Decor ideas

March 22, 2012

Chalkboards also appeared on the bases of lounge furniture. A bucket of colored chalk let guests invited guests to doodle.

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Karen Azoulay created a live sculptural piece for the V.I.P. room. In the piece, called "The Paper Moons of Jupiter," actors sat inside the large installation and provided a moving backdrop for the party.

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The V.I.P. room was dimly lit with votive candles, placed inside clear lamps. A long black table lined with stools stretched down the centre of the room.

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Organizers created a red balloon canopy in the hallway leading to the patio.

Photo: George Pimentel

A stack of old televisions in the main party area displayed sponsor logos.

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In a collaborative installation by Castor Design and artist Jeremy Janson, 1,900 feet of electroluminescent wire lit one room in the Power Plant. The bar was made of TVs, looping one of Janson's videos.

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Zak Events wanted to showcase "winter whites" at the 11th annual June Briggs Awards held at the Pierre New York in January. The look included custom-built white leather tufted highboy cocktail tables topped with icy-looking glass vessels filled with candlelight.

Photo: Courtesy of Zak Events

The Holiday Chic Suite

The Holiday Chic Suite was a lush pop-up space at the 900 Shops on Chicago's Michigan Avenue open this past holiday season. Overseen by Debi Lilly of A Perfect Event, the setup featured place cards tacked onto green apples with bejeweled pins.

Photo: Maypole Studios Photography

For the Oh Joy for Target launch party at a private residence in Beverly Hills earlier this year, Caravents turned patterns from the entertaining and party product collection into vinyl appliqués. The team applied them to the backs of ghost chairs to add on-brand pops of color to the event.

Photo: Paige Jones

Marigolds dangled from arches, adding pops of color to the rustic look.

Photo: Claire Barrett Photography

Nordstrom's Shoes of Prey Launch Party

Costume designer Janie Bryant hosted a launch party for Shoes of Prey, a company that lets consumers design their own shoes, at Nordstrom in Bellvue, Washington, on November 20. The event featured flowerlike sculptures made out of carefully arranged shoes, and guests could test out the service on digital tablets.

Photo: Team Photogenic

1 Hotel & Homes South Beach V.I.P. Preview

For the preview, Plant the Future provided installations that covered the theme of nature as art. The theme worked well with 1 Hotel & Homes, which has an eco-friendly ethos.

Photo: Michele Eve Photography for BizBash

Spike TV 'Framework' Event

Spike TV introduced its new furniture design competition show Framework at an event December 5 at W South Beach. The event featured eclectic furniture, including some pieces used from the show's set.

Photo: Michele Eve Photography for BizBash

Chrome Hearts Miami Opening

Chrome Hearts, a Los Angeles-based accessories, leather, and furniture company, opened a Miami store with an event December 3. It included a performance by Zoe Kravitz of Lolawolf and a DJ set by Atlanta DeCadenet-Taylor. Owners Laurie Lynn Stark and Richard Stark designed the interiors, including the counter and bar stools at its David’s Café.

Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Chrome Hearts

Sapphire Now

In the new networking area at Sapphire Now in June in Orlando, guests could choose from seating options such as wooden pallets, leather cubes, and cadrboard cubes, which were strong enough to sit on but light and easy to move.

Photo: Eventrix AG/SAP

Web Summmit

Pallet chairs from Dublin company This Is What We Do were one of the seating options in the Media Village at Web Summit in November 2014.

Photo: Naoise Culhane/Sportsfile/Web Summit

The book party for Ben Mezrich’s Seven Wonders, held at the W Boston in September, featured food station signage inspired by vintage postcards and stamps from the locations mentioned in the adventure novel. The food labels were accented with world atlases to complete the look.

Photo: Courtesy of W Boston Hotel

Passed hors d'oeuvres, like deviled eggs, were served on slate boards with item names written in chalk for an event at the Breakers Mediterranean Courtyard during the Palm Beach Food & Wine Festival in December 2013.

Photo: Lila Photo

At Thinkery's Imaginarium gala, held in Austin in September, vintage games and throwback toys popped up throughout the “Playing It Forward”-theme event, including classic Slinkies as part of the hors d'oeuvres presentation.

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A vintage TV display advertised series-inspired cocktails at the ATX Television Festival in June.

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Great Performances decorated the dessert table to look like a boudoir for the opening night after-party for New York City Opera's Anna Nicole production, held at Skylight One Hanson in September 2013. The menu was written in red lipstick on vanity mirrors, and presented alongside jewelry boxes and glass jars filled with chocolate truffles, pink meringues, and candy lips, plus cones of pink cotton candy.

Photo: Elena Olivo

Taking inspiration from comic books, the dessert table at the Shiraz Events-designed Unicef Masquerade Ball in 2012, held at New York's Angel Orensanz Foundation, included bright, action-packed signs to play off the superhero theme.

Photo: Sean T. Smith

At the annual Rammy awards gala, held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in June, food pavilions made from pallet wood were covered in chalkboards that featured the each station's sponsor and the menu items in decorative writing.

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At The Knot's “Knot-so-Typical Industry Event” at Miami's Studio 743 in January 2013, servers from Hugh's Catering wore apple-shaped food signage on their foreheads and were encouraged not to speak during the surrealist-theme party.

Photo: The LXA

At the Chefs’ Tribute to Citymeals-on-Wheels, held in June at the ice rink in Rockefeller Center, lampposts with the names of the chefs and dishes helped guests navigate the food and drink stations.

Photo: Shelbie Pletz/BizBash

For Unicef's Adventures in Wonderland Masquerade Ball, held at Marquee in New York in October, apothecary jars filled with sweets tempted guests with "Open Me" tags and the name of the candy inside.

Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Unicef

At the Museum of Science & Industry’s Black Creativity gala in Chicago in January 2013, Sodexo presented hanging terrariums of flavored salts—including red chili, pink Hawaiian, smoke, and rosemary—that were designated with labeled stones.

Photo: JB Spector/Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

Servers from the Catered Affair wore appetizer badges with food allergy information, in case guests couldn't hear over the band performances, at the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay's “Big Night” event at House of Blues Boston in February 2013.

Photo: David Fox Photography

A large grassy tableau, featuring actors reading, picnicking, and sunning themselves, separated the cocktail section from the dining area.

Photo: Cornelia Stiles/BizBash

A combination of unpotted birches, redwoods, and other trees dotted the cocktail area, which also featured another picnic scene in the center of the bar. The greenery was donated to community gardens and local parks following the event.

Photo: Cornelia Stiles/BizBash

Sponsor names appeared on the back of ghost chairs at each sponsor's table.

Photo: Erika Dufour For the Revel Group

The seasonal greenery also appeared as table decor, along with lanterns and goblet-style votive candlesticks, complementing the rustic vibe of the dining space.

Photo: Eric Rademacher

Tree stumps served as vases for white amaryllis flowers as well as candleholders and added a contrasting element to the glittery sequin linens at the corporate gathering.

Photo: Elizabeth Bruneau