Taking your installation off the table surface entirely allows you to command the architecture of the venue while integrating dynamic, light-catching accents.
The Ceiling-Hung Chandelier Cloud
Free up 100% of your dining surface by suspending your balloon clouds directly from ceiling beams, lighting trusses, or architectural anchor points. Build a billowy, 3-foot long cumulus cloud using opaque, double-stuffed balloons in soft shades of fog gray, sand, and cream.
Suspend the cloud horizontally 4 to 5 feet above the center of the table using clear 50-pound monofilament fishing line.
From the underside of the floating cloud, tie long, trailing lengths of hand-torn, plant-dyed habotai silk ribbons or sheer chiffon streamers that dangle downward, stopping 12 inches above the dinner plates. As natural room currents or overhead fans drift through the room, the silk tails sway gently, creating an intimate, canopy-like dining alcove that makes guests feel cocooned within the setting.
Iridescent Bobo Raindrop Clouds
For modern art gallery spaces or chic evening cocktail parties, add the crystalline sparkle of water droplets to your cloud. Build a compact, matte-white cloud formation and intersperse several 5-inch and 7-inch seamless, crystal-clear vinyl bobo balloons within the latex bubbles.
From the base of the clear spheres, suspend thin lengths of invisible nylon thread tipped with faceted glass or acrylic crystal teardrops.
When placed beneath dining room pin-spot lighting or surrounded by flickering votive candles, the faceted teardrops catch the light, casting dancing prismatic reflections across the tablecloth like glistening sunshowers.
Ceiling Safety: Never tie monofilament line to fire sprinkler pipes, emergency systems, or delicate plaster moldings. Always locate structural wooden beams, steel rafters, or use heavy-duty magnetic hooks rated for at least 10 pounds on drop-ceiling metal tracks.