Guess who’s coming to dinner? Your family and friends, this holiday season, that’s who. And, for one lucky winner, four of those holiday guests will be sitting on these modern-classic Thonet chairs from Bauhaus2YourHouse. Based on the design from modern classic furniture pioneer Michael Thonet, these streamlined beauties will look just as home alongside a traditional dining set as they do by an Eero Saarinen tulip table.
Chairs like these – with a bentwood frame, a woven cane back and a gingko chocolate faux leather seat — will elevate your Thanksgiving dining room (or heck, any-room) decor, and keep Uncle Bernard from dwelling on a few pesky lumps in the gravy. Okay, maybe not that last part, but they’ll be comfy enough to carry to the living room for some post-meal board games or football-watching, whatever your pleasure. To be entered for a chance to win the set of four Thonet chairs, simply leave us a comment in the field below before 12/11c on Monday, October 24.
This week’s question: What has been your most memorable Thanksgiving (good or bad)? Did you catch the garage on fire with a deep-fryer? Eat Chinese food on the floor of your new house with a few good friends? Make the best cranberry sauce ever? Tell us now.
last year after we moved into our new house!
I've had so many great Thanksgivings but I'd have to say it was the first year I made a turkey and it came out perfect. I was newly married and had never made one before. Everything came off the stove and out of the oven at the same time and all of it was perfect. Was a great way to prove to my MIL I could take care of her son lol
We rent a cabin in the mountains every year, and the whole family comes! Aunts, uncles, cousins, you name it. The day after Thanksgiving, my mom couldn't figure out what to do with all the leftovers… So she layered mashed potatoes, turkey, stuffing, and gravy. Then baked it. It was delicious! Now's it's an annual tradition.
most memorable Thanksgiving was when my mom was still alive & all my sisters & brother & families were there, We all had so much fun then.
That would be simply wonderful! My dining room set is from the 80's. It definitely needs to be brought into the present. Thanks for such a great gift!
My most memorable Thanksgiving is every year with my entire family. There are always new additions to the table either through birth or engagement and we take our time throughout the evening. Appetizers through to dessert is filled with funny stories and delicious. My youngest sister and I always volunteer for dish duty so we can be near the leftovers and drink wine while we wash and put away the variety of dishes. My favorite holiday every year!
My most memorable Thanksgiving was when we had our first granchild, Diana. 1994. Now have three
grandchildren and love all Thanksgivings with them.
A tie between (at two separate Thanksgivings) when different sister in laws decided to pick on me. Yeah, fun times.
one of my most memorable, we traveled over 400 miles to be with my husbands family for thanksgiving and his birthday. it is the 25th which sometimes falls on thanksgiving. Well…my husband myself and two of my boys ended up with food poisioning. needless to say it was the longest and most miserable trip home! we never could pinpoint which of the food was responsible.
my most memorable thanksgiving was last year when I was pregnant with my son. it was my first with him. and after being vegetarian for 10 years, I cheated. I told myself I could cheat until I craved it and mom's turkey was what made me break.
My most memorable Thanksgiving was in the late 1970s. My grandparents had dinner in their 2 bedroom house with all 8 of their kids and spouses, and all 53 of us grandkids! It snowed a lot that year in a town that rarely sees snow and all us kids had to stay outside the entire day. Being the third youngest of my cousins, I got rolled in the snow numerous times. But it was so much fun. I will always remember that Thanksgiving.
I got sick after eating Thanksgiving dinner. My mother and husband suggested I take a pregnancy test. It was positive. Now 11 years later, my daughter is the center of our Thanksgiving celebration.
When I was married to my first husband, he was a marine stationed at Quantico. I had never cooked Thanksgiving before. And My Mom was all the way in New York. So I put her on the phone and she talked me thru the bird and all the trimmings.
My (X) husband, unknowinly to me had invited all of his "buddies" to diner. I had enough to go around, and would find more if I had too. I would have never turned any of them away.
As we sat and said grace I knew I was thankful for my Mom. She had made diner possible. Just like if she were there with me. And for the marines that joined our diner table that had other place to go to be with family.
And as my X cut into the turkey….he stoped. He smiled and looked up at me. I had left the gutts still inside tyhe turkey !!!!!
