Tulip Evening by C.S Roughan, Roughan Interior Design

The art of creating a dinner party is more than fine cuisine, libations and guests.   Its complimenting all the above with table décor, music and creating the perfect environment.  The above dinner party was set for an intimate dinner of 8 guests who are smart, fashionable and love to have a good time.  The below recipe has the ingredients that I used to create this dinner party, however you may replace with specific elements that will compliment your event.

Tulip Evening

• 8 dinner guests (wise to invite people who have similar interests)
• Music:“Kind of Blue “Miles Davis, you can’t go wrong with Miles Davis
• Set a color palate, ours was silver, green, white and yellow.  These colors really compliment the grey walls of the dining room
• Create seating name tags.  This is always a great way to spark conversation with your neighbor.
• Fresh flowers of the season works well as a table centerpiece.  The simplistic beauty of the yellow tulip accented our existing china.
• Use china that is easy to clean and visually appealing.  We like to mix our patterns to create new stylish “looks”
• Use wine and water glasse, make sure they are different heights
• Keep the conversation up through laughter and good food

Enjoy!
Chris