No wedding would be complete without a beautiful dressed wedding venue and decorations. Choosing the right venue dressing for your wedding day takes a lot of thought. We chatted with expert Nicola from Elegant Event Designs to find out the do’s and don’ts when looking for your perfect decor or stylist. So before you book your stylist make sure you’re fully equipped with some basic knowledge about venue styling and decoration.
· Do research Wedding Themes: When planning venue dressing a wedding theme or colour pallet is essential as a basis. Research early, go to wedding fayres and ask your venue dresser for ideas! Venue dressing should complement and express your wedding theme so this is a great starting point.
· Do create a mood board/pinterest board: once you have decided on your wedding theme or colour pallet the next steps would be to create a visual. Use cut-outs from wedding magazines or create a virtual wedding mood board on pinterest, you can even invite your venue dresser who can add ideas to a shared board too! Creating a mood board is perfect for visualising your wedding day and for your venue dresser to match up their decoration to your ideas!
· Don’t forget to use the venue dressing company to dress the wedding venue: venue dressers are the experts so use them! Rather than asking your mum, guest or even try and take on the task yourself, venue dressers or event planners will save you time and definitely stress on your wedding day. Tying a bow might look easy but when you have many and you want your decoration to look perfect it’s best to leave the dressing down to the experts so you can relax and enjoy your day!
· Don’t book two sets of venue dressing: many couples make the mistake of hiring two sets of venue dressing. You have hired decor for the entire day so why not use the ceremony venue dressing and move to the next venue or evening party? Your venue dresser or event planner will be more than happy to move the decor for you.
· Do make sure your Venue Dresser is fully insured: always check their certificated to ensure they are fully insured to work in your wedding venue.
· Do be organised: List down all the different types of venue dressing you can have at your wedding, for example, centerpieces, aisle decor, candles, chairs, backdrops… the list goes on! Make sure no space goes uncovered!
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· Do stick to your budget: there are some amazing packages out there, do stick to your budget, shop around to find a venue dresser whose packages match your budget.
· Do go to your venue and meet your venue dresser at the venue: a site visit is a great way to bounce your ideas off your venue dresser and to agree exactly on what you want and where, especially if the venue dresser has not been to the venue before, if they have then ask them for tips on how they have dressed the rooms previously for some inspo!
· Do look at the decor: ensure you get the opportunity to view the look or different types of décor you expect, and where possible, have a full consultation with your dresser so each party fully understands requirements and expectations.
· Do ask questions: make sure you discuss everything, ask questions and listen to the advice of your venue dresser, they may have some different ideas from your initial vision but they are the expert so keep an open mind and don’t reject any ideas they have that might that initially does not fit it with what you had in mind.
· Do make sure there is no space overlooked: You don’t have to dress every single nook and cranny but maybe there is a wall/partition or painting you want to hide? Adding backdrops or some moon arches can help hide those parts of the venue you want to hide.
· Do not stress: once you have booked a reputable venue dresser then don’t stress over the details (that’s their job!) In my experience your big day goes by so quickly, just enjoy it and let the professionals do the rest
· Do check out my next article: ‘‘Top Wedding Decor Trends you need to know about’’ here!
Elegant Event Designs bring their professional creativity and inspiration to your wedding day. Set to your budget, they will work with you to create the right theme and style that is tailored to perfectly reflect your wedding. Contact Elegant Event designs today
Call: 07921067543 | Email: info@eleganteventdesigns.co.uk
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