Planning · April 2, 2025

A colorful reception guide

Tips, ideas and inspiration for a celebration that feels like you.

A long reception table of flowers and candles

Start with the table

Color works best when it starts in one place. Pick the table, then let the flowers, the linen and the candles agree with each other. A long table under string lights photographs beautifully and makes dinner feel like a gathering rather than a seating plan.

Leave room for the unplanned: a corner for dancing, a chair for the grandparents, a window of golden light before sunset.

Want a day this personal?

Tell us about your day and the places you love, and we will take it from there.