- Wedding Décor Inspiration
These elevated arrangements will take your décor to new heights.
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Updated on 06/13/23 11:48AM
Selecting your wedding décor is one of the most exciting parts of planning. After all, each choice can drastically alter the look and feel of your celebration. Furniture, lighting, and floral selections all help define the overall aesthetic of your day. At the wedding reception, the table designs serve as the anchors of your wedding look. If you’re looking to add a bold pop of texture or color to your reception tables, a tall wedding centerpiece may be the best fit for your design.
Incorporating height is one of the simplest ways to add drama to a space. Plus, there's an elevated arrangement that can fit just about any wedding aesthetic. Your tall centerpieces could feature unique vases, candles, greenery, or florals to create a look that's modern, romantic, bohemian, or truly timeless.
Think your reception would benefit from a bit of height? Read on to see 33 tall wedding centerpieces that can fit every wedding style.
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Add a Botanical Touch
Bring drama to a reception space with elevated botanicals. The floral installations created for this intimate Pennsylvania wedding were made up of white orchids, delphinium, baby's breath, amaranthus, and anthuriums, and they added beautiful and playful texture to each table.
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Coordinate With Chinoiserie
Tall centerpieces featuring blue and white blooms are the perfect complement to chinoiserie pots. We love how this New York reception used clear vases for the larger arrangements so the petite ceramics could stand out.
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Build Height
Extra-tall floral arrangements not only allow guests to easily see the people sitting across from them at the table, but they also draw the eye upward. At this New York City wedding, large greenery centerpieces punctuated with on-palette florals encouraged attendees to raise their gaze and also see the string lights lining the ceiling.
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Choose Cherry Blossoms
Don't be afraid to create floral centerpieces that are less traditional. By utilizing cherry blossom branches, you can add dramatic height to each table with beautifully fragrant pink or white flowers.
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Embrace Contrast
Bring contrast to your celebration with a mix of shades and textures. While the black and white color scheme here is stunning, the tall centerpieces kick the space up a notch. Try incorporating sprawling manzanita branches with white orchids for a magical display.
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Consider Your Arrangement
While you can definitely come to a floral designer asking for an elevated arrangement full of roses and peonies, consider asking them what blooms they think would create the most interesting display in your chosen color palette. At this pink-hued Cincinnati wedding, the couple had tall, unexpected centerpieces designed featuring a wide mix of colorful flowers ranging from cherry blossoms to sweet peas.
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Create Clouds of Baby’s Breath
Baby's breath is an incredibly dynamic floral that works beautifully to add volume to tall centerpieces. At this Philadelphia wedding, the couple used the white flower to create an ethereal, cloud-inspired display on the reception tables with blooms in tall vases and surrounding candelabras.
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Play With Pink and Purple
A tall centerpiece makes a statement on its own, but playing with color will bring even more drama to your space. We love the way that classic white blooms and greenery mixed with bold pops of pink and purple in various hues for this eye-catching display.
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Make It Romantic
Stick with a romantic floral centerpiece, but switch it up just a bit for intrigue. This beautiful towering display incorporates a few wispy sprigs of overflowing greenery for added interest and texture.
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Choose Citrus
Want a beautiful and surprising arrangement that incorporates taller heights? Look to citrus trees. These small potted centerpieces are a great option to add a pop of color to your dinner tables and add height in a more unexpected way.
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Build a Bridge
A floral bridge is a fun centerpiece option for couples who want a big and bold arrangement. This unique structure towers high over a reception table. Make sure to include plenty of textured blooms and sprigs of greenery for a dramatic look.
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Connect Two Tables
A floral bridge can also serve as a way to extend your head table. At this Westhampton wedding, a tall arrangement of pink baby's breath on acrylic stands spanned across two mirrored banquet tables to tie them together.
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Add a Touch of Whimsy
When it comes to tall floral centerpieces, the structure is just as important as the blooms. Opt for a unique design, such as this whimsical gold stand, which was paired with an overflowing arrangement.
