One color scheme throughout your party: this is how to keep your table from becoming a hodgepodge
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by Verpakkingdeals.nl
6 min reading time
Individual nice items rarely make a nice whole. So you choose one main color and two accents, and which five items truly define the look at your party.
Get five people to order for the same party and you'll end up with gold, pink, rainbow, neon, and something with leopard print. Each item is fine on its own. Together on one table, it looks messy, and this is even more noticeable in photos than in real life.
The problem is almost never the budget and almost always the order: people buy nice things first and then figure out how it should look. The reverse works better, and it's not more expensive. Below is how to do that, with what each component costs.
Choose one main color and two accents
The simplest method there is: one main color that recurs everywhere, one neutral color that provides calmness (white, black, kraft), and one metallic or bright accent color that you use sparingly. You don't need more, and with less, it quickly becomes boring.
Determine these three colors before putting anything in your shopping cart. Look at the space itself: if you have a dark brown wooden table or a brightly colored wall, that color participates whether you want it to or not. Choosing a color scheme that clashes with the room is the most common mistake.
The five things that define the look
Not everything counts equally. At an average party, eighty percent of the visual impression is determined by five elements. Integrate these into your color scheme, and the rest can be messy without anyone noticing.
What hangs high. Balloons and garlands are visible from the door.
The tabletop. Placemats, napkins, straws.
What people drink from. Glasses and cups are in every hand in every photo.
The light source. Candles, LED, a cake.
The gift corner. Often forgotten, and that's where the stack stays longest.
Hanging high: balloons and garlands
A balloon arch costs € 30.00 and explicitly excludes balloons: the frame is reusable, the filling you choose per party. This is convenient for a color scheme — the same frame can be used in a different color next year.
For the filling: a foil balloon set of 6 pieces (€ 10.00) provides a sleek, shiny look that works well as an accent color. LED balloons, 5 pieces (€ 2.95) are available in yellow or multicolor — choose consciously: multicolor breaks your color scheme, yellow reinforces it.
On the wall, one clear element works better than three small ones. A mini rainbow banner with gold fringes (€ 7.95) is such an eye-catcher: hang it in one place and leave the rest of the wall bare.
On the table: straws determine more than you think
Straws are the cheapest part of your table and at the same time the most visible, because they stand upright and are in every glass. There is also a choice of material, and that material determines what color you get.
For the drinking section, you don't need to replace your entire china cabinet. A set of 6 shot glasses of 60 ml (€ 3.00) is neutral enough to match any color scheme — the color then comes from the straw or the drink, not the glass. That is usually the cheapest route.
The light source is the cake. Name candles cost € 1.00 each and are available in 100 names. If you want to mark a moment, one party popper with red petals 28 cm (€ 6.95) does more than ten individual party horns. Do agree on who will fire it and where: confetti in the food is no one's plan.
Not everything has to participate. Cutlery, plates, and the garbage bag can simply remain neutral; they disappear as soon as the rest is consistent. The same applies to practical items: cooler, extension cord, kitchen roll. If you try to get those in color too, your budget will double without anyone noticing.
And store the remnants by color, not by party. A box of "pink" and a box of "gold" will fill themselves after two birthdays, and then next time half of it is arranged before you even start.
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