7 Unique Wedding Tablescape Designs for Intentional Couples
We’re big fans of an intentionally-designed tablescape! For us at Wildly, it’s one the pillars of wedding design.
Tablescapes are a key starting point to connection, intimacy and beauty at weddings. This is where the couple and guests have the opportunity to have conversations for the first time, it's where the design is curated for a singular person within a place setting, and it’s where the drinking and eating becomes a communal experience. We pour a lot of intention into our table designs. In this blog we’re going to share seven of our favorite tablescape designs and the inspiration behind them. We hope you’re inspired to create an intentional tablescape of your own!
We love a chic, cowboy-inspired sweetheart table moment.
Photos taken by From The Daisies
This couple opted for a sweetheart table at the head of the reception space to enjoy their dinner! We utilized two magnificent cowhide chairs from C Lazy U Ranch and centerpiece elements from The Floral Society.
The guest tablescapes were designed for easy interaction — nothing obstructing a guests view across the table. With low centerpieces and minimal elements, guests were able to converse and grab breads, oils and toppings from the center of the table once the reception began. For each table number, Stevie, Wildly’s lead designer, illustrated a world city that had special significance to the couple. For their dinner menu, Stevie illustrated an ingredient from each course to incorporate in the design. The menu was printed on deckled edge cotton paper and secured with leather cord to a wood board, pulling in material elements from the venue.
2. A coastal meets desert tablescape with natural movement.
Photos taken by Cedar and Pines
The location for this tablescape was set in Joshua Tree, CA. The dresses featured in the editorial were handcrafted on the northeast coast of the US. We wanted to blend the seemingly opposite landscapes of the Mojave Desert and the coastal northeast into a single design!
This tablescape featured desert elements like Tumbleweed, Creosote Bush and Palm fronds. We used Lunaria to create an opalescent texture reminiscent of the sea. We created a centerpiece reminiscent of a desert garden or an underwater reef scene: layers of dried elements, sand, wobbly tulips, open water in the centerpiece vessel, twisting candlesticks and ochre pillar candles. Oysters from Maine held the spoons at each place setting. A piece of dried cholla cactus, native to the desert, sat on each plate.
3. Modern, abstract shapes meet burgundy florals in this bohemian tablescape.
Photos taken by The Johnsons Photo
The design for this tablescape was rooted in the couple’s emotional intelligence. Colors and elements that nodded to their ability to communicate well, imbed meaning into their everyday lives and be a rock of support to the other.
The color palette featured warm, rich tones of burgundy and rust with accents of emerald. The floral elements were grounded in the fall season. We added interesting dried elements like Queen Anne’s Lace to create whimsical moments. Table numbers, menus, name cards and tableware elements were modern, with an artful and eclectic twist, featuring hexagon and half-circle shapes. We turned the ceremony installation into a sweetheart table backdrop with an added neon sign that read “Better Together.”
4. We can’t get over the glimmer of this elevated disco ball tablescape grounded with earth elements.
Photos taken by River and Rain
Disco, but make it cozy! For this tablescape, we envisioned a couple escaping to a cabin in the mountains to have their own private disco with their closest friends. Colors were cream, muted turquoise, mustard, amber, burgundy and olive: capturing the 70’s color tones and highlighting the feeling of being cozied in a log cabin on a snowy day. Floral elements were textural and wild, like a forest floor. The menus and name cards featured terrazzo and abstract illustrations.
5. Airy, modern and ivory tablsecape in an open field.
Photos taken by Elise Abigail Photography
The inspiration for this tablescape came to us when we saw a photo featuring a woman in a flowing dress standing in front of a vintage airplane. We started thinking about “flight” and the characteristics that come with it. A sense of freedom, openness and vastness. We wanted to create this feeling within a tablescape.
The location was pivotal to this feeling— we set the table in a vast field at sunset. The florals were all white, wild and asymmetrical. The tablescape featured feathers, delicate plates and glassware, ivory linens and floor pillows instead of chairs.
6. Poem-inspired tablescape with yellow chartreuse and Robin’s egg blue tones.
Photos taken by Heather Jackson Photography
This tablescape was inspired by a poem the bride wrote for the groom on the night of their first date. The colors mentioned in the poem - yellow chartreuse and blue - are incorporated throughout the design of the tablescape, in the stationery and the flowers. And the drink that started it all - which the poem references and was enjoyed throughout their first date - was mixed as their "unity cocktail" during their ceremony and served at dinner.
The couple has a deep love for music, concerts and fashion. We incorporated punk-band orange into the design in subtle areas and balanced the powerful colors with black accents. The tablescape featured custom napkins with Rachel’s poem printed, hand-painted menus, handmade ceramic cups from artist Studio Arhoj, a hand cut abstract hanging installation and a poppy-filled floral arrangement.
7. Modern, boho tablescape with dried flowers and black accents.
Photos taken by Kenz and Nick Photo
Last but not least, this tablescape was set in a modern industrial home in Breckenridge, Colorado! We set their dinner table with 12 place settings, drawing inspiration from the industrial nature of the Airbnb, the couple’s colorful personalities and the grounded elements of the surrounding landscape. Deep sienna and pink tones were brought in through the flowers, stemless wine glasses and napkins. A moss green velvet runner grounded the tablescape down the center. Urban Canyon, their florist, made sure that the fresh flowers in the floral elements were balanced with dry elements to tie to the fall season.
