Our friend just send us this wonderful and simple table setting that her friend Anna put together from easy items that are often found around the home.
"At a recent dinner my friend, Anna, amazed us with her ability to take simple items and turn them into an interesting and beautiful tablescape. The dinner setting was used for Thanksgiving dinner as well as an engagement party the following night.
To create this look Anna brought in a found tree branch from the backyard (it had already fallen off the tree, no trees were harmed) and hung it from the ceiling beams above using picture and fishing wire. For the Thanksgiving feast she draped the branch with Cranberry Garland and silver sprayed eucalyptus reeds. For the engagement party she replaced the cranberries with a crystal garland. She also hung lanterns from the branch and the soft votive candlelight really added to the overall ambiance and atmosphere.
For the “kids table” in the adjacent room Anna filled vases with smaller branches draped with crystal garland and silver sprayed eucalyptus.
In place of more traditional floral arrangements Anna floated cranberries in a large vase filled with tulips, hypericum berries and more silver sprayed eucalyptus. It was truly spectacular and so easy :)"
If you would like to create this look at home here are the items we recommend from HORNE:
For Lighting:
For Flowers:
For Serving:
il Buco, a fabulous East Village restaurant
Katelyn, Alissa's sister, and Alissa + Ryan
Festive floral arrangements in il Buco
Jillian, Alissa's sister, and her fiancé Paul
Alissa's parents, Tim and Cid
Check out our post last Friday on Design*Sponge. We were so lucky to have Jacinta Moore share her Rose Martini with us. You may be familiar with Jacinta through her amazing photos of the Cinque Terre - if not, you must check them out: here!
To create this look Anna brought in a found tree branch from the backyard (it had already fallen off the tree, no trees were harmed) and hung it from the ceiling beams above using picture and fishing wire. For the Thanksgiving feast she draped the branch with Cranberry Garland and silver sprayed eucalyptus reeds. For the engagement party she replaced the cranberries with a crystal garland. She also hung lanterns from the branch and the soft votive candlelight really added to the overall ambiance and atmosphere.
In place of more traditional floral arrangements Anna floated cranberries in a large vase filled with tulips, hypericum berries and more silver sprayed eucalyptus. It was truly spectacular and so easy :)"
Alissa + Ryan
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Originally established in 1990, Original BTC manufactures relaxed, familiar lighting for traditional and contemporary homes. Hand-assembled in Oxford from the finest aluminum, chrome and bone china, the essential collection of table, floor, wall and pendant lights is instantly comfortable, unassumingly elegant and accessibly priced.
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Nancy and her lovely family photographed by Brenda Ernst.
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