2025 Dining Room Frame

About the design:

The blue and white dining room of the historic McCormick House is a visitor favorite. Silver and gold are so commonly used; and our dining room is easy to be a default blue/white decoration theme. Copper seemed rich and unusual. The challenge was to use copper in a way that would not evoke thoughts of a Thanksgiving tablescape. Inspiration came simply by combining the look of ornament-heavy exterior garlands seen in the 2024 Vickerman design competition with a YouTuber who posted her at-home frame on a small table with ribbon, faux poinsettias and ornaments as a Christmas dining room decor. This year, rather than Christmas trees around the table, a frame was built over the 10-seat dining table in the McCormick House with a copper and midnight blue theme, with accents of pearl, gold and silver to tie-in the room colors and the table silverware and candelabras. LED lights illuminate the garlands on both the frame and nearby fireplace mantel. Velvet copper ribbon as well as gold, damask-patterned navy and gold ribbons fill in the spaces among the hundreds of ornament balls. Real white poinsettias from our production greenhouses in silver containers also help brighten the room's seasonal composition. The copper velvet tablecloth, along with plates and copper chargers reflect the light to illuminate the ornaments, ribbon and garland on the table frame even when the LED light strands are not on. On display for Christmas at Cantigny guests from Nov 21 through January 4, 2026.