Deck The Halls With Postcards From The Past

Scott Robertson has the Midas touch. As the owner and creative director of flower shop Stems Fleur in Ohio City, he drew inspiration from a monochromatic 1950s holiday card with a wispy gold foil tree, oversized ornaments and a gleaming star for Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens’ Deck the Hall holiday celebration Dec. 1-3, 7-10, 14-23 and 26-30. Following a “Postcards from the Past” theme, more than a dozen floral designers adorned manor rooms with trimmings inspired by 1930s to ‘50s-era holiday cards. “I just love the sort of traditional look of all the gold and how it has a bit of contemporary flare to it,” says Robertson. His design sets the 2,700-square-foot Music Room’s dark wood aglow with lavish gold garlands, uplit gold urns displaying gold-painted orchids, succulents and botanicals, and gilded details throughout. A 15-foot tree serves as the room’s centerpiece, with 9-foot trees in all corners dripping with white lights as accents. “I thought the juxtaposition would be really amazing in that old room,” he says.