Patriotic Decorating Ideas

The Fourth of July is a significant holiday in the United States, and many people love to celebrate it by decorating their homes in patriotic colors. If you’re looking for inspiration to decorate your home for Independence Day, look no further! In this blog, we’ve compiled some creative and easy patriotic decorating ideas to help you celebrate in style.

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Red, White, and Blue Tablescape Decor Ideas

Incorporating patriotic colors into your table decor is an easy way to show your love for your country.

This was one of my favorite tablescapes I did. From the place settings to the centerpiece and even the chair pillows, this is a simple way to add some festive decor to your table. Get all my tips to recreate this Red, White, and Blue Patriotic Tablescape.

Source: Elegant Fourth of July tablescape with Ginger Jars by Summer Adams

One of my dear friends, Summer Adams, put together a beautiful tablescape for her kitchen table. Isn’t it so festive and beautiful? Check out all her tips on how to recreate this elegant Fourth of July tablescape with ginger jars.

Can I just tell you, I absolutely love the Fourth of July! It is one of my favorite holidays next to Christmas. I always make sure to pull out all the stops when putting together my Fourth of July party tablescapes. Setting a patriotic themed table is a great way to add patriotic decor to your home.

Have I ever shown you my patriotic dish organization? Like I said, I’m obsessed with all things Fourth of July, so what better way to showcase my dish collection than to have it all organized perfectly in my pantry! Get all my tips on how I organized these dishes.

Here are some other patriotic decorating ideas to get you started adding red, white, and blue decor to your home:

• Use red, white, and blue throw pillows on your couch or chairs
• Hang a patriotic wreath on your front door
• Display a vase of red, white, and blue flowers on your dining table
• Use a red, white, and blue tablecloth for your Fourth of July party
• Hang patriotic bunting or banners around your home

American Flag Decor

The American flag is a symbol of our country, and displaying it in your home is a great way to show your patriotism.

Source: Fourth of July Flag Ideas from My 100 Year Old Home

One of my friends Leslie Saeta is the queen of DIY and crafts. She has the best ideas for how to create and use Fourth of July flags as part of your decor – DIY style! Check them all out here.

I love a good patriotic tablescape, but why stop there? There are so many ways to incorporate patriotic elements into your home decor. I made this festive Fourth of July floral arrangement with faux flowers for my kitchen island. It was so easy to make! Here is the video reel from my Instagram on how I made this: Fourth of July Centerpiece. Check out all my favorite patriotic home decor ideas.

Here are some more creative ways to incorporate the flag into your decor:

• Hang a large American flag on your wall
• Use a small American flag as a centerpiece on your dining table
• Display a patriotic quilt or throw blanket on your couch or chairs
• Use American flag-themed curtains or pillows in your home

And if you’re feeling crafty, try making some homemade patriotic decorations with these ideas:

• Make a patriotic wreath using red, white, and blue ribbons
• Paint mason jars in patriotic colors and use them as vases for flowers
• Make a patriotic garland using red, white, and blue paper stars
• Create a patriotic banner using cardstock and string

Outdoor Patriotic Table Decor Ideas

Of course, if you’re hosting friends and family, chances are you’ll be spending some time outside too. I have all my favorite outdoor patriotic entertaining ideas here.

Source: Fourth of July Entertaining from Ella Claire Inspired

For the ultimate outdoor entertaining advice, you have to check out this Fourth of July entertaining post from my friend Kristen. She is the best at creating beautiful spaces indoors and out!

Source: Simple Patriotic Table Decor from Home With Holliday

If you are looking for a more simple version of a patriotic table, my friend Holliday has the best tips. You can find her full post for any patriotic holiday, such as Memorial Day, Fourth of July, or even Labor Day here.

Source: Fourth of July Party with Red and Blue Chic from To Have and To Host

If you’re looking for a gorgeously chic patriotic tablescape for your outdoor barbecue, you have to check out how my friend Lory put together her red and blue chic Fourth of July party table.

And last but not least, here is my latest outdoor patriotic tablescape. I set this table in our newly renovated backyard. You can read more about this Fourth of July patriotic tablescape in this post:

Fourth of July Table Settings: Ideas for a Festive Red, White, and Blue Outdoor Tablescape

Here are some more patriotic decorating ideas you can use if you’re hosting a Fourth of July party or BBQ:

• Use red, white, and blue balloons to decorate your backyard
• Set up a patriotic photo booth with props like American flags, Uncle Sam hats, and red, white, and blue sunglasses
• Serve food on patriotic plates and napkins
• Use red, white, and blue mason jars as drinking glasses

There are many creative and easy ways to decorate your home for Independence Day. Whether you’re incorporating patriotic colors into your decor, displaying the American flag, making DIY decorations, or hosting a Fourth of July party, you can show your love for your country in style. Happy Fourth of July!

