Could Someone Give Me Some Decorating Advice For A Wedding Reception?
I am trying to come up with the most economically friendly place for my wedding reception. The most logical thing I have come up with is my stepdad’s metal building. It has more than enough room to seat the 75 people that will be attending and will still have room for people to dance. It has a cement floor though, and high ceilings. How can I decorate it to look less industrial for a wedding reception?
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You could string white christmas lights from wall to wall to create a “lowered” ceiling effect. You could also have martha stewart’s pom pom craft idea suspended in your colors on fish wire to appear that they are floating. As far as hiding the walls you could get balloons filled with helium and weighted down to the ground so the balloons would be a different heights but going up the wall type thing. http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/art…
The focus would be taken off the industrial walls and people will notice the lovely colors and such surrounding them.
Good luck!
You need to use lighting to your advantage. Candles provide a nice romantic glow in comparison to the bright fluorescent lights typically found in metal buildings. Also, white Christmas lights will have the same effect. Wrap strands of lights in white tulle and use that on the floors around the edge of the room and hanging from the ceiling or at the top edge of the walls. If you can afford it drape fabric from the ceiling to help disguise the metal ceiling. Try the same thing to cover the walls. A less expensive option is to hang paper lanterns in various sizes from the ceiling. You can use white or your wedding colors. Make your centerpieces tall to help fill in the gap between low tables and a high ceiling. If that’s too expensive, try alternating tables-half have low centerpieces, half have tall centerpieces. Include candles in those centerpieces to help light the room. Mirrors on the tables are also great for making your centerpiece “pop”. Columns can be wrapped with fabric and lights; use table cloths to make it look more formal; dress up your tables and chairs to help distract from the surrounding metal walls.
Keep in mind, dressing up a plain location can cost as much as renting a dressed up place to begin with. I went through this and ended up spending more than I would have for a decent looking hall. Not to discourage you, just something to keep in mind.
First thing I would consider is whether there are adequate restroom facilities to accommodatee that many people? The only reason I mention this is because we had the same idea, thought the building was great, but with only one small bathroom, realized it wouldn’t be the best place for our guests. Just something to keep in mind.
Now, on to the decorating. I think it would look nice to have paper lanterns (or somethingsimilarr) hanging from the ceiling. This would bring the height of the building down to a better level and also add color to the room. Another idea would be to string clear lights across the room. The lighting will add a nice ambience. If you make sure the table decorations are the main focal point (bright colored linens, interesting centerpieces, candles, etc), no one will be looking at the walls and ceilings.
If you and your girlfriends have the time, or even you and your fiancee, make an appointment or go into a store that offers decorating services, take a look around and ask questions, you dont have to commit to their service but it might give you ideas to use and I almost garunteee that with a little thought you could re-create the ideas for much cheaper.
I would rec paper lanterns. Turn down the lighting and use lots of candles to give it a more intimate feel. You could do dome draping but that costs $$. Once you put the tables in it should warm us the room a bit. Just make sure you choose floor length linens with that type of venue. Also try to go with tall center pieces because when you have a large space the short ones tend to look puny. GL
Lighting is your friend. You can transform this metal building into a magical place with some fairy lights clustered together. If possible, bring in some potted trees. Place tea lights on the tables as well. You could end up with a very unique ambiance!
Flower petals on the floor, nice center pieces, tables with table clothes, hang colorful paper lanterns from the rafters using fishing line…
firslt congrats on geting hitched, um my aunts like a weddng planner but mostly for asian type wedding,i thought id try answer ur question cause as you probably kno asian wedding are 4 days long and the decoratons are like EVERYTHNG… i think its easy if u can think of a theme youd like to follow , assuming you have a strong bundle of cash to spend , if not.. just make everyhting look neutral in colour white or magnolia, with flowery decor, make sure lighting is good, makes for good pics, and have any dark areas of the hall,… covered, like plants or watever, urm the tables and chairs i always criticse at wedding (iv been to quite a few) they ahve crappy coverings, try having like nice table cloth,.. and ceiling you dont wana make it like a childs bday party with things hangn off, but gettin long layers of cloth and hanging them from corners tot he middle will lower the ceiling giving them more of a cosy spacial effect,.. maybe add flower trails to the ceiling, not being offensive but church wedding iv been to seem so cold, because o the openness and thorugh expericne cosier places seem better.. again lighting is everyhting, and maybe folow like a crystal theme where you can have table centers with nice ornaments, i donu depends ont he stylem if you were to choose a theme itd b more helpful… but anywyas aslong as you peeps are there, i think itd b great.. ps.. layout of the place is v important too..so dont maket cramped or id say dont put chairs in rows like most ppl do it makes it seem like, its a mass.. or formal be imaginative..