https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 06:49:21 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-953080 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:37:35 +0000 shopaholic 953080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our "formal" dining room table? I always keep a table runner and some candles and tray on it. Currently? It has the Sunday newspaper spread all around and the end always houses my diaper bag. I've never kept it set with place-mats and napkins, but it does sound lovely to do so! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-953063 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:32:57 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 953063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A table cloth that needs to be washed and we use it as a catch all. Mail, newspaper, magazines, toys want kept out of reach, snacks, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-953049 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:29:39 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 953049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does cluttered with junk count? No? It should. Otherwise, bare. I try to keep it clean but it is just such a convenient shelf! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-953041 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:27:41 +0000 Adira 953041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Let's see... it has the baby carrier, the papers from Xander's last well-visit, baby clothes I haven't put away yet, mail I haven't gone through yet, a picture frame I haven't hung yet, some blankets I took out to go through and haven't put away yet, and random other junk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-953029 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:24:40 +0000 Turd Ferguson 953029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bare. I have an Ikea bowl/dish/thing in the middle of it that we'll drop random stuff into, but that's it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-953020 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:23:02 +0000 Koolbreeze 953020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bare. If I leave anything on it DS2 climbs up there and gets into everything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-953015 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:22:04 +0000 honeybear 953015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Half of it houses my laptop and the other half is a make-shift aircraft carrier. This is fairly SOP in our house! </p> <p>(I think we're talking about a formal dining room table? ;) We don't have one, but our all-purpose kitchen table currently has my laptop; some sunglasses; the salt shaker; a small fleet of F-16s, Nighthawks, and F-4s; and a cup of lukewarm coffee on it... Guess I need to get off my duff and clean it up!)</p> <p>ETA: The pilot is on his enforced rest period at the moment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-952999 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:19:05 +0000 mediagirl 952999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bare, sometimes with mail on it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-952993 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:18:15 +0000 IRunForFun 952993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cheesetomywhine: You're not the odd one out! We have cork place mats and a vase with fake flowers in the middle...but there's also a bunch of clutter on it at the moment. Off the top of my head I know there are stamps, old mail, a pad of paper, and picture hangers on it right now... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-952958 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:12:47 +0000 cheesetomywhine 952958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am the odd one out. The half we don't use has random clutter on it. There is a tablecloth and centerpiece though one would assume the centerpiece is just more clutter. Domestic failure here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-952934 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:10:26 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 952934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right now it has salt and pepper shakers on it. Sometimes I have a vase of flowers on it too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-952923 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:06:52 +0000 Caly 952923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: same here, just a fruit bowl!<br /> And usually a tablecloth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-952912 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:03:19 +0000 Smurfette 952912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since our dining room table is our only eating table, it isn't fully decorated with place setting. I mix it up, sometimes a runner with candles, or centerpiece, then I have different place mats and napkins that I rotate in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-952897 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:59:57 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 952897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just a fruit bowl in the middle. Too many baby hands to mess things up! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-952894 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:59:27 +0000 looch 952894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We eat on it regularly, so we have wipeable place mats and a bamboo lazy susan in the center. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-952891 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:58:58 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 952891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dining table is bare as can be. I think I might set the table scene. Pun totally intended. :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-952889 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:58:20 +0000 Bookish 952889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a table runner, candlesticks in holders, and a centerpiece of a vase holding my wedding bouquet (I handmade it out of felt flowers and it makes me smile to see it every day!). We almost never eat there, soo it stays pretty nice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-952887 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:58:03 +0000 MrsRoo 952887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Placemats and cloth napkins with napkin rings, and a centerpiece. It's all seasonal. Currently wooden placemats with teal-ish napkins and candles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-952879 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:56:27 +0000 Bao 952879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing but a napkin holder. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-952875 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:54:20 +0000 lovehoneybee 952875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a table cloth, cloth placemats and maybe a centerpiece (at the moment a gold charger plate with candles on it). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-keep-your-dining-table#post-952873 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:53:33 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 952873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Set for a feast? With place mats, linens, silverware, water goblets, China and chargers?</p> <p>Or is it bare? Just table or maybe cloth and centerpiece? </p>