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Home » How to throw a lake house boho party

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How to throw a lake house boho party

Since we live by a lake and I love to entertain I thought I would share how to throw a lake house boho party! For this particular party it was for some ladies at church. I wanted it to have a boho kind of look.

how to throw a boho lake party

Using different patterns and colors of fabric, pillows and rugs on the grass area by the lake for a relaxing casual look.

How I began the lake house boho party look

We own a couple of paddle boards and store them in the garage. My hubby uses a pulley system to keep them up out of the way.

A paddle board is long and sturdy, I knew it would make a great table!

I lowered one of them and began the creative process. I started by draping the paddle board with different table cloths, runners and swaths of fabrics in all colors and prints.

How to create a boho lake party

My sister was in town and was helping decide what other things could work on this paddle board table.

I brought out one of my black and white lanterns, galvanzied serveware and other odds and ends.

The table needed some warmth so I used a wooden flower bucket and stuck some flowers that I had in it for the time being.

How to throw a boho lake party paddle board as a table for lake boho party

Because we would be serving all kinds of cheese and crackers, fruits and other colorful appetizers round galvanized platters would be perfect to hold the food.

You want your table to have different heights for a nice look. I ended using my galvanized three tier stand to hold berries and grapes.

galvanized serveware on paddle board

Setting up at the lake

Luckily I have awesome family and friends that pitched in to help with the set up at the lake. We brought over a few of my outdoor rugs, cushions and pillows and placed them on the grass.

Others also brought some of theirs too! It was beginning to take shape.

outdoor pillows and rugs on grass by lake

At first I was going to put the table on the rugs but luckily a neighbor had a rod iron base with no top in her basement!

She brought it over and it we placed the paddle board on top and it was a match made in heaven!

paddle board table for lake party

Lighting for the boho lake party

This part was a bit tricky but my hubby is amazing at figuring out how to make my ideas work! I had some Christmas lights that I wanted to hang on some poles.

He bought some wooden poles from Home Depot and we filled buckets with wet sand and placed the poles in them. It totally worked like a charm!

lighting for the boho lake party

To make the lights I took ping pong balls and made an X with a Xacto knife!

ping pong ball lights

Then all I had to do was slip it over each light for a fun new look. It really made the boho lake party feel come alive when the daylight left us

ping pong ball lights for boho lake party

Adding these lights made a huge difference in outdoor party by the lake. It just glowed!

paddle board table with lights at night

Other outdoor lighting

Right next to the lake there is a rocky area and we lined it with lots of battery operated votive candles.

It looked so cool at night!

voitve lights at night on beach

You can see more of this lake party and all the food here on my blog. It was such a fabulous night for all these ladies.

How to throw a boho lake party

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  1. MaryJo Materazo says

    July 7, 2021 at 2:14 pm

    fun, Fun, FUN! the ping pong balls lights are such a clever idea. Wonderful job and it looks like fun was had by all. 🙂. XO- MaryJo

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    • Karins Kottage says

      July 12, 2021 at 12:16 pm

      Thank you MaryJo the ping pong balls really made a huge difference in the lighting.

      Reply
  2. Renae says

    July 1, 2021 at 11:41 am

    Looks like such a fun party! Hugs to you.

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    • Karins Kottage says

      July 1, 2021 at 9:27 pm

      Thank you Renae …we had a fabulous time together.

      Reply
  3. Kippi Ohern says

    June 29, 2021 at 10:04 pm

    Your party turned out perfect. I love the idea of the ping pong balls over the lights.
    Hugs,
    Kippi

    Reply

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