
Toronto's Iceculture has created beaded curtains—made entirely of ice—for events, where it can divide a room or serve as an eye-catching backdrop.
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An enormous slab of ice was carved into an intricate latticework bar for the Naked Heart Foundation's "White Fairy Tale Love Ball," which was held at Valentino Garavani and Giancarlo Giammetti's 17th-century Château de Wideville estate outside Paris in July 2011.
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Instead of a traditional dark wood bar, the six-foot reclaimed wood version from Designer 8 Event Furniture Rental complements rustic-theme events. The bar, $495, is available in Southern and Northern California and Phoenix.
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