We all laughed, ate till we could burst and were grateful when my Mom called to see how it went.
I will always miss my Mom and the holidays were shared together and apart. I love you MOM.
mY FIRST THANKSGIVING MEAL, MY TURKEY HAD NO GRAVY, LIVED IN A SMALL TOWN OF ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE. SENT MY HUSBAND EVERYWHERE UNTIL HE FOUND CANNED GRAVY, ABOUT 50 MILES AWAY
I love the holidays so every one is memorable. This year will be most memorable since it will be my first holiday married. These chairs would be a great addition for many more years to.come.
My most memorable Thanksgiving was when I was in California for the birth of my grandson. All of my children were there accept my youngest. She was in Japan. United States Marine Corps. My children all fixed the meal! Unbelievable!
My most memorable Thanksgiving was 2003… the last one I spent with my loving mother.
Thanksgiving is always the most memorable when I am able to go home to my mom's house and eat with about 25-30 relatives. Mom's sweet potato casserole and homemade rolls are my favorites!
Now that my dad and grandmother are gone, Thanksgiving’s aren’t the same.
This will for sure be the most memorable Thanksgiving ever. Since I travel for a living as a cast member of the musical "Wicked", I have decided to fly my whole family to my home in Chicago. Three from Oklahoma and five from Texas. None of them have ever been to Chicago or my home. It will surely be a treat and a blessing to most definitely be thankful for.
One that we will never forget.
Ever since I got married and have my own family, we started our own thanksgiving tradition by cooking all the homemade food at home and have our thanksgiving dinner together. I make the turkey, ham, green bean casserole, yams, pies. I love the smell of all the food and the joyful face on my kids and my family. They make all my hard work ease away. That's my memoriable thansgiving.
Thanksgiving day for us has always been a pig out fest. So nobody ate until dinner was ready.
One year when we were in high school, my baby sister woke up sick and just as dinner was ready, they took her to the hospital. My other sister and I stayed home and hungry until hours later…mom called, sister needed surgery, appendix…we could eat! But thanksgiving dinner is not the same without the split top rolls…yumm. we didn't cook much…and didn't realize that the turkey grease had spilled in the stove…the gas stove.
Before we knew it, the oven was on fire…and before I could stop her. My sister three water on it….and it went whoosh….all up the wall…as my sister took off runnig to our neighbors, I remembered to pour flour on a grease fire and it was out. What a mess. :/
My most memorable and probably my favorite Thanksgiving was when I was about 8 or 9,my Dad was in the Army and we moved from base into a civilian house in town. There wasn't enough money for the usual feast so we had beans,cornbread and fried potatoes. This is my favorite because we were all together. My mom, dad, sister, brother and me. It probably seemed aweful at the time. I look back now and am very thankful! I would be very grateful for these chairs as my family gathers at my home this year, I think Daddy would be proud!!!!!
Mine was last year. My husband was on an extended TDY (like a mini deployment), and we were on opposite sides of the country. It had been quite some time since I had seen him, and seeing as my birthday is always Thanksgiving weekend– I decided to splurge and take some time to visit.
It was quick, only the weekend. But it was just the two of us, sitting holding hands in the chow hall, watching movies in my hotel room… it was wonderful. . .
Last year I was 8 months pregnant and supposed to be moving, only my husband was still finishing up the painting in our new house so we couldn't quite move in yet. I made a to-go plate for us from my parents' Thanksgiving meal and brought it over to the new house. My husband and I sat on the floor in our future dining room and shared a cold meal off a paper plate. It was the most romantic meal we've ever had! This year, we are all moved in and I am so excited to be together and celebrating all that we are thankful for. And, I would love to be able to sit in these beautiful chairs instead of the hard wooden makeshift ones that we currently use!!!
It has to be when my mother in law set off the smoke detectors because she used throw away pans for the turkey.so the drippings leaked through a hole to the bottom of the oven.So we all were outside the house because the smoke was so bad and now my eight year old sakes every year if we will have a fire drill at Meemas again on Thanksgiving!, so funny to reminder her!,
Love them but need them in my family room
I have a 25 year old breakfast set that needs replacing. These chairs would be a perfect start to a great new eating area of my kitchen.
