I often quote a line from a column I read back in the day that encouraged women to look around themselves and consider what was right in front of them already. "What is in your hand?"  It is both a nod to Exodus 4:2 where God performs wonders with a simple stick that Moses already had in hand as well as a broader exhortation to make use of what you already own.  

Catalogs and magazines show us what we can purchase to beautify our homes, which poses two problems.  First, it requires resources to make the purchase.  Second, it makes demands on our space to store the newly purchased items. We don't always have both of those. Truth is, we often already have simple things that could be arranged differently to brighten up a space and give it a new look.  

We did that after putting away the Indian corn centerpiece and other autumn decor.  We aren't in full blown Christmas mode yet.  Just moving in that direction, gradually.  A few things came together when resetting the table.  First I had to reach behind a set of delft candle sconces which were in a cabinet since I don't have a place to hang them.  The ended up working well on the table to warm up these newly dark evenings.  I pulled a bowl of blue and white ornaments to the center.  We set the table with the Dollar Store dishes.  Then we added the collection of heavy cobalt blue glassware we have been picking up for a dollar a piece at thrift stores lately.  They don't all match.  It doesn't really matter.  

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."   Theodore Roosevelt