Our Favorite Kind of Event……

As mentioned in my last post about a recent visit to a local prop house, we were on the hunt for unique and extraordinary items to add interest and dimension to an incredible event (Bar Mitzvah party) we had coming up – incredible from the standpoint of being a delicious opportunity to create an overall ambience made up of a series of mini-environments, each with its own individual creative flavor.

The event took place in a huge (14,000 square feet!) warehouse-type space with fantastic bones – mostly brick walls and a bow-truss ceiling. We had such a blast transforming the venue, section by section!!

The guests entered at approximately the mid-point of a very large rectangle with the main bar immediately to their right:

The adult guests then had the choice of various seating vignettes (and a smaller vodka bar with an ice luge!) both in front of them and to their right,

and for dining one could choose either to continue lounging or to sit slightly more traditionally at the 32′ long table.

There was even a glamourous little boudoir for the older sister!

The kids had the run of the left side of the room which also housed the dance floor

with its spectacular ceiling treatment!

There was one two-sided buffet for all the guests…

as well as a couple more seating areas adjacent.

This is truly our favorite kind of event as we get to let our imaginations run wild!! We had so much fun planning it even though there was of course a lot of intricacy involved and lots of potential for things to go wrong (which they thankfully did not)! Seeing an event like this finally take place in real life after months of planning is truly such a joy! Many thanks to our beloved Cindy and Claudia of Gold Wong Photography for the unbelievably gorgeous photos and for always making us look so good!!