Tag: entertaining
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Design Lesson: Expert Table Settings With Julia Knight
During the holidays, we love bold, beautiful tables for entertaining. Julia Knight’s designs, based on shapes and colors found in nature, are the perfect building blocks to create a memorable spread for any occasion. In her own words: To me, entertaining is about enjoying friends and family, about making anytime perfectly fun or perfectly elegant.…
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Set a Spook-tacular Halloween Table
These table accessories are so perfect for a Halloween party, it’s downright spooky! The Black Widow Candle by L’Objet looks scary, but the Vetiver D’Orient fragrance will welcome your guests. Hans Turnwald’s skull napkin rings are guaranteed to make everyone smile. Or at least, to smile at everyone. Kim Seybert’s faux snakeskin placemats will add…
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Little Luxuries: Blue Fluted Dinnerware in Veranda Magazine
The key to setting something ordinary apart is the details. Everyday things, be they simple, affordable, or sublime, take just a little time and attention to make luxurious. – Carolyne Roehm In the August issue of Veranda magazine, contributing editor Carolyne Roehm shared some thoughts about what makes the little things luxurious. It’s an inspiring…
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Interview with Event Planner Andre Wells
If you’ve ever attended an inaugural ball, red carpet premier, society wedding gala, or a major political fundraiser in the Washington D.C. area, you’ve probably seen the work of Andre Wells. An event planner par excellence, Wells has coordinated more than 4,000 events in the U.S. and internationally. We’re exhausted just thinking about that many…
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Books We Love: Flair by Joe Nye
Summer entertaining season is halfway over. We were starting to run out of decor ideas, so we turned to Flair: Exquisite Invitations, Lush Flowers, and Gorgeous Table Settings, by Joe Nye and Caitlin Leffel, which is packed full of gorgeous ideas for table settings, party decor and more. Combining patterns and styles from around the…
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Streamline Holiday Entertaining With Coordinated Table Settings
These festive table settings from Kim Seybert are perfect for the time-strapped hostess. All of the mixing and matching has been done for you, so you don’t need to worry about coordinating items. Just order the pieces you like from the collection, sit back and wait for them to arrive at your door. Set a…
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Jewels for the Table: Our Top Ten Napkin Rings
We know you’re busy this time of the year, but you still want to set a pulled together table for your holiday parties. What to do? One quick and simple way to add color and whimsy to the table is with beautiful napkin rings. Here are our favorite ones this season:
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What Would You Do With 101 Colors of Table Linens?
If you’ve ever admired the gorgeous table settings created by professional party planners like Colin Cowie, Preston Bailey, and Martha Stewart, you know that color is crucial to making great looks work. But where do you begin? With colorful table linens, and luckily, Sferra has just leveled the playing field for the rest of us.…