what's on your kitchen table?

mrs. remy · August 2011

A stupid question, I know, but I am just curious. Is your table completely bare, or do you have a runner, salt & pepper, or some sort of centerpiece on it? And I mean the table that you eat your every day meals on, not your formal dining table if you have both. 100 extra bonus points if you have a PIP of your kitchen table.

jcsntms06 · August 2011

Normally our table is bare. The only that that normally stays on the table is A's food mat, that I wash, constantly. Although if you ask me today, we have lots of mail sitting on the table right now. But that's not what your asking!

ThePastor'sWife · August 2011

We usually keep a centerpiece on it - it's a glass holder/stand thing that has rocks and candles in it. I don't keep a tablecloth or runner on it b/c DS likes to pull those, and our S&P shakers live on the top of the stove usually b/c they match our butter dish, which also lives on the top of the stove.

Now, our dining room table is an antique, so that's a completely different story. I keep a tablecloth on it to protect the top, and just try to keep DS away. It also has a candle thing centerpiece, and I do keep a pair of S&P shakers on that b/c they're also antiques that match our dining room colors... and I love them, so I like keeping them out where they're visible.

KathrynMD · August 2011

Well, nothing right now!

But, normally it become a bit of dumping ground. We don't eat there very much b/c its a weird height and its uncomfortable. We eat at our DR table and we keep it pretty functional, just placemats on the table.

I was just thinking about what I want to do in the new kitchen and I think I'm going to get some kind of centerpiece/flower bouquet to put on the counter.

madladybride · August 2011

Honestly, our table usually has mail, newspaper circulars and L's toys (pacifier, rattle). We also keep our cloth napkins and salt & pepper shakers there. I *try * to keep it clean , but that almost impossible.

Ragdolls · August 2011

This little votive holder is on our kitchen table:

And I know you didn't ask about dining rooms but I love this lazy susan that lives on our dining room table:

mrs. remy · August 2011

very cute, Rags!

lenebene · August 2011

a little blue basket with spices and napkins..... then a glass votive with seashells/sand and a candle.

Ragdolls · August 2011

mrs. remy:
very cute, Rags!

danka!

SarahKate31 · August 2011

Our kitchen table has a set of flour canisters, a recipe box, an iPod dock, and a couple candles. We don't eat at this table. I use it for extra counter space. We eat at our dining room table. That has a tablecloth and placemats on it. I also have a large centerpiece bowl full of river rocks. That's all that's supposed to be on it anyway. There's also piles and piles of mail, books, and other junk. No idea what we will do or where we will eat once DS is eating at the table.

lauranne · August 2011

We have a glass tabletop (hate it) that shows fingerprints, so we use placemats. Aiden's is kiddie, and ours are fabric. Our fourth seat is usually a pile of mail and things to go through. We need to get that under control before Claire joins us at the table. We also have a napkin holder and salt and pepper shaker.

vjcjenn1 · August 2011

I'm I the only one who doesn't have a kitchen table, nor a kitchen big enough for one?

TheLinkBride · August 2011

We eat at our dining room table and there is a centerpiece and two coasters on the table. The coasters are just because I've had drinks lately that have been leaving a wet ring and I was getting sick of cleaning it. We keep our pepper/salt and napkins on the pass-through between the kitchen and dining room so that they can be accessed at either place.

We have a small pub table in our kitchen but we don't eat there often. There is just a centerpiece on that table.

LoveLossHopeRepeat · August 2011

We turned our dining room into a playroom, since we needed the latter far more than we needed the former. Our dining room table can hold 4-6 people (though we only have 4 chairs... don't ask me, DH and his ex-twatwaffle bought it), so we took the leaf out and stuck it in the kitchen.

We keep mail on it. And occasionally DD's art supplies. I'd love to have a pretty table, but for the longest time DD was just too young to leave it all alone. Plus the cats food/water bowls used to be on the chest freezer, which bumps against the table, thus rendering the table part of the kitty super highway.

I should really pretty it up, though.

LoveLossHopeRepeat · August 2011

vjcjenn1:
I'm I the only one who doesn't have a kitchen table, nor a kitchen big enough for one?

Probably not, but if I didn't have a kitchen table, I'd probably just skip over this thread since the title's pretty specific about the contents

MrsAmber · August 2011

Table Runner, Salt/Pepper Holder, Napkin Holder and a centerpiece. Our kitchen/family room/dining room is one open area so the kitchen table also doubles as a dining room table.