Flowers are the focus of these festive tablescapes, but their sidekicks–seasonally toned tabletop pieces–are just as pretty
Thanksgiving Luncheon
Rustic elegance is the tone of this Thanksgiving tableau. The center topiary fuses informal plant material such as millet grass, sunflowers, and autumn chrysanthemums with the more polished selections of eucalyptus, berried viburnum, and mango calla lilies. The smaller accompanying topiaries are made up of fresh lavender, fountain grass, viburnum berries, and Physocarpus. All arrangements are tied with jute.
Hanukkah Dinner
Icy blues, grays, and whites give this tablescape a wintry feel, warmed by the glow of a menorah and lantern lights that flank the hearth. Silver julep cups are filled with mixed arrangements of dusty miller, white spray rose, Muscari, Ornithogalum arabicum, silver-painted rose foliage, ranunculus, white tulips, and brunia. Silver and white Jordan almonds in a star bowl and silvered gelt round out the pretty setting.
Christmas Morning Breakfast
For a Christmas morning table, Frasier fir, Austrian pine, Norway spruce, green juniper, hemlock, yew, and blue spruce make up the base of the garland and wreaths. Seeded eucalyptus, mistletoe, loblolly pine, and ivy provide textural interest. The table flowers include purple lisianthus, lavender and eggplant scabiosa, purple statice, silvery-green dusty miller, black calla lilies, burgundy Leucadendron, lilac-toned bullet allium, green fuzzy Dianthus, and a variety of gray-green succulents built into chartreuse lichen sticks. To connect the design to the banquette garland and wreaths, Frasier fir and seeded eucalyptus are placed throughout. A mini Christmas tree built on a chicken-wire frame in a galvanized tin bucket is filled in with reindeer moss and trimmed in succulents.
New Year’s Celebration
Colorful glassware, corkscrew ribbons, and rose petals bring a festive feel to this New Year’s Eve soiree, where pretty flower globes are suspended from the chandelier. The deep jewel tones are enhanced by muted light from votive holders and gold-trimmed dinnerware and placemats. Place cards rest in flower-ball holders, an echo of the spheres above. Flowers in the globes include Orange Unique roses, Black Baccara roses, Brasil roses, Topaz roses, hot pink spray roses, green Dianthus, Kermit button mums, yellow button mums, purple static, and craspedia.
Resources Guide
Thanksgiving
China and tureen: Sacred Bird and Butterfly by Mottahedeh
Place mats: Renaissance by Garnier Thiebaut
Bread knife: Henhouse Antiques
All glassware, napkins, and napkin rings from the stylist’s own collection
Hanukkah
Scalloped-rim pewter chargers: Match
Pewter-stemmed wine glasses: Tulipani by Arte Italica
Star-shaped bowl: Snowflake by Vietri
Olive Branch Menorah: Michael Aram
China and footed bowl: Blue Half-Lace by Royal Copenhagen
Napkins: Daisy Hill
Tablecloth: Table Wraps
Crystal water glasses from stylist’s own collection
Christmas
China: Golden Apple by Waterford-Wedgwood
Green-tinted glassware, pitcher, and fruit bowl: Isabella by Juliska
Napkins: Daisy Hill
Cake stand: Waterford
Flatware: Francis the First by Reed and Barton
New Year’s Eve
Tablecloth: Blois by Yves Delorme, or through Christine’s, 205.871.8297
Napkins: Daisy Hill
Silver and gold votive holders: Robert Hill Antiques
Dinner and salad plates: Gold Leaf and Silver Leaf by Bernardaud
Chargers: Ecume Blanc by Bernardaud
Purple wine decanter: William Yeoward
Colored glassware from stylist’s and designer’s own collections
