NEW CELEBRATION TABLESCAPES
Celebration tabletop design is looking more lush than ever Here are 10 of the more spectacular ones we’ve seen. Many display unexpected mixes of objects, colors, and textures, all with dramatic composition.
Photo: Lucy Ferreira. Courtesy of Joy Us Garden.
Nell Foster, of Joy Us Garden, creates a stunning modern baroque tablescape, combining fall and winter fruits, nuts, and vegetables with pine, herbs, and bromeliads. She adds intricate detail with beaded garlands around some of the large squash.
Photo: Terri Baskin, Floral Designer: Wedding Muse, Event Planner: Miraculous Events
The flora at this tablescapes spans the four seasons, but it still primarily shows off a winter holiday feel. We love the rough tangle of branches next to the soft drapey flowers. Pastels and browns marry beautifully.
Photo: Courtesy of Top Wedding Decorating Ideas.
These are a gorgeous take on traditional pomanders. The orange rind is carved away to reveal pale yellow pith in stripes and swirls, then studded with cloves. They are bound to give your room a wonderful warm scent as an added bonus.
Photo: Courtesy of HD Remodeling. Over-the-Tabletop, DINING BY DESIGN 2013, San Francisco.
Large glass containers illuminate the extravagant woodland themed table with details such as fur, wood, and rustic individual arrangements. We love how each guest will receive his or her very own tree to take home and plant to help reforest our planet.
Photo: Andrea Zucker.
The winter tablescape, staged by the talented team of Russell Whitehead and Ruthie Bowlin, glistens with sterling flatware, sparkling crystal, pillar candles, silver orbs, and extravagant white flower arrangements. We love the silver-edged ruffled bowls inside bowls.
Photo: Pepper Nix. Winter Wedding at Sundance Ranch.
Elegant simplicity is found in the wedding reception settings at the Sundance Ranch, with the richly colored orchid centerpieces, designed by Tulips and Thyme. What is super-special about this scene, is the placement of the candles, on rafts hanging over head, as new-fangled rustic chandeliers.
Photo: Terri Baskin. St. Louis Art Museum opening gala.
Plush topiary rose trees, in a medly of pink, yellow, and purple candy colors line up cheek-to-cheek along the tables at the St. Louis Art Museum's spectacular grand opening gala dinner.
Photo: Courtesy of Architectural Digest. Dining by Design in NYC.
Bright anemones and California poppies flutter against frills of ranunculus at the center of geometric black and white stripes at this year’s Dining by Design event in New York City.
Photo: Patrick McMullen. Floral Designer: Katie Ridder
The Flower School of New York in Tudor City centers boxes of bright orchids and small white pillar candles. The placecards echo the orchid theme in a softer, nostalgic way. Guests of this table got to take home miniature potted orchids.
Photo: Patrick McMullen. Alex Gaston centerpiece.
Mark Cunningham's Alex Gaston designed a centerpiece looks like a giant snowball, with its voluptuous masses of white orchids.
Photo: Courtesy of Seasonal Wisdom.
What will your beautiful tables look like this holiday season? Share your photos with us on our Share Page.
Read more about Beautiful Celebrations, as they relate to Arts/Design, Nature/Science, Food/Drink, Place/Time, Mind/Body, and Soul/Impact in our posts throughout this week, including 10 Beautiful Celebration Books, Celebrating Winter’s Nature and New Celebration Treats: Bubbles and Sweets.
Get busy and enter the BN Competitions, Our theme this week is Beautiful Celebrations. Send in your images and ideas. Deadline is 12.23.13.
Photo: Courtesy of InterActiveMediaSW.
Also, check out our special competition: The Most Beautiful Sound in the World! We are thrilled about this effort, together with SoundCloud and The Sound Agency. And we can’t wait to hear what you’ve got! Now closed for entries. Judging is in progress. Finalists announced and voting begins 01.02.14.
