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How to Create a Tablescape Inspired by HGTV’s 'Table Wars'

Taking inspiration from the show's winning designs, DIYer Ursula Carmona shares her budget-friendly tips and tricks for creating a similar look on your own tablescape.

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Table Wars: The Look for Less

If you love the winning looks from HGTV's Table Wars, you'll love these budget-friendly recreations designed by DIYer Ursula Carmona, the creative mind and blogger behind Home Made by Carmona. Read more about Ursula here. Then check out her smart designs and DIY tips you can recreate in your own home.

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Episode 1: Opposites Attract

As seen on the "Opposites Attract" episode of Table Wars, contestants Rachel Burt Garcia and Wilfredo Emanuel created this tablescape around the theme "Day/Night." Ursula chose to focus on the day side, creating her own bright and sunny tablescape with loads of color and texture.

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Crafting the Centerpiece

“For this centerpiece, I’ve chosen to use dried flowers,” explains Ursula. “Part of the perk of a dried flower is simply that it lasts. Dried florals like lavender really add a beautiful scent to your bouquet.” To create the centerpiece, Ursula started with a wide-mouthed bowl placed on a lazy Susan. She then added folded chicken wire to the bowl to hold her stems in place. You can get a similar effect using clear tape as a grid on the bowl’s opening. From there, Ursula simply used her longest stems at the bottom, building inward until she achieved her ideal look.

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Place Setting Inspiration

In the original "Day/Night" table, texture and florals play a major role, and Ursula plays that up with her layered place setting.

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