Designing the interior of your wedding reception is something with which every bride struggles. If you don’t have a clear idea in your mind already, you should spend some time looking at bridal magazines. When you find a style that suits your personal taste, you can use it as the main theme of your reception. It is crucial that you don’t over-complicate this aspect of your wedding. Use this guide to create a beautiful reception room.
#1 Choose your flowers first
Before you start planning any other part of the reception, you need to choose your flowers. Once you know what your flower arrangements will look like, you can use that as a starting point. Let’s say that you choose red roses for your arrangements. Your two main color themes will be white and red. When you choose the rest of the decor, you need to keep this in mind. You can incorporate colors such as pink into the theme, but avoid using anything that clashes with red.
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#2 Use paper lanterns
Every wedding reception should include some beautiful paper lanterns, as they are stunning. These lighting decorations add a magical, whimsical element to the venue itself. You could get plain white lanterns or even some colorful pieces. If you use these lights around the room or venue, you will find that they look romantic and stylish. You could even have lanterns leading down the walkway towards the venue doors.
#3 Plan your table settings
Table settings are something that many people struggle with when planning out their decor. All you need is some simple wedding tablecloths, a centerpiece, some candles and place settings. You can get a company to print bespoke name cards for your guests and lay them out on the tables. Use some old jam jars as candle holders and light some small candles inside them for the perfect romantic effect.
#4 It’s all about the centerpieces
As far as centerpieces go, you can’t go wrong with a flower arrangement in the center of each table. Some people try to be too fancy when it comes to this feature of their wedding. You don’t need ridiculous ice sculptures of statues in the middle of every table. Instead, get a simple bouquet of flowers and pop it in the middle of the space. You can put the bouquets in glass vases and tie some ribbon around them to make them look simple, yet stylish.
#5 Avoid using glitter
Glitter is an absolute disaster when it comes to weddings. You can get loads of little ‘celebration’ packs with glitter inside them. Here’s a hint – that glitter will get everywhere and will make your reception look a mess. Besides looking tacky, this decoration will be a pain to clean up and could get in people’s food. Just do yourself a massive favor and avoid it altogether. There are better ways to make your venue look fantastic.
#6 Keep things simple
When you start decorating the room, you need to keep things simple. Having too many different things going on in a small space will be a nightmare. Instead, you need to keep things plain and stick to just one theme. If you use one major color for the decor, you will not go far wrong. Don’t try to incorporate too many different ideas into your final design.
Your wedding day should be all about you, and so you get the final say when it comes to the decor. When you start making plans, you can ask for advice from people, but you need to trust your instincts. You know how you want the room to look; you just need the confidence to make it happen.