First thanksgiving with my wife and her friends. Watched horror movies!
I have too many great Thanksgiving memories to choose just one. I love to cook a huge feast, the way my Grandmother and Mother taught me, and invite anyone and everyone to crowd into my little house and enjoy good food and laughter.
Those chairs would definitely be an improvement on what I have right now…
Grandma's house
Our family of 18 gathered for our traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Everyone contributes 2 favorite foods to our pot-luck meal. My sister brought her usual Lima beans. Except, we call them butter beans here in Kentucky. Why, you ask? Because the ratio of beans to butter is about 50/50. The more butter the better! We put the pot of beans on the stovetop to warm-up and after 15 minutes the beans needed stirring. My brother started to stir and then commented, " These are so thick and hard to stir.". Well the speculations started. I said that possible they were still cold. "No, said my brother." He was perplexed. I suggested perhaps they were scorched on the bottom. Again, "No, don''t think that's it either." Well, I finally thought I had solved the mystery. I suggested, "Maybe they have pieces of ham in them.". As my brother stirred with a struggle, he said," Must be a mighty big piece". Both of our faces were over the steamy pot and then, as if in slow motion, he stirred and dredged up….. Something……Well, at first we couldn't make out what our eyes were seeing, as we said to each other, "What in the world is it?" As we continued to look at each other with total puzzlement, our brains finally kicked into gear. " Oooooooo ………… It's a pot holder!!!!!!!!! saturated with a pound of butter and bean juice.". Well, we all laughed , even my sister! Now, each Thanksgiving this funny story and memory saturates our hearts and home with warmth and laughter.
that it must be a big piece of ham.". Then, as he dredged through the beans with the spoon, the mystery revealed
My most memorable Thanksgiving was every year with my mother and my 6 siblings. I miss her so much. Everyone please enjoy your parents while you have them. I just have a mother and she was my best friend…I was very blessed to have her…
Last year we had no electric power. Usually it's snowless here on the Kitsap Penninsula, in Washington, but an early season storm caught many unaware. We finally found an open restaurant and enjoyed a delicious Mexican meal!
Most of my Thanksgiving kind of blend into a blur but I love the holiday – and especially when I get to spend the time with my family. There have been times I've been alone.
When I opened the front door, I was shocked to smell the wonderful smells of turkey, pumkin pie and all the rest…..BUT also saw a BEAUTIFUL table set with a homemade table runner, dishes, utensils, stemware, flowers (from the yard) , candles, dried leaves and ribbon, everywhere. And my 12yr. old wonderful daughter standing there grinning from ear~to~ear, and her best friend there too ( to help.).
It was just the going to be the 2 of us, then the 3 of us. It was a small Thanksgiving, but also the best, because of ALL the care and love my daughter put into it. She was only 12 at the time, and so loving, then came the teen years. But I always have year 12 !!
So many BEAUTIFUL stories…….
In 1990 , my daughter, Jennifer, was only 12 yrs old and I had purchased my 1st home, as a divorced mom,and this was to be our 1st Thanksgiving in it !! I had to work early on Thankgiving on that day, and had intended to do all the side dishes when I got home. I was going to put the turkey into the oven before work and have my daughter, baste it during this time. Dealing with day to day living, I had not noticed that Jennifer had been asking all sorts of cooking questions, that later had to deal with turkeys and wow, the type of side dishes, we were going to make for Thanksgiving. Hhhmmmmm………..
So on Thanksgiving morning, I placed the turkey into the oven. Also all the side dishes items on the counter, to be made when I got home from work. That day, was of course VERY BUSY….. why is it that people come in on Thankgiving, buy a frozen bird, and all that goes with it and WONDER why, that some stuff is gone, because THEY didn't "think" about shopping earlier in the month???
I had a long day, and was VERY tired, but also had to do a dinner at home.
When I opened the front door, I was shocked to smell the wonderful smells of turkey, pumkin pie and all the rest…..BUT also saw a BEAUTIFUL table set with a homemade table runner, dishes, utensils, stemware, flowers (from the yard) , candles, dried leaves and ribbon, everywhere. And my 12yr. old wonderful daughter standing there grinning from ear~to~ear, and her best friend there too ( to help.).
