Gather 'Round! Seven Alluring Tables

It's the time of year when people have taken planes, trains and automobiles for the opportunity to gather around the tables of family and friends and share a delicious meal and bright conversation. These days, it seems harder to stop the breakneck speed of the daily race to just be. This is one of the reasons we love Thanksgiving. It's a time of gratitude, of course, but it also seems to come with a slower pace, at least for one day. With its slow-cooked meal, winding parades and lack of gift-swapping—and let's not forget the football games—Thanksgiving is all about shared time. It's in this spirit that we bring you some of the most tempting tables we've encountered this year. It's where it all happens....

Fireside finest

Construction by KVC Builders; Interior design by SLC Interiors; photographer by Gordon Beall

Warm and wonderful

Architecture by Battle Associates Architects; construction by Kistler & Knapp Builders, Inc.; photography by Richard Mandelkorn

Luxe and lavish with meadow views

Architecture by Catalano Architects; construction by J.W. Construction; interior design by Kotzen Interiors; art consulting with Jules Place; landscape architecture by Lombardi Design; photography by Sam Gray

Striking, sustainable and award-winning

Vanderbilt harvest table with polished chrome X base by Jeff Soderbergh Custom Sustainable Furnishings. Codesigned with Jeff Lewis and the star of House Beautiful's Kitchen of the Year (2010)

Coastal and intimate and oh so cool

Interior design by Boehm Graham Interior Design; photography by Rob Karosis

Fresh yet traditional 

Restored by JW Construction; interior design by Kotzen Interiors; stone fabrication by Cumar, Inc.; landscape by R.P. Marzilli & Company; photography by Richard Mandelkorn

Main image: Interior design by Kotzen Interiors; photography by Sam Gray