We’re back with our latest blog mini-series, with the aim of giving you all the inspiration you need to get into wedding planning. I know that a lot of the different areas of wedding planning can be…let’s say, un-fun…but I hope that all of the pretty can feel like a breath of fresh air for you and reinvigorate your ideas with new inspo!

Today we’re highlighting centrepiece and tablescaping inspiration. There are a few cool design ideas starting to make their rounds, so I’ll highlight some of these, and give you some budget ideas should you find something that you want to focus on at your wedding!

Photos by Grace and Ardor

Design Idea 1: CaterPIllar Style Round Tables

There’s a definitive trend of round tables positioned in a curved line, creating a long tablescape. This looks cool, and it’s a really fun way to fill space in a big ballroom, but for most guest lists, it’s not actually practical. This style seats very few people, and is kind of isolating in the way that chairs are positioned. So while it looks cool, it’s probably not actually something we’re going to see much of.

Design Idea 2: Creating Height Between TAbles

Bringing height between your tables is a surefire way to create a unique statement — whatever you want that statement to be. Tall arrangements set on pedestals and breaking up the floor plan can be a way to create opulence, or create some modern moodiness with bar-back style tables and large planters.

A few ways to play with this:

-Add pedestals between lengths of long tables, with tall arrangements placed on top. This can create an art gallery type of effect, and could also allow you to go simpler on the table tops themselves (a runner of candles with a few statement floral moments throughout a room would be amazing!!).

-Curved light stands with suspended lamp shades or florals arching over a table would be amazing. If this excites you, come talk to me. Your girl has got IDEAS she is wanting to play with. And Mix Event Rentals in Winnipeg offers these stands!

-Trees (real or faux!) placed throughout the room or behind the bar would be such a cool way to bring some height to the space while also feeling very organic and fresh.

How to Accomplish this in Winnipeg:

Below are images from a recent Clear Lake wedding we designed the florals for, and these tall silk trees were brought in from House of Silk to place around the outskirts of the dance floor. It added amazing ambiance! Photos by Brittany Mahood, with much more to come from this gorgeous day.

Design Idea 3: minimalist tablescaping with a grounded floral focal point

I’m sure I’ve said this many times, but it’s always a great move to plan for a few design focal points, allowing you to go big in a couple of high traffic areas while keeping it more attainable in other areas. This is the perfect example — minimalist tablescaping, with a grounded floral focal point. A dramatic floral moment like this pairs beautifully with candles and petite florals, because that negative space is an important part of creating a modern design.

A few ideas if you this design style:

-If budget is tighter, invest in only one of these pieces at your head table. It’ll naturally draw eyes to you and make you feel amazing, creating the ambiance you dream of but at a more attainable total budget.

-Waterfall or growing up, you decide! The two main ways to feature a design like this will be either a waterfall end-cap, which starts on the tabletop itself and then cascades off the edge of the table, or a piece situated on the floor and grows up the table.

-If you chose a ground-based piece that grows up the table, this is something that can (with the help of the right floral designer) be repurposed from your ceremony. As a lover of good design, though, please choose the right floral designer. It’s so easy to make a piece like this fall flat and bland. It’s not always as easy as picking up a piece that was lining your aisle and popping it on the ground. While that can look great, it can be so much better.

-While the budget for a floral installation piece like this will always be a range, if you want a piece that’s more floral-heavy, expect to budget at least $1000 and if you’re okay with something more green-heavy like the below left image, you can likely get away with something more in the $700 range. If you like a free-standing piece like the bottom right, you can probably be safe in the $500 range.

Below are a few recent designs that we’ve tackled here at Stone House! These floral waterfalls were a HUGE hit — this end of the tables was what guests saw when they entered the space, and I can’t tell you how many times I heard “gasp! the florals!” and that makes my heart SO happy.

And another idea — it would also be divine to go minimalistic on those tabletops but go big UP. Hanging pieces or a greenery/floral canopy above your tables with simple candlelight or bud vases on the tables themselves makes an enormous impact.

I’ve always been so inspired by this image below on the left, where the tables had to be quite narrow to fit enough guests into the space. So, the designer cleverly chose only to use candles on the tabletop, but to do a lush greenery canopy above.

On the right are images from two weddings where we took a similar inspiration, but applied it at different budget points and aesthetics to local venues!

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Call me biased, but flowers are the best way to make a statement at your wedding. Whether you already have a specific vision or want me to dream up something custom just for you, reach out to Stone House Creative for stunning bridal bouquets, truly unique ceremony backdrops, and beautiful floral centrepieces to create the perfect ambiance for your wedding!