Do Flower Arrangements All Have to Be Alike to Decorate 5 Tables in the Same Room?

It may be easier to decorate five tables with the same flower arrangements, but it's not required. By tying together similar elements of the design, rather than matching the design itself, you can create five different designs for your tables that provide a unified and cohesive table display in the room. Does this Spark an idea?

Color

One unifying element of floral arrangement is color. A theme color may be found in the vase, flowers or accent pieces in the floral arrangement. For example, if your colors for your event are black and white, a classic combination, keep all the vases black, but vary the shapes -- tall, square, tulip or cylinder. Use all white flowers in each container but vary use different species, such as gardenia, tulips, roses or freesia.

Container

A common container can unify a floral arrangement. The containers may differ slightly, provided the overall shape and character of the containers match. For example, a garden party might rely on a tea pot as the container for the floral arrangement. Although you could use the same tea pot for each design, you could also vary the types, colors or patterns of the tea pots and still achieves a cohesive design..

Flowers

Using the same types of flower in the floral arrangements gives you a cohesive design. The same number of flowers is not required. Mix it up with a line of bud vases holding a single rose down the center of one rectangular table, and a dozen roses in a vase on another, round table. Vary the design by including the same flowers in several smaller vases and grouping them together to give the appearance of one large vase.

Accent Piece

An accent piece can unify several different floral designs, and can vary from a tiara to a fleur-de-lis to a pumpkin. Accent pieces may serve as the container for the arrangement -- for example, a hollowed-out pumpkin as the vase -- or you can integrate accents such as a fleur-de-lis, crystals or beads into the floral arrangement. Placing lemon slices on the bottom of each glass vase, or wrapping a big turquoise bow on the front of each, can tie together several similar designs.