Some of DeJuan Stroud’s greatest memories of growing up in Andalusia, Alabama, are the celebrations—anniversary parties and formal teas, helping his grandmother pick flowers from her garden for party arrangements, and picnics in quiet meadows that finished with sunset drives beneath rose and copper skies. “At an early age, I was going to events that I really loved,” he says.
DeJuan’s memories take shape in his new book via old-fashioned ladies’ lunches, garden parties, holiday buffets, and road trips that end in picnics.
Designing Life’s Celebrations features more than a dozen vignettes brimming with signature floral arrangements and an exuberant eye for details. “They all have the following qualities in common: they are tasteful, elegant, and fun, which is exactly how we would describe DeJuan,” say Dorothea and Jon Bon…
