Outstanding Table Top Award

Greetings everyone!

We are very excited to announce that our dining space Where to Next? was awarded the Outstanding Table Top Award via the panel of judges last weekend at the Serving Up Style gala fundraiser! It was a crazy week with long hours shuffling around the colorful tulle and setting up for final reveal in just two days. This was our first year participating in Serving Up Style and it was definitely a memorable, rewarding week. The staff at IYID already has ideas for creating an even more whimsical dining space next year!

Hand fabricated with steel wires, then painted and draped with tulle and shear gives this hot air balloon its elegance
that received many Ooo's and Ahhh's by the thousands of viewers who attended the show.
This balloon sits at 7 ft. high and 6 ft. wide and weighs approx. 30 lbs, if not less. Photo by Anne Lien. 2012. 

The flaming reds and oranges in the centerpiece
acts as the flames to fuel the hot air balloon.
Thank you, Andrea, for this beautiful addition!
Provided by Silk Botanicals NW. 

A magnifying glass and rolled up map
were carefully chosen to add as our finishing
touches to our table setting.

Other items to complete the table top included
a compass, a telescope, a globe,
lanterns, and of course, our hand-crafted
one-of-a-kind hot air balloon.

Thank you to all of our friends and families for all of your support in making this a successful event. We want to also congratulate all of the talented designers and their beautiful showcases. They were all so amazing and magical! These designers did a spectacular job at representing the best in design in the city of Portland.

In turn, this event helped raise over $52k to help benefit the lupus awareness and service initiatives of Molly's Fund Fighting Lupus. Way to go everyone!

Be sure to check out HGTV Design Start, Emily Henderson, who gave shout-outs to some of the designers, including IYID!

Have a fantastic week and please stay tuned for more updates on our current projects!