SEATTLE — We often wonder what we have to do to get an invite to one of Monica Hart's fabulous parties!
The 425 Magazine lifestyle contributor has a knack for entertaining and she joined the show to share spring entertaining ideas.
How to add simple springy notes to your home and entertaining style
Lighten up
- Switch to light and natural colored table coverings and linens which create a serene base or canvas for your spring entertaining. Anything you add, will POP!
Play with texture
- Add rattan and other woven elements to your spring design vignettes.
- A Rattan floral container is spilling over with spring blooms. You can use baskets for this as well.
- Woven placemats add a light and airy feel. Light colored dishes and serving bowls.
- Rattan trays are perfect for creating a welcoming beverage tray of seasonal sips dotted with fresh mint, lemons, and a casual tumble of blooms. (Lemons are like little globes of sunshine!)
Keep it Natural
- Wood pieces add a casual but lovely feel to a table. (I’ve created a raised serving plank, with a long rectangular wood serving board, elevated on two matching white bowls.)
- Great for showing off a delicious spring salad — food art! Peas, tri colored broccoli, gem lettuce, radicchio, AND edible blooms!
- The plank is the perfect perch for candles too.
Terracotta
- Fill terracotta pots with fresh grapefruit, stems of hyacinth, and sprigs of olive branches. Tuck a few sprigs into tall glass candle holders.
Segment Producer Suzie Wiley. Watch New Day Northwest at 11 a.m. weekdays on KING 5 and streaming live on KING5.com. Contact New Day.