Wedding Table Decor: Centerpiece Ideas with Style

When you mention wedding table decor, most people think immediately of floral centerpieces, but there's no reason to confine yourself to 'wedding' flowers - or even the center of the table.

The decorations that you choose for your tables can set the mood for the whole room. If you step outside the traditional and let your imagination stretch, you can come up with stylish wedding table decorations that will be remembered long after the big day.

If you're planning a wedding that centers around a theme, for instance, you can choose centerpiece ideas drawn from your overall motif. Silvered driftwood planters holding a single hibiscus plant and trailing vines can set the perfect tone at a wedding with a Hawaiian theme.

For an Asian themed wedding, perch an origami dove in the branches of a bonsai tree at each table. Extend the decorations to the wedding favors - elegantly simple origami cranes or lotus blossoms to send good fortune home with your guests. Nearly any theme will present unique decorating ideas like these.

Are you planning a holiday wedding? Take advantage of seasonal themes to create beautiful, memorable centerpieces for your wedding tables. Fill a painted miniature wooden sleigh with evergreen boughs, and decorate with glass balls in your wedding colors at Christmas time.

For a truly unusual and striking Fall wedding table centerpiece, carve a pumpkin with a pair of doves and the names of the happy couple. At Thanksgiving, let flowers spill from a woven cornucopia, or fill pastel baskets with wildflowers in the Spring.

Candles have become a very popular wedding centerpiece idea. Whether it's a single elegant taper in a hurricane glass lamp surrounded with flowers, or an assortment of decorated pillar candles arranged on a mirrored surface, the play of light brings to mind promises of the eternal flame of love. You can find many ideas for decorating with candles at your local craft or candle store.

You can also combine candles with glass to create stunning wedding centerpieces for any season. For an unusual and striking variation on the theme of fire and water, start with a twelve inch circle of mirror. Add an inexpensive brass 'crystal ball stand' holding a glass bubble bowl.

Fill the bowl with water and add iridescent glitter and a few drops of oil. Place a glass tealight holder beneath the stand, and encircle the legs with a garland of miniature roses and greens. Arrange a larger ring of flowers around the edges of the mirror - and you have an elegant, romantic centerpice that works with any wedding theme.

Finally, don't forget your head table in planning your wedding table decorations. It's customary to keep floral pieces on the head table to a minimum, and allow the bride's and bridesmaid's bouquets to provide the focal point for the tabletop, but many brides opt to decorate the edges and front of the head table facing the hall. Floral swags and garlands are traditional choices, but this is another excellent place to accent your wedding theme if you've chosen one.

For ideas on how to incorporate your theme into the wedding table decor, be sure to check out our articles on themed weddings. You'll find lots of great ideas for bringing your wedding to life with beautiful decorations.