With holiday entertaining upon us, I teamed up with interior designer Dee Murphy to show you two ways to set a dazzling holiday tabletop. (And I was feeling very Martha, clearly!) Featured on Rue today, it’s the holidays two ways!
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Note: This post was first published in Decemer 2013 and has been updated with links for 2021.
How To Set a Dazzling Holiday Tabletop
Dee and I always buy so many of the same items, whether it’s clothing or home decor. But we always style them in such different ways. So, we thought it would be fun to do the same for a holiday tabletop.
Using some of the same pieces (black-and-white placemats made from Romo fabric, gold flatware, emerald green goblets) and a mix of high and low. Then, we split a long farmhouse-style table at Rolling Greens down the middle and each went about our merry way styling the table.
My side of the table turned into a girly-glam wonderland. It’s full of sparkling gold pieces by Kelly Wearstler and Jonathan Adler. Also, it’s complete with a ‘lette macaron tower fashioned as a Christmas tree. A snowy white runner made of faux fur plus bright pink napkins by Romo. I was ready to have an imaginary dinner party with Audrey Hepburn and Kelly Wearstler as guests.
Here’s a peek…
{gold-rimmed wine glasses}
{gold spike napkin rings}
{macaron tower}
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{similar gold reindeer}
{gold-rimmed wine glasses}
{similar green goblets}
{velvet hair bow}
Dee’s look was cozy, sophisticated and woodland-glam. Be sure to visit her blog Murphy Deesign for all the details!
Read the full article on Rue to see how to create a winter-luxe tabletop of your own!
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SHOP MY HOLIDAY TABLETOP LOOK
Table: Rolling Greens (not for sale but find similar farmhouse-style tables at Ralf’s Antiques & Lee Stanton in the La Cienega Design Quarter)
Chairs: Rolling Greens
Runner & Chair Throw: Zinc Textile’s Shadow Mountain Fur in Arctic Fox Z330/01 from from Thomas Lavin Showroom
Placemats: Romo Xilia in ebony 7621/06
Napkins: Romo Xilia in magenta 7621/04
Charger: Kelly Wearstler Mulholland charger plate
Plates: Kelly Wearstler Mulholland dinner plate
Spike Napkin Rings: similar
Gold Flatware: West Elm
Emerald Stemware: similar
Stemless Gold-Rimmed Glass: West Elm
Berry Branches: Rolling Greens
Brass Top Hat Candleholder: Jonathan Adler
Bejeweled Wine Stopper: Kelly Wearstler
The Gold Scorpio Sphere: Z Gallerie
Gold Taper Candles: here
The Gold Woodland Deer: similar
Macaron Tower: ‘lette
Cast-Bronze Driftwood from Tuell + Reynolds: Thomas Lavin
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CREDITS
A huge thank you to Woodnote Photography for shooting the beautiful photos, to Rolling Greens for letting us shoot in your amazing space and to Tamar Mashigian for making it all possible.
Photos: Woodnote Photography
Venue: Rolling Greens /
Styling: Kelly Lee of Kelly Golightly & Dee Murphy of Murphy Deesign
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Very Martha…Love the elegant look…very festive!!!!
I absolutely love it, especially the first pic!
This is beyond fabulous. Congrats Kelly!