Splendid Table

Fair Radom entertains with dazzling style
and dollops of surprises at her Bloomfield Hills home.

BY CARLA SCHWARTZ I PHOTOGRAPHY BY GLENN TRIEST

Fair Radom readies her Thanksgiving table with purple and green napkins blended and adorned with rosette rings (available at Neiman

Marcus, Troy), elegant purple candles and a unique floral-bedecked ice bucket she created to hold a magnum of champagne.
Radom is wearing Roberto Coin jewelry from Greenstone's in Birmingham.

For guests visiting Fair Radom's Bloomfield Hills home,
the dinners she painstakingly prepares are a labor of
love equal to the magnificent table settings she creates
throughout the year.
Whether it's a purple, orange and green color scheme
with Anna Weatherly china for Thanksgiving or shades
of blue with sterling silver accents for Chanukah, every
Fair Radom table is a work of art.
"I love the creativity of setting the table," says the
Bloomfield Hills resident.
Radom, a student at the Birmingham Bloomfield
Art Center, takes watercolor classes and knows her
aesthetics. A self-portrait and a still-life watercolor of
a quartet of pears grace the walls of her traditional, yet
eclectic, home.
She and her husband, Steve, a consultant, love to
entertain. "It's giving a gift to my friends," says Radom.
"I'm basically saying, 'You're special.'"
Radom's passion for beauty is evident in her hobbies.
She's an award-winning master gardener who grows a

variety of hydrangeas, hostas, annuals and herbs, which
she uses in her cooking. She is a member of Temple
Beth El in Bloomfield Township, a board member of the
Detroit Institute ofArts Visiting Committee for European
Sculpture and Decorative Arts and this year's co-chair of
the Cranbrook Holiday Tables benefactor gala.

Consummate entertainer Radom shares several tips
with Platinum readers.
First and foremost, stay organized by keeping a
loose-leaf binder with dividers on several topics: menus,
recipes, floral arrangements, tabletops, etc. Radom
records menus and guest lists from each party at her
home and catalogs magazine articles and photographs
of elegant table settings.
Second, there's the trusted checklist. Everything
from napkins to tableware to the menu is recorded. "I
then can be creative and not think about what I forgot
to do," says Radom, whose color palette sets the tone

for every dinner.
For this Thanksgiving's table (shown left), she mixes
green, orange and purple, bringing the greenery of
the outside in with the ivy garland pattern of Anna
Weatherly china. Her Jay Strongwater candlesticks and
rooster add texture and style. For that special touch,
she contacted Jon Gerych of Gerych's Graziella in
Birmingham to create the centerpiece. Gerych sug-
gested placing her Jay Strongwater candlesticks on the
table and blending two napkins.
While Gerych provides fantasy and drama, Radom's
passion for color, tone and mood is enhanced by an
element of surprise. For example, she created her own
floral bedecked ice bucket to hold the champagne.
For Radom, entertaining is another word for thought-
fulness. And creating a special tabletop for family and
friends to enjoy is her passion. Perhaps that's why
she is excited to be part of the tradition of this year's
Cranbrook Holiday Tables. "Cranbrook is a gem, and I
want to keep the tradition going," she says.

Opposite page: This stunning Thanksgiving holiday table — created exclusively for JN Platinum by Fair Radom of Bloomfield Hills — features Anna Weatherly Ivy Garland china and
Jay Strongwater candlestick holders and rooster (available at Neiman Marcus, Troy); Munro stemware (available at Gerych's Graziella, Birmingham); and Godiva pumpkin chocolates.

JN platinum •

NOVEMBER 2008 •

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