we designed this tablescape for a holiday party being held in the beautiful backyard of an orange county home...because it was december they chose to tent the dinner area which led to a cozy but sophisticated environment...
color story: slate gray, silver, chocolate brown and tons of crisp whites
style profile: cool and modern while staying sparkly and festive
elements: white grapewood branches, silver succulents, white candlesticks, mercury glass votives, faux snow, wood boxes, white ceramic, silver beaded trim, gray and white florals
we started with a wood table and white chiavari chairs...set down the length of the table was a killer white and gray chain link runner that we made from fabric we found in downtown LA...set on top of the runner was variety of decor items to give the guests A LOT to look at...
packed into brown wood boxes and white ceramic vessels were white roses, hydrangea, tulips, lisianthus and ranunculas, broken up by gray dusty miller and gray kochilla...silver beaded trim was added to each container to add a bit of festive sparkle...
we spray painted grapewood branches white and succulents silver to give us a contrast and also a lot of texture on the table...
every napkin was wrapped in sparkly beaded trim with a silver succulent accent on top...
spray painting succulents is a super easy (and cheap!) project and one we have done many times before...we have done our succulents in white as well as gold and the result is always so rad - the succulents wind up looking almost like they are made of ceramic or clay!
once we lit the mercury glass candles it really did look magical!!
we filled glass cylinders with a little bit of faux snow and a white pillar candle to give that cool, winter feeling...
and of course i had to blog a photo of my bossy girl!! she pretty much has been by my side non-stop the last 2 months since we got her and i took her on this install with me too :)
a HUUUUUUGE thank you to aaron shintaku for coming down last minute and taking these BEAUTIFUL photos! i am so grateful for people in this industry who come through in a pinch!
to jennifer renee event planning for being so sweet and fabulous!
and to jen over at hostess with the mostess for featuring this tablescape! you can view the feature here...
