Rental Trend: The Ghost Chair

The Ghost Chair's armless version, the Victoria Ghost, was used at MoCA Chicago's Art Edge gala in February.
Photo: Rick Aguilar Studios
Rental Trend: The Ghost Chair

At Clarks' annual meeting in July, held at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers, guests were seated in Ghost Chairs rented from Peterson Party Center Inc.
Photo: Michael Blanchard Photography
Rental Trend: The Ghost Chair

For the Samsung Galaxy SIII launch in New York in June, event producers used Ghost barstools rented from Taylor Creative Inc. for seating.
Photo: Line 8 Photography
Rental Trend: White Leather Couches

The ever-popular white leather sofa was spotted at the Bacardi 150th anniversary event in Miami in February.
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Rental Trend: White Leather Couches

An all-white lounge area set the scene at the the Boca Bacchanal held in Miami in April.
Photo: Lucien Capehart Photography
Rental Trend: White Leather Couches

The Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance’s Fleurotica benefit took place at Chicago’s Venue One, where guests sat on white leather banquettes.
Photo: Brian Kinyon
Rental Trend: LED-Lit Furniture

LED-lit tables provided a colorful glow at the BET Honors after-party in Washington in January.
Photo: Mark Phelan
Rental Trend: LED-Lit Furniture

In May, Rogers Communication's International Telecom Week party in Chicago included a glowing red bar and cocktail tables, courtesy of A Perfect Event.
Photo: D. Geil Photography
Rental Trend: Gold-Trimmed China and Glassware

Also at the Clarks meeting in Boston, guests dined on gold-trimmed china and sipped from gold-trimmed glassware.
Photo: Michael Blanchard Photography
Rental Trend: Gold-Trimmed China and Glassware

At the American Cancer Society's Discovery ball held in Chicago in May, Hall's Rental provided gold-trimmed plates.
Photo: Ettleson Photography
Rental Trend: Gold-Trimmed China and Glassware

Event Creative produced an event with gold chargers and gold-trimmed glasses at the Chicago Cultural Center.
Photo: Courtesy of Event Creative

During Coachella, a huge crowd packed into an airport hangar in Thermal, California, for the Armani Exchange and T-Mobile's Neon Carnival. Guests entered the space through a dramatic up-lit corridor.
Photo: Seth Browarnik/WorldRedEye.com
Upside-Down Centerpieces

Designed by Bold American Events & Catering, upside-down centerpieces of tulips and glass globes hung overhead at a wedding at the King Plow Event Gallery in Atlanta.
Photo: Our Labor of Love
Rustic Lounge Seating

Inspired by an English picnic and styled with rustic elements, the V.I.P. area of this year's Power Ball in Toronto had loading pallets that served as banquette seating and cocktail tables. Tufted velvet couches and colorful pillows rounded out the mix.
Photo: Josh Fee for BizBash
Saucony Block Party

Plastic red cups played heavily into Saucony's December 4 gathering at the Coppertank Events Center. A satellite event to the Running Event in Austin, the party featured a fence wall that spelled out the brand's name using Solo cups. The installation was meant to evoke a backyard or block-party feel.
Photo: Max Photography