Holiday table forecast: botanical clouds ahead.
This season we’re taking inspiration from a Nordic supper staged by Caro, Natalie Jones’s design shop, a favorite Remodelista pilgrimage stop in the town of Bruton, in Somerset, England. Jones collaborated with stylist Hana Snow on the natural party decorations.
“The setting was inspired by a windswept walk through the forest and onto the beach,” explains Natalie—she used glassware as an allusion to water.
Hana concocted the giant hay cloud using water reeds and wheat “secured into a nest of floral foam and chicken wire built around a block of wood.” Her instructions: build up layers of grass to cover the core, poking each strand individually into the foam.
The table is covered with a Washed Linen Tablecloth, $59.99, from H&M Home. A “river” of glasses form the centerpiece: guests selected the water and wine glass of their choosing.
The tableware is Dutch workshop HK Living’s “seventies-style” ceramics, including gray-glazed Dinner Plates, £14; brown-ringed Side Plates, £10; and Side Plates in Black Galaxy, £8.50.
The stainless steel flatware is Hay’s Everyday & Sunday design by Big-Game; a set of five Sunday Forks is $29 from Amara.
“Bundles of hay were placed around the room to create an immersive experience,” says Natalie.
On the menu: farmer’s fare with a Nordic slant, including a cocktail of aquavit and tonic with cucumber and dill. The party was staged in The Space, a garden house Natalie converted into Caro’s lovely one-room B&B and event space.