If you enjoyed this post, here are some more patriotic decorating ideas that I’ve shared in the past.

The Most Festive Patriotic Entertaining Ideas for Your Celebration

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Patriotic Dish Pantry Organization

I have so many red, white, and blue dishes so I thought it would be fun to organize them by color. This patriotic dish pantry organization project was definitely more work than I had expected and I was wondering what the heck I was thinking after I started! At first, I did it with all the colors mixed together and I didn’t like it very much. I have a lot more blue and white dishes than red dishes and there was not enough red to balance it out. I then moved all the red to the middle and did white and blue above and below with more white on the top shelf.

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Dish Collecting

I have been collecting dishes since my early twenties and I’ve accumulated some really beautiful pieces over the years. One of my favorites are polish pottery dishes. I have a lot of the blue stars pattern which is so fun to use for the patriotic holidays. I collected many of these when my husband was serving in the military twenty years ago.

I like collecting a variety of dinnerware as well as serving pieces. I’m a sucker for a pretty serving bowl or cake stand!

The red and white dishes also work for the Christmas season. I love dishes that do double or triple duty in that they can be used for multiple seasons and occasions.

Another thing I love to collect is white milk glass. There are so many beautiful patterns that were made years ago that add so much character to my collection.

 Organizing Your Dishes and Serving Pieces

Organizing the dishes is not as hard as it may seem. I try to keep like colors together and then stack plates biggest to smallest. I also like to stack similar shaped items.

Set smaller items like teapots on top of the stacked plates or serving pieces. This saves room and allows you to have the smaller, lighter things on top that are easier to access.

Alternate the heights of the different pieces. You can see here on the top shelf that I put the taller items in the corners, smaller items next to them, and then a taller focal point in the middle using the pitcher.

Add Some Character to Your Shelves

I added some red, white, and blue flowers to one of my tall white pitchers and set it on top to add some character and color. Since I had all white up top, I added a few of my favorite white and blue vases. This adds a little pop of color to the upper shelf and a pretty focal point.

Add some signs or other accessories to fill in gaps. It’s fun to dress the shelves up!

I hung this flag sign on the door that leads into the pantry.

You don’t have to have a ton of dishes in every color to create something like this. Start small and if you enjoy collecting dishes and have the storage space, pick one color and search for those pieces. I tend to be inspired by what season it is and that helps me refine what I’d like to add to my dish collection.

You can never go wrong with collecting white dishes. They go with everything and you’ll get a lot of use out of them.! I use ALL my dishes. Nothing is off limits and I figure they were meant to be used and enjoyed.

I hope you enjoyed seeing this fun little project of organizing my red white and blue dish collection. This was a lot of work to move so many dishes around but now that it’s done, I’m so happy I took the time to do it!

To see more of my dish collection check out this post: My Pantry Organization Project

Enjoy!

Here are some of the sources or similar items I have collected to create this patriotic pantry.

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Fourth of July Party Tablescape Ideas

The Fourth of July is my favorite holiday besides Christmas. I absolutely love decorating with red, white, and blue and celebrating with friends and family. I’m sharing my Fourth of July Party Tablescape Ideas and all the details of how I set it all up.

I actually set up and photographed two different versions of this table because I was asked to be on a local TV station to share my scones and honey butter recipe and a patriotic tablescape. We taped the show three weeks before so I had to create it twice! I’m sharing all the photos of both set ups so you can see a few different variations here.

I am very patriotic and my country means a great deal to me. I have always had this love of country and I think it’s only grown stronger as the years have gone by and after being a military family. I’m proud to be an American and will always honor my flag and country. I am grateful for those that have sacrificed their lives for my freedom. I take that to heart. I am also grateful for those men, women, and families that are serving our country now.

Some of my Favorite Items I used for this tablescape.

I’ll link the sources at the bottom of the post.

Hosting a Fourth of July or Patriotic Gathering

When hosting a Fourth of July party I like to set up a tablescape that has some fun decorations as well as all the yummy food I’m going to serve. Since this was a backyard party, I set up the tablescape with all the food and drink indoors because we don’ have any shaded areas in our backyard.

