Book Description
In a book filled with elegant imagery and romantic photography, Renny Reynolds reveals the key secrets of event planning, along with instructions on how to develop creative party concepts and themes. Art of the Party beautifully illustrates how to achieve party perfection, and every aspect of event planning presented with a touch of glamour and easy-to-understand directions. Reynolds' wealth of experience and best-kept secrets are included, such as: strategies for lighting to make any room warm and welcoming ways to ornament dance floors and dinner tables for maximum appeal organizational techniques for colorful and textural flower arrangements and how to make a large party feel intimate for everyone. Whether for birthday, anniversary, wedding, or holiday, Art of the Party offers dozens of creative ideas to ensure that your parties are truly extraordinary. Renny Reynolds has designed more than 2,500 events for America's elite. His training as a landscape architect led to the launch of Design for Entertaining, his highly successful party-design firm that has been featured in HG, Bon Appetit, House Beautiful, and other publications. He lives in New York City and Connecticut.

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Contents Introduction 8 Lighting 18 Color 60 Texture 116 Progression 142 Scale 180

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About the Author
Renny Reynolds has designed more than 2,500 events for America's elite. His training as a landscape architect led to the launch of Design for Entertaining, his highly successful party-design firm that has been featured in House and Garden, Bon Appetit, House Beautiful, and other publications. He lives in New York City and Connecticut. Elaine Louie writes the "Currents" column for the Home section of the New York Times. Edward Addeo is a New York-based photographer whose work has appeared in such publications as Vogue, Home and Garden, and the New York Times Magazine, as well as in the book Cherished Objects.

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Parties celebrate the most important moments of life--a birthday, an anniversary, a wedding. The best parties reflect your own unique style and taste and reveal your generosity of spirit as a host. I also feel that parties should have a sense of largesse and drama--glamour, if you will. A truly glamorous party expands your sense of what is beautiful and enlarges your vision of what endless possibilities there are to the simple notion of fun.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

In a book filled with elegant imagery and romantic photography, Renny Reynolds reveals the key secrets of event planning, along with instructions on how to develop creative party concepts and themes. The Art of the Party beautifully illustrates how to achieve party perfection, and every aspect of event planning is presented with a touch of glamour and easy-to-understand directions. Reynolds' wealth of experience and best-kept secrets are included, such as: strategies for lighting to make any room warm and welcoming; ways to ornament dance floors and diner tables for maximum appeal; organizational techniques for colorful and textural flower arrangements; and how to make a large party feel intimate for everyone.