Holiday Event Inspo: Unexpected Pattern Play & Palettes for End-of-Year Celebrations

The holiday season is a natural invitation to gather, celebrate, and create something memorable. But when it comes to event design, festive doesn't have to mean predictable. This year, we're looking beyond the traditional holiday palette and exploring the unexpected combinations, expressive patterns, and rich colors with Lola Valentina's perfectly curated holiday pattern collection. A reminder that there's room to reinterpret the season through color, texture, and pattern.

Glitch: A Holiday Maximalist Dream

For planners ready to take a more playful approach, unexpected color combinations and graphic prints can bring a fresh energy to seasonal events. Lola Valentina’s Glitch collection brings a playful, contemporary edge to the season.

The secret to layering maximalist patterns like Retrograde, Static, Frequency, or Pixel is finding a point of connection. A shared color palette, complementary scale, or balance between bold and understated motifs can bring multiple prints together without making the overall design feel busy.

New and Trending: Forest

Bring organic event design to your next holiday event with Lola Valentina’s Birch and Wildflower prints from the Forest Collection. Featuring wood-grain-inspired textures and delicate, hand-painted florals, these designs introduce natural depth and artistry to seasonal tablescapes.

Stripes That Steal the Scene

Sometimes, it's the simpler designs that have the most impact. Taken from Lola Valentina's Mediterranean Collection, Cabana and Julienne stripes offer a versatile foundation for holiday event design all season long. Pair them with solid linens for a clean, tailored look, or mix them with florals and contrasting patterns for a more expressive approach.

Make It a Plaid Affair

Lola Valentina's Plaid Collection takes a holiday classic and makes it a statement. Plaid offers endless opportunities to layer color, mix patterns, and create spaces full of personality. Pair our plaids with our floral prints, contrasting stripes, or complementary solids. Whether your vision leans traditional or contemporary, plaid proves that a familiar favorite can still feel expressive.

More Is More: Embracing A Maximalist Holiday

For seasonal holiday events that deserve to make more than a statement, Lola Valentina's exclusive collections embrace beyond the expected event linen rentals everyone else is showcasing. There's an art to layering bold florals, expressive patterns, rich color combinations, and unexpected pairings. Here are just a few of our maximalist favorites taking over this season.

Garden-Inspired Holiday Gathering

Although the Southern Charm Collection is inspired by the aesthetic of Savannah, Charleston and New Orleans, our Southern Charm Collection is designed to mix enduring patterns and unexpected combinations. Southern Charm proves that classic Southern style can bring a timeless elegance to seasonal holiday celebrations.

Need More Inspo?

Start here with Lola Valentina's curated Pinterest board full of holiday tablescape hosting trends and unexpected Lola Valentina holiday linen combinations.

Just looking for some color inspo? View our top trending holiday colors below, and build your vision from there.