It might best be known for its country crooners and steel fiddle slides, but the new tune coming out of Nashville these days is decidedly design-centric. With a new class of designers and tastemakers at the ready, we couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate the 29th Nashville Antiques and Garden Show than partnering with local PR pros, Proper, to host a designer-laced bash. Held at the arty neighborhood bistro, Le Sel, the guest list included a mix of Nashville interior designers, trendsetters, and Music City royalty (and a few who can count themselves all three!). Ahead, go inside the crazy-cool get-together and see how Proper constructed the artful and chic underground vibe.
![Rose Mary Gorman and Pam Manela of Proper PR with Chairish President Anna Brockway](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/06145341/Nashville_Chairish_18.jpg)
Graphic Magic
Taking cues from the street art-style murals that outfit Le Sel’s private dining room, stylist Shelly Colvin elected to curate a urban maximalist vibe for the event. Playing off of the murals’ repetitive patterns, Shelly sourced colorful, densely-printed textiles from local maker Electra Eggleston for the tablecloths and chair backs. To add yet another layer of pattern to the table, each place-setting was crowned with a deck of Chairish Print Shop notecards. So as not to compete with all of the fierce print action, Shelly kept the floral arrangements and candlelight simple, opting for simple white tulips in bud vases and skinny white taper candles anchored in acrylic block holders, all from The 12th Table.
![Rachel Halvorson with Anna Brockway and Hannah Crowell at Nashville dinner](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/06145457/Nasvhille_Chairish_1.jpg)
A Sweet Southern Crew
In addition to Proper co-founders Pam Manela and Rose Mary Gorman, attendees included Chairish co-founder and president Anna Brockway, Country Living Homes Editor, Jennifer Kopf, singer-songwriter and owner of White’s Mercantile, Holly Williams, interiors photographer Alyssa Rosenheck; Mugs Buckley and Rose Hollinshead of Chairish, and a cache of local interior designers, including Jonathan Savage, Jason Arnold, Hannah Crowell, Rachel Halvorson, Lori Paranjape, Julie Couch, Lauren Bradshaw, and Stephanie Sabbe.
![Holly Williams with Anna Brockway and Hilary Willams at Nashville dinner](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/06145305/Nashville_Chairish_12.jpg)
![Rose Mary Gorman and Shelby Marvel or Proper PR (left), Alyssa Rosenheck (right) at Nashville dinner](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/07084710/Nashville_Dinner_Chairish_4.jpg)
![Jonathan Savage and Hannah Crowell at Nashville dinner celebrating designers](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/06145310/Nashville_Chairish_13.jpg)
![Jason Arnold and Lauren Bradshaw enjoying dinner celebrating Nashville designers](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/07104036/Nashville_Dinner_Chairish_5.jpg)
![Mitzi Maynard with Connie Vernich and Lori Paranjape at Nashville dinner](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/06145316/Nashville_Chairish_14.jpg)
![Shelly Colvin and Elizabeth Williams at Nashville dinner celebrating designers](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/07083859/Nashville_Dinner_Chairish_3.jpg)
![Luka Duggan and Rose Hollinshead at Nashville dinner celebrating designers](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/06145442/Nashville_Chairish3.jpg)
![Mary Kate Edwards with Kelly Diehl and Jessica Stambaugh enjoying Nashville dinner](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/06145258/Nashville_Chairish_11.jpg)
![Stephanie Sabbe and Hilary Williams enjoying Nashville dinner](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/06162237/Nashville_Dinner_Chairish_2.jpg)
![Shelby Marvel of Proper PR mingling at Nashville dinner celebrating designers](https://d1h3pk8iipmcfn.cloudfront.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/06145322/Nashville_Chairish_15.jpg)
All photos by Yve Assad