Ready for spring? Start by refreshing your table with crisp linens, potted blooms, and a pop of bright colors. If you weren't getting ready to throw a dinner party already, you will once you see these gorgeous spring centerpieces. Warning: They may outshine your entree. From modern decorative displays to gorgeous floral arrangements, you'll find a chic tablescape that speaks to your hosting style below.
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Orange Accents
Photographer/author Ngoc Minh Ngo collaborated with floral designer Nicolette Owen to design the table, complete with flowers in small containers of varying heights and styles.
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Outdoor Festivity
Designer Heather Taylor recreated the motif on her great-grandmother's plates for a garden party's bouquets. "Even if guests don't notice the reference, it's a lovely detail that adds a fun symmetry," she says of the bluebells and marigolds.
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Quirky and Tropical
This floral arrangement by Alicia Lund of Cheetah Is the New Black adds a fun, tropical quirk to the contemporary dining room. It proves that a contemporary dining space can feel like an island getaway with the right floral arrangement, no matter how land-locked you truly are.
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Natural
Designer Donna Karan created a natural tablescape. "I love this tree!" she says. "It looks like it's growing out of the table, creating a canopy. Wood adds so much warmth."
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Inspired by Art
This painterly-inspired throw blanket turned tablecloth by Australian textile designer Shilo Englebrecht sets an artful scene at this dinner table. The pink, red, and orange flowers contrast with the cooler tones and inkier hues of the walls and table cloth alike. There are also knitted linen napkins and ceramic vases for a perfectly unfussy finish. It's no surprise that this brunch situation was set up by California designers Mat Sander and Brandon Quattrone of Consort Design.
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Citrus Garden
At this brunch party hosted by interior designer Charlotte Moss, the woven rattan place settings and garden pots of dainty, unpretentious yellow flowers on a lemon-printed tablecloth feel classic and upbeat while the splatter painted green plates add a modern art feel. An umbrella to create shade is also always a nice touch for al fresco dining.
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Citrus Accents
Roses paired with citrus and wispy branches makes for a dramatic and colorful centerpiece, no matter the season. Surrounded by black candles, this tablescape is the perfect blend of edgy and whimsical.
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Contemporary Simplicity
This pretty outdoor setup is in the Woodstock, Vermont garden of Zoe and James Zilian, the ceramicists behind Farmhouse Pottery. The earthy textures and tones of their ceramic pieces blend in beautifully with the surroundings, and those potted plants on the table are actually edible. So if you're looking for spring centerpiece ideas that'll beautify the table while also adding some functional flavor (literally), take note.
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Eclectic Cool
Mix and match vases and candles of various heights to give your table a sense of movement as it changes from one end to the other. Then choose a tablecloth with a small, repeating pattern as well as a tight color scheme for something that's both consistent and cohesive, unique and full of surprises, at once.
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Country Fresh
Liven up a country kitchen or rustic breakfast buffet table with bright yellow wildflowers. An aged vase will contribute to the historied feel. This is the perfect spring centerpiece when you want the meal to feel casual yet thoughtful and special.
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Southwestern Touches
A bright lilac linen table runner that matches the pink salad plates is an nice cheerful surprise and contrast against the darker plates and wooden table. To keep your floral centerpieces interesting and laidback, simple lay the stems on the table as is. Then offset the flowers with decorative objects, like painted antlers, petrified wooden objects, tea light candles, and crystals, as Alicia Lund did here.
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White-Out Accents
Designed by Martha Angus and Katie McCaffery, this little dining nook in a San Francisco home is classic and pretty yet refreshingly contemporary. The painted porcelain tableware makes it feel consistent while the cheerful tulips add just the right punch of color for upbeat dining every day.
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Effortless Elegance
Exude an effortless elegance with a minimal linen runner, fresh white florals, and and simple ceramic plating. For a touch of character, lay an unexpectedly colorful cloth over every other chair. And if you're outdoors, hang some string lights overhead, as done at this dinner bash hosted by Alicia Lund.
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Romantic and Fanciful
Textile designer Michael Devine conjures a romantic, swoon-worthy alfresco fete. "To complement the floral arrangements, I chose crisp yellow-and-white table runners in my Chantal fabric," he says. "Vintage blue-and-white chinoiserie-pattern dinnerware was paired with napkins tied with striped ribbon." He wired fanciful faux butterflies into the arrangements, making them appear to be fluttering throughout the Queen Anne's lace.
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Flowers Everywhere
Florals in rich, deep colors will anchor a more whimsical country chic tableware set and tablecloth. With dainty painty flowers, these John Derian plates are channeling spring and reflecting the floral theme throughout. The rattan chairs keep things casual and comfortable, too.
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Pink and Green
Pretty in pink and green, a combo synonymous with Palm Beach, the table, designed by Mimi McMakin, is dressed with china, crystal, flatware, and linens from Mary Mahoney.
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Purple Theme
Arrangements in the dining room echo a New York farmhouse's deep purple living room. Paired with lavender glassware and linens, full-petaled sweet peas, and anemones add their own shot of color that usher the dining room into the spring season.
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Tea Party
Head outside and take the china! Shabby Chic designer Rachel Ashwell loosens up the formality of teatime. "Pile your plates," she says. "It makes the table happy and accessible."
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Coastal Vibes
If you're hosting a spring brunch party, celebrate the changing seasons and better weather with an aquatic theme. It's classy and timeless yet festive and stands out as unique, making it perfect for a special occasion. Serving seafood will earn your bonus points for matching your decor to the menu.
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Scattered Bud Vases
Interior designer Cathy Kincaid's breakfast room is food-centric and stylish, the two best ingredients for both hosting and dining—just look at that painting. For a unique spring tablescape, consider scattering your florals in bud cases or even displaying them in ceramic egg holders.