The Menu

Barbecuing is a tradition in our house on the Fourth of July and my husband and sons all like to use the grill and smoker. I plan the side dishes around the meats we are barbecuing. I’ll try to share some of these recipes soon! I’ve linked the ones I have shared already.

Baby Back and St. Louis Style Ribs

My Favorite Baked Bean Recipe

Watermelon (cut into star shapes)

Potato Chips

Stars and Stripes Cake

Chocolate Cake with Butter Cream Frosting

Mason Jar Strawberry Trifles

Starwberry Cream Cheese Pie

Scones and Honey Butter

Bottled Shirley Temple Sodas

Lemon Water

The Table Decorations

When setting a food and dessert table I always have a focal point using a centerpiece with some type of decoration. In this table the focal point was the centerpiece I made using a galvinized tin can filled with faux peonies, blueberries, and sage greenery. To add a touch of red, white, and blue, I added a few flags into the centerpiece and set it on top of an old vintage crate at the far end of the table.

I like using different things like crates and cake stands to add different heights when displaying decorations and the food.

I used a rustic wood flag sign in the center of the table to set other items on. This was a great way to add some color to the middle section of the table and incorporate another flag into the decor.

The wood flag sign has wood supports on the underside which worked even better because the sign set up off the table an inch or so. If you have a flag sign you want to use for this on your table, just put some wood or something underneath it to lift it up a bit. This will make it look a little nicer. In these photos you can see the supports under the flag.

I set the drinks in an rustic red tray with star cut outs and the straws in a Rae Dunn mug that said military  mom. I’m the proud mom of a US Marine, an airman in the US Airforce and I was an army wife for six years.

I also found some cute little signs on etsy and in some local shops that you can see here.

Serving Pieces

Get creative with your serving pieces and ways to display your food. Some of my favorite items are my polish pottery serving dishes that I collected years ago when my husband was serving in the US Army. Many of the army wives collected polish pottery and I certainly did my share of collecting. If you want to find this pattern google Polish Pottery Stars Pattern and you’ll find some things online. One of my favorite pieces is this big rectangular baking dish that I made my Stars and Stripes cake in.

I used all my red, white, and blue dishes and checkered napkins and set them in different parts of the table. They are useful parts of the decor!

Stars and Stripes Cake

This cake was really easy to make believe it or not. I’ll be sharing the recipe soon so check back for it or check the desserts section under the recipe tab. I’ll link it here when I’ve added it to this post.

I just sort of made this up and crossed my finger it would turn out. I used a white cake and baked the cakes in sheet cake pans so they were thin. I took one layer and set it inside the polish pottery star baking dish then added a layer of cream cheese filling then another layer of  cake. I then did a light layer of butter cream frosting on top and then piped the Stars and Stripes intermixed with the fruit to create the flag. This is a rustic cake and not meant to look perfect. It tasted yummy too!

I hope you enjoyed seeing the details of my patriotic Fourth of July Tablescape. I always look forward to this holiday. Happy Fourth of July and God Bless America!

Happy Independence Day!

Sources are linked below!

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Patriotic Home Decor Ideas

With Memorial Day just behind us and the Fourth of July coming soon I wanted to share some of my favorite Patriotic Home Decor Ideas. I prefer to keep my decorations simple and this year I tried to use all the things I had from the past few years. Once you invest in a few items, it’s easy to use the same things year after year. It just takes a little creativity and thinking outside the box.

The links and sources will all be at the bottom of the post so scroll down!

The Kitchen Decor

With my kitchen being so white and bright, it makes the red and blue patriotic decorations really stand out. If your kitchen is darker in colors, mix some rustic wood decorations along with red, white, and blue colors. I do this at my other home in Washington as my kitchen is much darker that the Utah house.

I found this cute AMERICA banner and the red, white, and blue star felt ball garland on one of my favorite etsy shops, Pearl and Jane. Using scotch tape, I just taped it up on the range hood.

I created a really simple flower arrangement in a french flower market can. Faux flowers, greenery, and blueberry stems are what I used. These came out of my Christmas decor bin! Lastly, I added two American flags that I found at the grocery store. This took me ten minutes max to create!

Next, I hung a square flag sign on the pantry door from my favorite sign company Teal Barns Signs. I used a command strip hook which worked great! (similar option linked at the bottom)

I swapped out the linen chair cushions for these blue cushions and tied them on. I’m loving the lighter shade of blue and I think its so nice to have some contrasting shades of blue mixed in with the darker navy blue.

The cushions were really inexpensive and from Homegoods.

