The brief
A host wanted a Friendsgiving that felt editorial but still sit-down-and-eat warm, a real dinner, beautifully set.
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Seasonal Dinner
Friendsgiving.
An autumn Friendsgiving tablescape in burnt orange and copper, a cornucopia centerpiece, leaf place settings, copper chargers, and a 'Thankful' moment, staged for a candlelit dinner with friends.
- Client
- Private dinner
- Role
- Tablescape design & styling
- Year
- 2021
- Type
- Seasonal Dinner
The approach
A burnt-orange runner anchored copper leaf chargers, laser-cut placemats, and personalized leaf name cards. A cornucopia spilling wheat, dried florals, and gourds ran the center, with a copper 'Thankful' sign and a pecan-pie-and-whiskey moment to close.
The outcome
A table that photographed like a spread and still seated everyone for the toast.
The table, styled
7 moments
The whole table: friends around the harvest spread, Haley standing at the head in a mustard sweater, glasses up.
Haley in an orange apron presenting the pie to the room, houndstooth wingbacks and the styled table behind her.
The centerpiece up close, a woven cornucopia of gourds, pinecones, and dried hydrangea over a burnt-orange runner, with a wood-slab charger and leaf place card.
An overhead toast, hands raising red-wine glasses together over the styled centerpiece of wheat, gourds, and lace-edged napkins.
A place-setting detail, a copper wire 'Thankful' sign behind feather-wrapped flatware in a jar, a black charger with a 'Josh' leaf name card, and a copper leaf placemat on the burnt-orange runner.
A candle-and-basket centerpiece with gingham ribbon, dried hydrangea, and mini pumpkins running the length of the runner.
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