Mood Board: Frond Fête Gathering
Let's plan a gathering!
As the weather warms, I'm feeling like it's time to welcome it with a festive family get-together on my patio. I started scheming and landed on a look I love!
Enter the latest curated gathering: Frond Fête
The Inspiration
I want the gathering to feel festive and bright but still celebratory of the outdoors. I started with our brand-new Palm Collection as the main inspiration, then the rest came together naturally.
The Mood
The majority of my backyard landscaping consists of mature Split Leaf Philodendron {Hint: the inspiration behind this core piece in our newest collection!} as well as some bamboo, so I leaned into a more tropical style when setting on the final look of this get-together.
I absolutely love soaking in a summer night under the stars, so I knew a cocktail hour then set table for dinner complete with our patio's twinkle lights would set just the tone I was after for a lively evening. The descriptors I settled on are:
- Festive
- Fresh
- Lively
Sounds like summer, right?!
The Colors
Using the various pine, emerald, and olive colors found in the Palm pieces I used as my main inspiration, I then added in some of my favorite coral-inspired hues as a punch of color to round out the look, making the overall color palette:
- Pine
- Olive
- White
- Ecru
- Blush
- A Punchy Coral
The Textures
When scheming for a gathering or party-planning, I think choosing textures for a mood board is just as important as settling on a color palette. Both make a big impact and can completely change the overall look and feel of the end result. For example: raw woods and rattans make for a much more casual look than, say, cut crystal or velvet.
For this Frond Fête, rounding out the natural elements I've already settled on, I know adding in woven straw and keeping my teak wood outdoor furniture exposed to add a raw wood element would keep a more relaxed tone.
So, what's left to plan for this party?
Now that I've settled on the overall mood and theme for this get-together, it's time to proceed with the next steps in our go-to method for making entertaining easier:
- Invite my guests
- Plan my menu
- Pull together the visual elements
- Plan my table
- Create the execution plan leading up to the dinner party to keep the day-of stress at bay {the best kind of entertaining!}
Stay tuned as I share more about hosting this festive summer dinner party! I'm thinking a Thai-inspired menu will be the perfect fit...