It was just the going to be the 2 of us, then the 3 of us. It was a small Thanksgiving, but also the best, because of ALL the care and love my daughter put into it. She was only 12 at the time, and so loving, then came the teen years. But I always have year 12 !!
All of em! Large family all gather at mothers. Adult males in front of da tv, females in da kitchen and kids outside playing football.
One Thanksgiving I cleared out all the living and dinning room furniture. We brought in picnic tables, corn stalks to set around, leaves for the floor,acorns and berries for the tables. Everyone dressed either like an Indian or a Pilgrim. The kids made beads out of cereal. I went to the local butcher and got feathers to make headbands which most of the adults wore. We really wanted to go back and remember why we were all here to celebrate the true meaning of Thanksgiving. To this day especially the kids that are now parents remember it.
Sorry, my memory is sad…. My hubby died right before thanksgiving and so the whole family on his side was there. lots of hugs and tears but the upside was that we got closer.
Love the look of the chairs, they would work great as a foil with an antique dining room/breakfast room table !
My Thanksgivng memories are spending time with both sides of the family-actually eating 2 Thanksgiving meals in one day! Playing games with the kids, eating fried turkey for the first time, and seeing family members we rarely get to see.
Memorable Thanksgiving, is any Thanksgiving with Family. It rotates each year as for location with my Mother and brother and sister. Fave so far is the year after a really bad dressing (someone does not cook it like my Mom) we turned on the TV to one of those Music Radio Stations, Disco! My aunt who was the Disco Dancing Queen back in the day decided to cut a rug which led to a Soul Train of family members dancing. It was a blast, that was lately followed by my Mom and Aunt’s traditional singing and harmonizing of Silver Bells…they think they are good like the Judds or something, but they are more like the Dudds. Always laughing on Thanksgiving, thankful for my family which is what it is all about.
OUR FIRST THANKSGIVING AFTER HAVING OUR SON HE WAS ONLY TWO WEEKS OLD AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE GOT TO INTRODUCE HIM TO HIS EXTENDED FAMILY SUCH A SWEET AND MEMORABLE HOLIDAY FOR US WE HAVE SINCE BEEN BLESSED WITH A COUPLE MORE CHILDREN AND THE HOLIDAYS ARE ALWAYS FUN AND EXCITING
My most memorable Thanksgiving was that my sister was making the turkey. We were supposed to eat at noon. The turkey was no where near to being done. She had forgotten to take out the neck and other giblet packaging left inside which constricted the air flow to get even roasting. 4 hours later, we finally got to eat the turkey with the leftovers!! LOL
Thanksgiving has always been a special time for me and my family – spending time together, eating great food, playing games, watching football and taking that post-turkey nap. But this past Thanksgiving, I had a heart full of thanks with my family all together. My parents had a hard year in their marriage – one that seemed as if they may not make it through together, yet they did, My brother had left for Air Force basic training and my newly married sister had moved across the country to be with her husband who was stationed in Las Vegas. Needless to say, things were very different with the whole family dispersed to different parts of the country and our parents struggling. Thanksgiving of '09 was a challenge. But how much sweeter Thanksgiving 2010 was when we were all together as usual and healing in our parent's marriage…I learned to treasure the greatest, most important things in this world – FAMILY and TIME WITH THEM.
Fun family reunion T'giving at my brother's house in the Keys. Lots of family and everyone brought food so less work for my SIL. We also used it as an early Christmas since everyone is scattered around the country, so it was T'giving and Christmas dinner in one.
I think if I had to pick one memory, it would have been the year I was 15. My father had just had emergency gall bladder surgery-with complications-and had to be rushed to a larger hospital 60 miles away. My mother had to go with him, of course, and since the turkey (fresh) had to be roasted, the vegetables prepared, pies to be made, etc., it fell on my shoulders to keep up the tradition. So, I did the whole Thanksgiving Dinner, including the pumpkin and mince pies, for my ten siblings. No burnt or raw bird, no lumpy gravy, perfect pie crust, the sweets were sweet and the savory was savory. It was, I must say, a real accomplishment – not appreciated so much by my brothers and sisters, but I was very proud of myself.