Encore Decor Event Design & Production

As we look toward America250, the question isn’t how do we recreate the past. It’s how do we honor the past while designing for today?

Modern patriotic events are less about literal flags and more about feeling:

✨ Clean architectural lighting in red, white, and blue
✨ Sculptural installations
✨ Layered textures that feel elevated, not theatrical
✨ Moments of storytelling woven into the environment

Designing for America250 events, especially those for corporations, associations and charities, is a shining opportunity to reflect who we are now while honoring where we’ve been.

As you begin to celebrate America's 250th, let us help you create an event that feels distinctly American and unmistakably modern.

Our Creative Director and President, Sara Rose Harmon, approaches event design as storytelling. Her floral design storyboards are rich with color, reference and in-season bloom choices. They offer inspiration and a behind-the-scenes look at how ideas take shape long before guests arrive.

She shares these storyboards exclusively in Design Dispatches, our twice-monthly newsletter.

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If you’ve lived in Washington, DC for any length of time, you know how special spring truly is. The city softens. Streets filled with history come alive again. Gardens bloom, light lingers longer, and there’s a collective sense of renewal that feels both personal and shared.
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Spring in DC has always been about more than flowers. It’s about honoring the past while looking ahead with optimism. It’s about gathering with intention, celebrating those who serve, and creating moments that feel timeless, hopeful, and rooted in shared values. 
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At this event, we laid a trail of cherry blossoms for the guests to enjoy from the entrance columns to the bar wrap to the freshly cut blossoms in the centerpieces.
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As we look ahead to America 250, the most meaningful designs feel like our spring intentions -- grounded, hopeful, and human. The goal is always the same: to create an environment that feels welcoming, timeless, and quietly powerful.
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First photo: Andy Feliciotti, UnSplash

Encore Décor Celebrates 25 Years of Transforming Corporate and Charity Events in Washington, DC Encore Décor, a leading Washington, DC–based corporate event décor and production company, proudly celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2026, marking a quarter

Here are my designs for the PenFed Foundation Gala

Pro Tip: Design every event with the guests’ journey at top of mind. When working with a large head count, we recommend creating various areas for folks to grab a drink or bite, snap a photo, and mingle in style. For this event at the Spy Museum, that meant a photo op and champagne lady in the lobby, bars and seating in the ballroom, and highboys on the rooftop. Give your attendees something to see, do, and eat in each space to avoid bottlenecks and your event will flow better! 🍸💃