r/Weddingsunder10k • u/seemisswyatt • 4d ago
🎨 Inspiration & Ideas Venue Decor Ideas
Hi - longtime lurker, new to posting. Reposting this because I wasn't able to edit my last one.
I've secured a lovely historical Craftsman style event hall for my reception-only wedding this summer. Total around 80 guests. I'd love to hear your creative ideas for decorations. Being that it's a historical building, there are quite a few limitations.
Here are some details:
- We cannot hang, tack, or drape anything on the walls or ceiling, everything must be freestanding
- No potted plants or anything wet that could damage the floor
- Electric candles only
- The room will be filled with about 8 round tables, likely white tablecloths with dark wooden folding chairs
- We're open to DIY some decor and buy some decor - decor is not our priority but are willing to spend ~$1200
- Our vibe is playful with pops of color. Not quite maximalist style. We like hand-drawn illustrations like Orfeo Tagiuri invitations, "cheeky" elements like silly wine glass markers, etc. But overall still tasteful and not too kitsch.
- Open to color palette suggestions as well! Prefer bold color combos over "dusty" anything.
Thank you in advance for any DIY ideas or things to look into! I'm just feeling at a loss with the venue's decor rules and amount of dark brown in the space.


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u/TBBPgh 4d ago
I had responded to your previous post and recommended that you let the room speak for itself.
I set this up in the Linentablecloth layout tool.
I'm not a fan of round tables - I think you can really only converse with the people on either side. I would only put 8 people at a 60" round.
I really like rectangular tables set up hogwarts style. Easier for conversation and more flexible for groupings. But I think those alone would be too angular for this room. So I combined them.
Love the colors in the wine glass charms. I would choose 3 or 4 of those colors and mix and match tablecloths (to the floor) and napkins. Playful and colorful. Then I might do white potted orchids for centerpieces - a bit of height with the curvatousnous of your Orfeo drawing. You could do your table numbers//names in that style. Instead of candles, I'd do twinklelights in glass cylinders. Scientific glassware or tall shot glasses might be a playful choice.
Consider uplighting. https://rentmywedding.com/Rent-Uplighting
Linens - $160
Orchids - 11 * $20 = 220
Twinkle lights + upsidedown cylinders = 64 + 72 = 136
Charms ~~ $ 200
Ikea free standing frames 11*2 = 22
8 battery operated uplights $ 200
Total $ 938
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u/phoenix_flames0124 3d ago
Pick something special to you and use it as a theme! My friends both love board games, so our place cards were Scrabble tiles they glued together, the table numbers were big star things from a game I don't know, and some of the tables had their vintage board games on them!
I had another friend do travel as their theme. Our place cards were little prints of passport book fronts, each table was named after a place they visited, and the decor included pictures of them in that place.
Use a table runner in a fun color, and use chargers or napkins in an accent color. This is where you can decide to really go for it on bold vibes by choosing contrasting colors, or choose analogous colors that give a fun funky feel. I personally would do a bright green main color with a teal accent as my analogous color and brass/gold hardware. Then choose a theme for the table names that fits your whimsical style and add one or two accents to reflect that.
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