How Are You Decorating for the Holidays?

Have you started decorating for the holidays yet? Or are you overwhelmed by it all?

Today is December 1st and for me officially the start of decorating at home. At my house, I have been hanging lights above the fireplace and outside the main entrance door, and I placed a decorated wreath as centerpiece for my dining room table. Not much quite yet, but it’s starting to feel very festive. Much more decorations will follow in the coming days. This year seems especially important surrounding myself with pretty things.

But my favorite part is the dining room table. It’s where everything is happening: all meals of the day, crafting and sewing projects, playing games. So let’s talk about your holiday dinner table for a while – Flora Nova’s specialty!

Setting a Festive Dinner Table During the Holidays

Your dining room table is probably the centerpiece of your home. It certainly is for me, and I try to always have fresh flowers or seasonal decorations on it.

Whether it’s a fresh wreath, a fresh floral bouquet, or an arrangement containing seasonal elements and ornaments, please let us help you decorate for the holidays. And did you know that we can help beyond flowers and centerpieces? We can provide luxurious linens, chairs, candles, and specialty table top elements to make your intimate family dinner as festive as possible.

Here are just a few inspirations to get you in the mood:

And if you need more inspirations, you might like to check out these projects from previous years too:

• The Holidays are Here!
• Holiday Decor
• Decorating for the Holidays – Part 1

Need a centerpiece? Need help decorating your home or office? We are here for you! Just send us an email at info@floranovadesign.com or fill out our contact form.

Happy Holidays!!

Ashley and Jordan’s Garden Wedding

Ashley was everything we admire in a bride, laid back, sweet, a bit sassy, and she has the best taste (that dress!!!! Swoon!). This lovely couple got married last September at one of our favorite beautiful garden venues. Together with Ashley we designed every aspect of this Chateau Lill wedding: we came up with the color palette and selected all specialty rentals. Then we designed the floor plan and the overall look of the tent, and coordinated quite a few other pretty decorative details.

An Outdoor Wedding in the Park

The ceremony took place in the garden up on a hill surrounded by enormous trees. We loved the way their garden arch turned out (you can even see one of our designers hard at work creating it in one of the photos!). Late summer is always such a lovely time for flowers, we took advantage of the season by incorporating the huge peegee hydrangea and cafe au lait dahlia you can only get at this time of year.

Ashley and Jordan’s Reception

For the reception space in the tent we covered all the chandeliers in our favorite greenery vine called smilax to incorporate the garden feel into the reception space as well. And we designed a mixed floor plan of round tables draped in blush linens and rectangular wooden tables. The head table was placed into the center of the tent, featuring lush, elevated garden bouquets. I know you’ll love these images of all the impeccable beauty this wedding included.

If you liked this wedding, you might also like these weddings we designed at Chateau Lill:

• Anna and Michael’s Lush Garden Wedding at Chateau Lill
• Yue and Wei’s Intimate Wedding at Chateau Lill
• Tami and Steve’s Chateau Lill Wedding

Vendor Team:

Floral and Event Design: Flora Nova Design

Venue: DeLille Cellars

Photography: Shane Macomber 

Da of Planner: Danae with Perfectly Posh

Rentals: CORT Party Rentals

——– Content updated on January 15, 2020 ——–

Lake Washington Wedding: Amanda and Joe’s Intimate Backyard Affair

It is always an honor to be invited to participate in a family’s intimate celebration, especially when a family invites us into their home. Amanda and Joe’s August wedding took place at Amanda’s childhood home on the shores of Lake Washington. The family welcomed our team into their private celebration so warmly and it was so much fun to help make this wedding day a treasured family memory. Amanda and Joe’s first look took place in the apple orchard – and can you imagine a more picturesque setting? Amanda’s bouquet features high summer flowers in red, burgundy and blush set off by deep greens and browns. Lush dahlias, sweet zinnias, local garden roses, amaranthus, and rudbeckia nestled in a bed of raspberry leaves, and deep blue velvet ribbons tied around the stems lent that “something blue.”

A Wedding Ceremony on the Shores of Lake Washington

The wedding ceremony took place on the lawn overlooking Lake Washington. A lush floral arc encircled the couple, filled with summer flowers: tall delphinium and amaranthus; raspberry, camelia, abelia, and ferns; large blush roses and delicate red sprays; zinnias, echinacea, cornflower, and lots of burgundy dahlias. Floral posies decorated the chairs down the aisle, attached with multi-colored ribbon streamers.

A Backyard Reception

For Amanda and Joe’s lakeside reception, large picnic blankets and pillows were set out on the lawn, mixed with low and high tables for guests to enjoy as the evening wore on and the sun set across the water. The large tree beside the patio was hung with glass orbs filled with fairy lights and roses. A buffet was set out on an antique cart, and guests drank from azure blue goblets (all provided by Vintage Ambiance!). Large lanterns and hurricane candles lined the dock, lighting the way for guests who wanted to take a stroll along the water. At the end of the evening’s celebration, family and friends gave Amanda and Joe a sparkling send off. Congratulations to this lovely couple!!

If you enjoyed this colorful high summer wedding, you might like these:

Kristina and Molly’s Colorful Admiral’s House Wedding

Reena and David: Colorful Indian Wedding at Seattle’s Edgewater Hotel

Belisa and Andrey: Intimate Summer Wedding

Margot and Justin: A Pacific Northwest Wedding

Vendor Team

Ceremony and Reception Venue: Private Estate

Event Design and Florals: Flora Nova Design

Photography: Karissa Roe

Rentals: Cort Party Rentals, Vintage Ambiance