Because I have a lot of open shelving and A LOT of dishes in every color, (see some my collection here) I pulled out the red and blue dishes and stacked them on the shelves. We use all the dishes in my collection for the most part.

I have a handful of blue polish pottery pieces that I collected twenty years ago when my husband was in the military. The star pattern with the cobalt blue is one of my favorites and fits perfectly with my patriotic theme.

I adore this star polish pottery tea pot!

Here’s a view of the blue dishes and another piece from my polish pottery collection.

On the upper shelves, I displayed some of my white and lighter blue cake stands and milk glass compotes.

The Dining Room

I added some flag pillows into the end chairs and hung up a sign that is also from Teal Barn Signs. I love this sign so much!

Similar options:  Sweet Lang of Liberty Canvas // Land of Liberty Sign

For my centerpiece on my dining table I laid a large wooden sign that I bought from a dear friend of mine’s etsy shop, CharaWorks. Here you can see how I used the flag as a base and then decorated on top of it for our Fourth of July bbq.

I’ll be sharing more details of this tablescape and set up soon so make sure you subscribe to my blog so you don’t miss it. I’ll also be sharing the recipe and instructions for this cake I made!

Is this not the cutest cake?!!  It’s made in a polish pottery baking dish with the same stars pattern. I love this so much!

I”ll share more of this in the coming weeks!

The Family Room

Well, I forgot to take any photos of the family room area but if you look in the distance of this photo you can see I added some flag pillows to the couch and some white and blue throws. I also had another sign from Teal Barn Signs. I don’t know why in the heck I didn’t snap photos of this?!!

Here’s my Patriotic Tablescape from last year. I love the flags in the napkin rings.

Last but not least, I added some blue bowls and a flag to each of these wreaths and hung them on my front door. We also had our American Flag out as our flags for the US Marine Corp, and Air Force. We have two sons in the military. I guess we need an army flag too! My husband spent six years in the Army.

Ribbon in my shop: Patriotic Ribbon Bundle // Navy 2″ Ribbon //

I hope this post gives you some fun ideas for decorating your home for the Patriotic holidays. I like to start my decorating around Memorial Day so I can enjoy it all the way through July.

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Hosting at Home for the Holidays #8 – Patriotic Tablescapes

It’s been a while since my friends Lory, To Have + To Host, and Holliday, Home With Holliday, and I have done a blog hop with our entertaining ideas and tablescapes. We met for the first time in Lory’s hometown of Phoneix, Arizona, last month and we had a wonderful time meeting in person and talking about our love of entertaining and hosting at home.

Together we created this stunning Anthropologie Inspired Outdoor Tablescape in Lory’s beautiful backyard. Lory then hosted us for a delicious dinner in her home with her lovely family.

We are so excited to share with you our eighth post in our blog hop series Holiday Hosting at Home!  Today we are sharing some inspirations for any patriotic parties you may be planning…specifically, July 4th, which is right around the corner.

To Have + To Host

Lory created this red, white, and blue chic tablescape and I love how subtle and versatile this is. It’s done in traditional patriotic colors but it’s less bold and muted colors makes it perfect for any patriotic celebration or a fun summer dinner party. Lory says in her post “Just because you want to celebrate the most patriotic day of the year doesn’t mean you have to decorate with stars and flags everywhere . . . and that’s what I’ve done with this 4th of July tablescape. More versatile than just a one-day event, this table uses red, white, and blue, but in a chic and subtle way, that can be used all summer long.” I love this idea and how simple yet subtle it is. Click here to see details from Lory’s Post.

Home With Holliday

Holliday created this adorable outdoor tablescape for Memorial Day. I love the denim tablecloth with it’s lighter shade of blue that doesn’t overpower the more traditional patriotic colors. The mix of the red and blue rimmed stemware and the white and blue plates is perfect! The red napkin is my favorite addition with that bright pop of color. The red geranium is a nice way to add a centerpiece and I’m guessing Holliday will be able to use this in her yard once she’s put the table decor away. The addition of the flags makes this perfect for Memorial Day, Flag Day, and Independence Day. I love a versatile tablescape that can be used over and over! Click here for all the details from the darling outdoor tablescape!

Home With HollyJ

I created this tablescape last year and we used it for all 3 patriotic holidays. I went back and updated the post because it was one of the first posts I published when I launched my blog and I made a few changes now that I’ve learned a thing or two.

I also share a little bit of my heart in this post towards the end as I have two sons who have joined the military since the writing of this original post. I also shared how I created this fun table and how simple it was to so with the help of my family members who were all here visiting. The addition of the flags is my favorite part!

