Elegant textures -- clay and velvet, bark and soft berries -- and rich autumnal colors add up to subtle sophistication.
These stylish branches and flowers are beautiful enough to have come from nature. And they're so easy to make: Just attach pom-poms to twigs or sew on velvet petals to make dahlias.
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Nature's Canvas jug in Clay, wedgwoodusa.com. Birch bark vases from ABC Carpet and Home, 212-473-3000.
A sleek, easy customization: Wrap wooden napkin rings with velvet ribbon.
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Silver Aster rim salad plate, wedgwoodusa.com. Charger by Sylvie Saint-Andre Perrin, from Bergdorf Goodman; 800-558-1855. Comet flatware by Capdeco, from Barneys New York; 212-826-8900. Large button-stitch napkin, teroforma.com.
A striking wreath draws guests to the buffet. Start with a store-bought willow branch, and glue on hand-dyed pom-poms for berries.
Get the Pom-Pom Berries How-To
The wreath contrasts with the opulent peacock blue and gold of velvet-covered trivets. To make the trivets, stretch velvet over wooden slabs of assorted sizes.You can easily re-cover the slabs to suit a new color scheme.
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Candlesticks, 8 inch, in Brown, and 10 inch, in Gray, by L'Objet; from Bergdorf Goodman, 800-558-1855. Tapered candles in Cornflower, creativecandles.com. Footed oval tureen and oval basket bowl by Berti for Match, didriks.com. Albi soup ladle and silver plate, christofle.com. Silver Aster rim soup plates, wedgwoodusa.com.