Category Archives: wedding tips

get the most bang for your wedding decor buck: part 1

The wedding machine never ends. There are thousands of websites, hundreds of magazines and dozens of television shows dedicated to one upping the wedding of last season. As a bride or groom, the landscape is filled with wedding options too … Continue reading

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design case study: a centered dance floor

Actual Case Study: Centered Dance Floor: Blessed Sacrament Church This is a large space – 60×120′. The ceilings are over 25′ in the center and angles on each side (sort of like a barn ceiling). We are not allowed to … Continue reading

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green your event: renting dishes

Thinking about renting dishes for your next event? At Table 4 Decor, we’ve heard many reasons to not rent dishes. Here are some of the top reasons along with our insider response. Plastic dishes are just as nice. No they … Continue reading

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honk if you love charger plates

is there such an unnecessary extravagance to tabletop design as the charger plate? Probably not – but they sure make a tabletop look amazing! Chargers today come in any shape, size, color and material. The most common type of charger … Continue reading

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the empty nightclub effect

Few things are worse than attending a party that doesn’t have enough space for everyone. The general din is similar to listening to a high school band warm up – many intermingling sounds with no harmony. The temperature is like … Continue reading

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the wedding teardown hangover

Getting paid to design the extravagant, the over the top, the indulgent is an easy job to love. However, every great event, much like every great girls night out, comes with a 8 am hangover that always takes longer to get rid of than … Continue reading

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5 unworkable wedding color schemes

Okay, we have been on hiatus for quite some time. I had personal stuff in the way of divorce and had to move my business for the third time in three years. However, things are looking up and we are booking … Continue reading

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i have ugly chairs – now what?

Years of designing events in many venues has taught me two things: 1) the color schemes of most venues are outdated & boring and 2) in most places, nothing is uglier than the chairs. Navy blue, peach, mauve, hunter green, burgundy and beige … Continue reading

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outdoor wedding receptions aren’t for the cheap

Just this week I had two clients so thrilled with their ceremony location they “just had to have the whole party there.” And then spoke the dreaded sentence - ”It’ll be so much cheaper to just get a tent and do the … Continue reading

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lets talk about menu baby

Five years ago I organized my husband’s Christmas party. It was at a museum, they are architects, I own an event design business (table4decorpartydesign.com) and I love food. Seemed like all the stars were lining up for a very chic party.  We had recently … Continue reading

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