DIY: A David Stark–Designed Holiday Table Setting - Remodelista
David Stark Design is known for staging some of the most inventive events in New York–at places like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and for people such as Beyoncé–and for using materials that are green, affordable, and reusable. Photography and styling by Corrie Hogg, special projects designer at David Stark Design. Step 1: Come up with a design you want to block print onto the napkin, then, in pencil, replicate it on the carving block. Step 5: Use the foam brush to apply a thin layer of paint to your stamp. Step 6: When you’re ready, stamp away on the bandanas. Step 8: Snip the pine needles from their branches and line them up in two equal stacks for each place setting. Step 9: Using about three feet of twine, create a six-inch tail of twine and loop it up over the top of the needle bundle (as shown above). Step 10: Tie the tassels to your bandana napkin: Wind the twine around the napkin two or three times, thread in a place card if you like, and connect the two loops with a bow. Natural linen works well as a tablecloth for the place settings.