Emily Hecht takes her new role of “picnic designer” very seriously. Ms. Hecht arranges a picnic by layering neutral and blue-hued blankets incongruously and setting a low wooden table on top of them with a flowing white table runner. She lays down a place mat and then creates a setting of alternating dishes — white porcelain, white and blue-patterned melamine — and gold cutlery. “And I think when you’re putting together a birthday party in your backyard, you want it to feel a little different. It’s like, no, every piece on our table, the vases, the candle holders, the little dried flowers that we put in the napkins feel special.”

Source: New York Times October 16, 2020 10:01 UTC