Party Decorations Sunshine Coast

Party decorations on the Sunshine Coast range from hired styling pieces such as arbours, plinths, neon signs and fringed umbrellas to the balloons, banners and table settings you buy outright. Hiring makes sense for the large pieces you would only use once, and the supplier delivers and collects them.

The coast's climate shapes the decorating plan as much as the theme does.

Plan the look in this order:

• Start with the focal point: an arbour, a dessert-table backdrop or a welcome sign sets the colour palette for everything else.
• Match the scale to the setting, because a beach reserve, a garden and a hinterland hall each need different sized pieces.
• Allow for weather: humid summer air wilts paper decorations, and afternoon wind moves anything light.
• Decide who sets up, since styled delivery costs more but saves the host hours on the day.
• Check with the venue what can be fixed to walls, beams or ceilings.

If you want someone to design and install the whole look, an event stylist handles the concept and set-up. Event florists take care of fresh flowers, which suffer in summer heat without shade.