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When bride Sue Jin Lee, the director of partnerships and audience development at Women’s Wear Daily, met event producer Annie Lee of Plannie and Daughter of Design, it was a match made in heaven. With just one request, Sue Jin Lee was a wedding planner’s dream. The bride’s only wish was to fuse her and her groom’s respective Korean and Indian heritages into the design. “What was really important to me for the tablescape was that it not only looked good but represented our two cultures in a seamless way,” Sue Jin Lee says of her wedding at West Palm Beach’s Norton Museum of Art. “Knowing Annie was also Korean and had worked on many traditional Indian weddings in the past, I trusted her implicitly. I wanted to almost be a guest at my own wedding.”
Together, the duo brought an intimately contemporary design to life, drawing inspiration from the museum’s sculpture garden, where the reception took place. For Annie Lee, curating any tablescape begins with the venue. “I always design with the flow of the space,” she says. “I try to enhance the location and build upon what is already naturally and beautifully there.”
Playing off the push and pull of minimalism and sumptuousness found in the museum’s pieces, Lee filled the tabletops with modern Scandi-style ceramics and gold-detailed accessories. Unconventional vases embossed with face silhouettes and lips sat front and center and nodded to the surrounding works in the sculpture garden.
Whether drawing from the architecture of a garden or that of a classic ballroom, there are countless easy to create venue-themed tabletops. Below, discover 30 accessories for wedding day tablescapes, inspired by five Vogue weddings, to guide your own creation.
Sculpture Play
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Whitewashed, contemporary pieces set the tone at Sue Jin Lee and Amit Seth’s West Palm Beach nuptials last month. Wedding planner Annie Lee curated a tone-on-tone setting with neutral accessories that evoked the museum’s collection of modern art sculptures. As a personal touch, lotus-shaped candle holders and ornate designs by Michael Aram married the bride and groom’s cultures while adding a touch of metallic to the monochromatic tabletop.
Rustic Romance
Channel Sarah Michler and Henry-Alex Rubin’s wedding with natural rattan accents and a deep teal tablecloth inspired by the colorways of Connecticut’s coastline. Substitute a traditional linen placemat for a wooden plate, and you’re sure to get the approval of Michler’s mom-turned-planner, Sally Michler, and professional planner, Hannah Elsaesser of Eloquence Events.
Garden Party
With the help of Elizabeth Allen Events, Taylor Simmons and Jameson McFadden adorned their Massachusetts garden ceremony with opulent tones. Nothing quite sparks joy like rich yellow ceramic vases filled with popping roses, scabiosa, and craspedia.
Present-Day Paris
Beyond the classic ballroom style, find inspiration in Alexandra Lalonde Bouygues and Cyril Bouygues’s floral arrangements by adding a pampas centerpiece infused with fan palms for a modern yet light tablescape. The duo’s arrangement designed by Louis-Géraud Castor took center stage at their Parisian celebration planned with the help of Colleen Kennedy Cohen.
SoCal Style
Topping their table with chartreuse and olive green accents, Kelly Connor Noah Wunsch made a case for the unconventional tablescape with the help of artist and creative director Philippa Price. Pair green-tinted glassware with raffia placemats and gold flatware for that serene SoCal feel.