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Extend Olive Branches
Not only are olive branches a symbol of peace and goodwill, but they also make for lovely wedding décor. Incorporate tall olive branches in a crystal clear vase for a statement-making display.
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Keep It Classic
Classic white roses can still be arranged in unexpected ways. These tall centerpieces, which are made up of round clusters of baby's breath and roses, elevate the timeless flower in a new, exciting way.
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Create Opulent Candlelight
Fill your reception space with a glamorous glow in the form of beautiful candlelight. Get inspired by this jaw-dropping arrangement at a New Year's Eve Miami wedding, where tall acrylic candleholders lined the center of the table and low white florals provided balance at the base.
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Feature Floating Greenery
While long swaths of greenery can certainly make a statement, the brown branches might not necessarily fit with your color palette. If so, opt for a floating greenery display, featuring a beautiful arrangement sitting on top of a clear vase.
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Make It Moody
Ready to bring on the drama? A fall celebration calls for a tall gold stand decked out in autumnal blooms. The moody color palette of this centerpiece helps set the tone of the reception.
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Go High and Low
Who says you can't have a centerpiece with both a tall element and a short arrangement? This display, complete with a tall candelabra draped in greenery and colorful blooms below, is as charming as can be.
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Make It Timeless
A mixture of hydrangeas and roses in pink and white is seriously timeless. Add a touch of height by incorporating a taller vase for a bold romantic look, like this couple did at their classic wedding in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Pair Branches and Blooms
One of the best ways to add height to centerpieces is to incorporate branches. This pink and green display boasts beautiful blooms with long cherry blossoms for a unique and elegant look.
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Play With Pampas Grass
Pampas grass can certainly make a statement in any form. When it is incorporated into a centerpiece with a tall stand, this bohemian accent draws even more attention to the table.
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Line a Table With Greenery
Create a magical display with natural elements by adding tall centerpieces of textured greenery and white blooms. We love how they can create a canopy over guests at an outdoor reception.
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Feature Fall Hues
Planning a fall wedding tablescape? Use seasonal blooms and branches to add height to your centerpieces. These stunning arrangements, complete with lunaria and autumn leaves, certainly commanded attention in a large space.
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Take It to the Tropics
Bringing an entire palm tree into your reception space may be tricky, so opt for the next best thing. These tall vases were filled with overflowing tropical leaves for a beautifully beachy look.
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Embrace Color
Don’t shy away from including bold color in your centerpieces. For a Miami nightclub-inspired soirée, the couple had feathers and dyed pampas grass elevated on lucite pieces to create a dramatic, tropical ambience.
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Match Your Blooms
Are you planning to have both high and low centerpieces at your wedding? Coordinate the blooms in both to have the same florals on a different scale. It was a great way to enhance the dinner table at this intimate wedding on the Amalfi Coast.
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Have Fun With Dried Foliage
Dried foliage doesn’t have to only come in neutral shades. At a bold, autumnal wedding in Minneapolis, the tall centerpieces were full of color and texture thanks to painted foliage and fresh florals.
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Add Plenty of Tapered Candles
If you'd prefer to stick with short floral arrangements, you can still make a statement with a bit of height. Incorporate a collection of bold taper candles down the length of the table to command attention.
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Hang Candles from Your Centerpieces
You don't have to choose between using candles and florals for your centerpieces. With the right design, you can feature both. This modern New York City wedding had its tall black and white arrangements illuminated further with hanging votive-filled spheres.
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Highlight Hydrangeas
Hydrangeas are the perfect bloom to feature in tall centerpieces. They add such a romantic touch of texture while filling out the shape of any arrangement.
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Pair Tall and Short Greenery
You can place greenery both high and low throughout your wedding reception tables. This display features tall vases filled with lush leaves, while smaller bud vases of herbs provide balance amongst white florals.
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Bring the Garden Inside
One of the best ways to add outdoor touches to an indoor wedding is with florals. This display of white and pink flowers made up an incredibly lush centerpiece to make guests feel as if they were dining in a springtime garden.
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