and tree slice chargers provide some warm texture for the softer side of fall.

Alfresco dining on the pontoon with pumpkins, mums and warm plaid layers

Fall Alfresco Tablescape with a Touch of Blue + Easy Flower Arranging Method
Royal Staffordshire Clarice Cliff ‘Charlotte’ and a quick and easy blooming centerpiece with pumpkins

Pumpkin Spice and Autumns Delight Table
Celebrating Pumpkin Spice Season with tea and treats on the porch

Adding the Warmth of Copper: Alfresco Fall Table and Easy Hydrangea Centerpiece
Copper adds warmth and pairs beautifully with autumnal colors! I love it polished to a high shine, hammered with texture or weathered and burnished to a warm patina.
Alfresco Fall Table with Blooming Pumpkins
Pumpkin vase centerpiece and and mini blooming pumpkins to serve as party favors or takeaways.

Autumn Table + DIY Blooming Pumpkin the EASY Way
Create a blooming pumpkin as a centerpiece for your fall table the easy way~ no cutting required!

Blooming Pumpkin Centerpiece and Lakeside Fall Table
Lakeside fall table and blooming pumpkin centerpiece

‘Woodsy and Wise’ Whimsical Fall Table
A pine cone garland as a ‘woodsy’ note and base for a runner centerpiece for the table

Pumpkins and Plaid Alfresco Fall Table
Pumpkins, Plaid and Limelight Hydrangeas

Autumn’s Delight Alfresco Table
Autumn’s Delight by Johnson Brothers and an easy (and edible!) centerpiece

Botanical Fruits and Alfresco Fall Table
Autumn Harvest Fruits and alfresco dining with an easy 5-minute centerpiece

Falling for Apples: Summer to Fall Transitional Tablescape
Welcome fall and create a floral arrangement incorporating apples.
No flower arranging skills required for this easy flower arranging method

Whimsical Fall Table with DIY Pumpkin-Floral Runner
Animal friends don their party hats and gather at the table with a favorite method and organic way to create a natural runner for the table

I’m happy to be part of a Welcome Fall Tablescape Blog Hop next week!
I hope you’ll stop back back to find more fall table and centerpiece inspiration
from a talented group of 15 table stylists on Tuesday, September 2nd.

There are two times of the year:
Autumn and Waiting for Autumn.
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Good morning. My favorite table scape is the Woodland Animals. I can picture myself hugging each of those beautiiful animals. “Crisp” the prefect word for Fall. Crisp air, crisp leaves, crisp sounds. Thank you for sharing your beautiful tablescapes and your inspiration.
What a treat seeing all your beautiful table scapes! I have to agree that I love fall most of all!
Ooooh Mary, thank you for all the Fall inspiration. Each and every table is gorgeous. I’m especially drawn to plates with the black backgrounds and to that DARLING owl teapot….sigh. Happy Labor Day weekend to you 😘
You are the queen of tablescapes…incredible!! ❤️ Autumn!!! franki
WOODSEY & WISE! Is my favorite! They are all absolutely beautiful and very creative!!! ♥️
Love them all! It would be fabulous if they were all featured in a self-published 8X10 book so we could gaze upon them repeatedly. I would sure buy one!
Good morning, Mary. There are so many beautiful autumn tablescapes I could never choose a favorite! Your outdoor settings are stunning and the dishware is amazing! Thank you for the years of ideas and inspiration! I am ready for fall 🧡
What a beautiful compilation of tables and centerpieces Mary! I’m also amazed at your creativity and awed by your photography and styling. I’m counting down the days to fall too! 🍁
Mary, I always enjoy having a virtual seat at your tables no matter what the season, but like you fall is my favorite time of year! Thank you for sharing your joy and beauty!
Yes, I love these coziest tablescapes for the upcoming coziest autumn!
So gorgeous, Mary! Im amazed and always inspired with all the textiles, arrangements and dish combinations. We’re enjoying a beautiful week of fall weather preview. It’s perfect timing for being inspired to create. Thanks for sharing so many ideas.
All of your tablescapes are so beautiful, and in every season, not just autumn. I have to pace myself as I scroll through & admire each one. You truly have such a gift of creativity.
What joy to see such an idea-filled post, as we approach perhaps (?) my favorite time of year! May you enjoy each preparation and ritual! Thank you, Mary!
How can I have a favorite?? Each and everyone is styled so beautifully. These should all be in a tablescape book. Your photography is exceptional. What a gift you have! Thank you!
Oh my word, Mary! NO ONE does it better. My eyes are bugging right out of my head. This cooler weather, and now seeing these incredible beautiful autumnal pictures of yours- I may be getting out my fall bins earlier than normal this year. It was such an awful summer with its heat and humidity and awful spring with entirely too much rain. I think we’re ALL ready for fall, aren’t we?? Thank you for this inspiration!
All the beautiful tables. . . .so much beauty. Very lovely and inviting.
Mary, what a treat to look through such beautiful tablescapes! I’ve enjoyed looking into each one. So many ideas and tips to help recreate your settings. Thank you for sharing and getting fall off to a good start!
Each one is beautiful Mary! Isn’t it fun to look back and discover/remember the things you used, centerpieces, and settings you created? All of them deserve to be seen more then once, I even had to revisit several! I won’t be participating in the hop this time but I can’t wait to see all the beautiful Fall tables!
Jenna
Please share the sources for some of your dishes. . .thank you!
You can find the sources listed and shared on the individual posts 🍽️