What's in the centre of your dining table?

Princess_Coupon

A very large green glass bowl, filled with mini cactus (in soil)

shelleuk

I have glass fishbowl type clear vase which i put in black and silver glass stones in, on top of the stones are battery powered LED lights and diamantes on a string. Very hard to explain what it actually is because i made it myself.

GlasweJen

We have 4 of those old fashioned glass jars that hold sweets. The biggest has jelly beans, next one down has cola cubes, smaller one has soor plooms and the smallest has mint humbugs.

The sweets change as they get eaten (except the humbugs) but the sweets look pretty and tie in with the pictures in the dining room (ikea sell them, framed prints of different sweets).

ailuro2

It's obvious from this thread that the most popular look ( therefore the one that is in fashion) is a pile of folded clothes topped off with a child's toy.

You just have to give in and go with the flow...


In the centre of our dining room table is a silver pot stand with another wooden one sitting on top of it, on top of this is the salt and pepper mills.

My s-i-l has nice coasters and placemats that are kept in the middle of the table when they're not in use, they came with their own fancy basket to hold them.:)

aliasojo

ailuro2 wrote: »

It's obvious from this thread that the most popular look ( therefore the one that is in fashion) is a pile of folded clothes topped off with a child's toy.

You just have to give in and go with the flow...

But my whole house is like that. *sob* I just wanted one really grown up / nice area. :rotfl:

aliasojo

shelleuk wrote: »

I have glass fishbowl type clear vase which i put in black and silver glass stones in, on top of the stones are battery powered LED lights and diamantes on a string. Very hard to explain what it actually is because i made it myself.

That sounds unusual and nice. Might consider the home made route if I can't find anything just right.

GlasweJen wrote: »

We have 4 of those old fashioned glass jars that hold sweets. The biggest has jelly beans, next one down has cola cubes, smaller one has soor plooms and the smallest has mint humbugs.

The sweets change as they get eaten (except the humbugs) but the sweets look pretty and tie in with the pictures in the dining room (ikea sell them, framed prints of different sweets).

Sounds lovely but I couldn't do that. This is the year I'm supposed to be losing all my flab.

mandragora_2

Sounds lovely but I couldn't do that. This is the year I'm supposed to be losing all my flab. [/QUOTE]

Glue the jar lids shut? Then, of course, hide the hammer....

lostinrates

Whats in the centre of my table varies a lot. Mid week, its often just me eating at it....so this week I've put a huge pot of narcissi, whch would be totally impractical if had friends over or two of us here....its VERY large. LOL

Often its a plain glass candle stick and a chunky candle.

At breakfast when we have overnight guests I have a covered bread basket which I fill with bread/toast/muffins/croissants or whatver, and that goes in the middle.

In autumn I put pumpkins in the middle. (thats my favourite I think. )

I NEVER let people use it as a ''putting place'' as stuff builds up and becomes a nightmare.

My kitchen table on the other hand is the junk zone from hell

kochi1

I filled a glass vase with purple baubles in for christmas - l think it looks nice so its staying there all year.
All the paperwork that was on the table is now on a chair next to it!!

vik6525

Two daleks and a globe.
We like it anyway!
And if we run out of conversation over dinner, the daleks talk when you press buttons on them!