Adding Special Touches To Your Wedding

Adding Special Touches To Your Wedding

How To Decorate For A Farm Wedding

by Philip Douglas

Rustic chic is a style that has come into fashion in recent times. It's an aesthetic that blends unfussy, down-to-earth elements with high fashion elegance. If you enjoy the rustic chic look, you'll want to pick a venue that will allow you to easily bring your ideal wedding to life. A farm wedding venue is the perfect place to throw a rustic wedding and a lovely reception. Here are four tips to help you decorate for a farm wedding.

1. Choose the right venue.

The first step in making your wedding look just the way you want is selecting the right venue. When you choose a venue whose appearance you love, you'll have less decorating to do overall. The idea is to work with your venue instead of against it. Take the time to tour several possible venue options, if you have the time to do so. Pictures are a good way to inspect a venue in a pinch, but there's no substitute for standing in a space to see how it feels to you.

2. Decide if you want a wedding arch.

Wedding arches can be a great way to direct focus to the bride and groom during the wedding ceremony. This is an especially important feature if you're holding your wedding outdoors or in a barn where there's a lot of open space. Wedding arches can be bought pre-made. If you or your fiance is handy, you may even be able to build your own. Wedding arches used in farm weddings are often simply decorated using long strips of gauzy fabric or some beautiful, fresh flowers.

3. Take advantage of fresh flowers.

The draw of a farm wedding is the natural beauty of the setting. Your decorations should play up this feature rather than detract from it. Fresh flowers make great centerpieces and general decorations. They can be used to line the aisle the bride walks down at the beginning of the ceremony, and flowers look great attached to the chairs of the most important guests.

4. Determine your light source.

An adequate light source is not usually a big concern for daytime weddings, especially if those weddings are held outdoors. If you decide to hold your wedding and reception at night, you'll want to make sure there's enough light for everyone to comfortably see. Farm wedding venues may or may not provide a light source for you. Floodlights may be used for evening ceremonies outdoors, and many barns used for wedding receptions are outfitted with a source of overhead light. If you want a more romantic lighting scheme, you can consider using candles, torches, and other forms of natural light to cast a soft illuminating glow over everything.

Contact a farm wedding reception venue for more information.


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Adding Special Touches To Your Wedding

I still remember my first wedding. Because I was in a hurry to get everything done, I just chose the run-of-the-mill option for every aspect of the ceremony. Instead of finding a minister who knew me and the groom, I just took whoever was available. Instead of custom designing my cake, I chose it out of a big, boring book. Unfortunately, all of these design oversights led to a wedding that was really bland. However, that marriage only lasted a few years, and before I knew it, I had a chance to do things again. The next time around, I added special touches that made a big difference. Read my website to find out how to make your wedding better.