Fabulous Wedding Ideas For Your Barn Wedding Part 1
Use venue features in your theme
Don’t overlook existing venue features as focal points for your venue décor. Make use of any wow factors at your venue, such as a grand piano or a vintage tractor, and then use them for your photos! Ask your stationary designer or cake maker to include an image of your venue entrance or other stand – out detail to give a truly cohesive theme for your day.
Photo Credit: SandS Photo – Wedding Photography & Video [photo of isle featuring oak beams and doors onto lake]
Colour the room
Uplighters and back lighting create a fairy tale feeling as guests enter the room. Use strong colours for an unforgettable statement look, perhaps red or purple for a more dramatic feel, or simple warm white or pale blue to enhance the romance of your chosen venue.
A rainbow of colour
Turn the ceiling into a kaleidoscope of colours to emphasize your venue’s airy interior. Hanging pom poms, lanterns or cascading fabric adds something truly magnificent to your dining room décor.
Get crafty
For a really personal touch for your big day, consider the charm of genuinely hand-crafted invites and place settings. Your guests will appreciate the time spent and you will beam with pride at the compliments you receive. DIY touches are budget friendly and put a truly individual stamp on your day.
Photo Credit: PixiesintheCellar – Wedding Photography
Let there be light
What better way to illuminate a beautiful barn wedding than with a chandelier or two? Sandhole Oak Barn’s chandeliers handcrafted by a local blacksmith are stunning as they are… but they can also look amazing with a little seasonal foliage and hanging tea lights.
Blooming Beautiful Beams
Possibly one of our favourite wedding decoration ideas, particularly for winter weddings, is a strong use of seasonal foliage and sprinkled with twinkle. It’s important that your venue is equally as brilliant by night as it is by day, given that your celebrations continue as the sun goes down. Greenery mixed with hanging battery-operated tea lights for your first dance is truly magical and makes for stunning photographs.
Photo Credit: SandS Photo – Wedding Photography & Video
Bunting everywhere and on everything!
Bunting is still a popular feature at many country weddings and one of the easiest ways to bring a colour theme and vintage look to your wedding, without hiding a barn venue’s lofty heights and the splendour of exposed beams.
Love blossoms
When you’re getting married in a barn or church, you’re often already blessed with high ceilings, and a spacious dining area. Introducing tall blossom trees draws the eye upwards and adds a romantic finishing touch that brings the outside in.
The rustic look
Take inspiration from rustic rural interiors and create a display using old baskets or crates. Mismatched sizes and styles, together with a mixture of metal and wooden boxes, will look great once filled with personal touches – old photographs, candles, or something old, something blue. A family tree of weddings adorned with trinkets can tell your guests the story that has led to your moment here and now…
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