I love an elegant holiday table and for this year’s inspiration, I was inspired by grey velvet, cotton (my stand in for snow which we very much lack in Santa Barbara), and of course deep red. Town & Country was once again kind enough to provide the rentals, including some fun new pieces I was very excited to use.
First up, the place settings. Here I used S.t Petersburg china paired with a Obscura charger which is clear with a thin silver rim. I paired it with elegant pearl handled flatware and feminine Cambria glassware.
For the arrangements, I used a wazon glass container and filled it with red cabbage roses, ranunuclus, cotton, brunia, stirlingia, and dusty miller.
In between, elegant taper candles added a traditional touch of elegance.
And finally, for chairs I used Town & Country’s new Cielo Blanco Louis Armchair. Here’s the rental cheat sheet for a party of 6 if you’d like to recreate the look at your own holiday dinner:
-6 Cielo blanco chairs
-1 8′ x 40″ table
– 8′ king drape
-6 obscura chargers, silver
-6 dinner plates, St. Petersburg
-6 dinner fork, salad fork, dinner knife, spoon
-6 red wine glasses, cambria
-6 water glasses, cambria
Special thanks to our sponsors Town & Country, Florabundance and Michael & Anna Costa!
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It’s beautiful! I love the pops of red.
for the evening peeps, a pretty holiday table with cotton, red cabbage roses and grey velvet http://t.co/U1PHkE5V
What a pretty tablescape! Love how chic everything looks!
Love the velvet RT @KellyOshiro kicking off Dec w a pretty holiday table @TownCountryLA @michaelandanna @Florabundance http://t.co/S5xt8XcJ
Wow! I love how clean and uncluttered it looks. Beautiful presentation. The velvet really makes it.
RT @KellyOshiro: kicking off December with a pretty holiday table with @TownCountryLA @michaelandanna @Florabundance http://t.co/U1PHkE5V #sbchic