Decor

WHAT THEME BEST serves a launch for a building yet to be built? The future, naturally. And the most desirable motif for an upscale Miami bash? Art deco, of course...

ALTHOUGH IT BEATS the alternative, nobody enjoys growing old. But why not face the inevitable with a sense of humor? That idea inspired a 2004 Gala Award-winning “retirement home” themed event for a “fake” 65th birthday celebration, notes Cheryl ...

In an antebellum mansion, a feminine theme gets a manly makeover

Growing up on the Caribbean island of Trinidad, Sean DeFreitas didn't have much in the way of worldliness. What the self-described “baby fish from a little island” did possess was a vision for his own future. “When I was a kid, I told my mom I w...

FOR MANY PEOPLE, the word “spring” conjures up images of new growth, flowers and the promise of warm weather to come. For Meryl Snow, vice president of Berwyn, Pa.-based Feastivities Catered Events, it also brings to mind another image: hats. At ...

HOWARD ECKHART, CSEP, was eager to shed the stress of small-business ownership when he sold his Dallas floral shop 15 years ago. What he didn't want to lose was the creativity of floral design — a skill he'd been honing since the mid-1950s when h...