New for the 2016 event season at S&K Event Design and Rentals is the Ritz Collection, a modern tufted leather sofa set. The set, which consists of a sofa ($500), love seat ($250), and chair ($150), features curvy armrests, crisscross tufts, and elegant legs. The items are available in Georgia, Florida, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
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A cluster of hanging beach balls created a whimsical, colorful chandelier at a party created by Swank Productions. Adding to the look were tables covered in bright, summery linens.
Photo: Courtesy of Swank Productions
This past summer, Chicago's Moto Restaurant created a new dessert inspired by the season: coconut macarons painted to look like beach balls. Chocolate seashells, pineapple starfish, and brown sugar sand completed the plate.
Photo: Amy Stallard
As part of a series of events celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami in 2011, the museum held its annual fund-raiser with with a surf theme that turned up in such details as a DJ booth designed to look like a lifeguard tower.
One of the more striking food presentations at L.A. Center Studios for the Lexus grand tasting during Los Angeles Food & Wine festival last year, was created by Post Ranch Inn. The Big Sur resort used sugar as sand in a metal bucket where it served shaved ice cones. Starfish and greenery decked the beach-like scene.
Photo: Courtesy of Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival & Tyrone D. Washington
In 2013, Hermès hosted its whimsical “Les Jeux d’Hermès,” or Hermès games, in Palm Beach, where an area within the tented party space was transformed into a croquet field with eye-catching chandelier, colorful flags, and cabana seating decked with the brand's iconic silk scarves.