You can read more about it here.  

I hope you enjoy this Holliday Hosting at Home Blog hop! Be sure to go to Lory and Holliday’s blogs and Instagram feeds and follow along. They are both some of the loveliest, most gracious, and talented women out there! I’m blessed to have them as friends and I’m am so blessed by the service of those in our our Armed Forces who sacrifice so much for my freedom. I have deep gratitude for you all. God Bless America!

XOXO,

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Red, White, and Blue Patriotic Tablescape

I love the Fourth of July! Celebrating this holiday has always been so fun and meaningful for me and my family. I also get an excuse to create a Red, White, and Blue Patriotic Tablescape and use my dishes in different ways!

I’ve traveled the world playing and coaching soccer, and whenever I have been in other countries, I almost always choke up when our national anthem is played. I have been able to observe how other people in various countries sing their national anthem at the top of their lungs with as much pride for their country as I have for mine. It’s such a beautiful thing!

I’m that person who will always sing it when it’s appropriate and my kids look at me weird and probably wish I’d just stand there with my hand on my heart. I am a stickler for putting the hand on the heart, hat off, and taking that time to show the respect to our flag and our country and the thousands of people who have sacrificed for our nation. I love my country and am grateful for the freedoms I have here in America!

In honor of our Independence Day, I created this patriotic tablescape from mostly things I had on hand. You don’t have to spend a lot of money to find little patriotic trinkets to put on the table! I found the star candles and flags in the dollar bins at Target and have seen them at the dollar store as well!

The Tablescape Details

For the center swag I used faux eucalyptus as a base. I layered individual stems on top of the table runner. Then I added in a mix of faux white flowers stems and faux blueberries. I tucked them in until it looked balanced and then nestled in the candles and wooden stars.  To finish off the middle I added in two small flags.

Patriotic Place-Setting

For the dishes, I had these pretty blue and white plates and then I found a pretty red salad plate to layer on top! I pulled out some cobalt blue tumblers and finished it off with a red cloth napkin and a white napkin ring.  My cute mom was in town and had the idea to slide the dollar store flags into the napkins, which added a nice patriotic finish!

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Holly’s Helpful Tips

*Keep it simple. The colors with your plate settings will do most of the work

*Try to incorporate things that you already have in your home, like candles or other little trinkets like the stars

*Mix and match dish patterns to create the dimension and contrast.

*Incorporate your own style! If you are more feminine or traditional in your style, choose pieces that reflect it

*Use real or faux flowers to build your swag. The faux flowers can be nice, because you can reuse them over and over again[/holly_healthful_tips]

Creating Family Memories

My mom, niece, sister-in-law, and daughter helped me put it all together. One of my favorite parts of doing tablescapes is having my family work together with me and creating memories we will enjoy for years to come! My mom’s love of dishes has passed on to me, and now I’m passing it down to my own daughter. It brings us all together and photographing and sharing them preserve it for us!  I hope that someday my granddaughters will look back at my photos of these tablescapes and feel inspired to create too!

My Own Families Service in our Armed Forces

I have so much gratitude and respect for those men and women that have chosen to serve in the armed forces. My husband served in the U. S. Army for 6 years as a dentist and I was an Army wife. It was difficult at times to be in the service with a young family but I’m so grateful for that experience and for my husbands service.

My second son, Jordan, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corp just 5 days ago (June 2019) and is hopefully surviving his first week in boot camp. He went into the delayed entry leadership program and just turned twenty five. I am so proud of his willingness to serve his country and to delay his pilot career to enlist in the Marines. I can’t wait for his graduation from boot camp in September.

My third son, Cameron, has been doing the U.S. Air Force ROTC  program while attending UVU/BYU. He’s been at field training the past few weeks and I’m looking forward to seeing him when he returns. He just received a scholarship for the remainder of his college education and will enter the Air Force in two years after graduation. I am also extremely proud of him and know he will be amazing at whatever he does.

My heart if full as I write this post and I’m looking forward to celebrating our countries independence in a few weeks with an even greater respect for the men and women that serve this great nation we are so blessed to live in.

I hope this patriotic tablescape inspires you to create a beautiful and fun table-setting for your own family gatherings. Wishing you all a wonderful and safe Fourth of July. Enjoy!

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For some great recipes to go with this patriotic tablescape click here:

Strawberry Cream Cheese Pie Recipe

Stans Scones and Honey Butter

Pink Party Punch and Refreshing Summertime Drinks

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