Decorating rectangular guest tables

I’ve never had the pleasure of decorating straight guest tables — only round ones. And it wouldn’t be the same as decorating a head table — you can’t drape a guest table, and you can’t use large, display-like arrangements along one side of a straight guest table because both sides of the table need room for seating.

Flickr photo by Chuck The DJ

Decorations for straight guest tables usually include rose petals, candles and vases of flowers placed at intervals along the table. This wedding happened right around Halloween, hence the pumpkin giveaways. There are a few more things you can do to punch up a long table though…

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