Decorating your wedding reception and ceremony space is fun, but can be sometimes overwhelming. It is easy to miss things and no couple wants to be running around at the last minute buying decorations. We suggest starting with making a wedding decor to-do list.

 

 

The decorative items

Let’s start with your decorative items. This is everything that decorates the space and gives it that wow factor. It’s good practice to break everything down into easy-to-digest segments. Planning a wedding is hard work and when you’re just beginning, it can feel like climbing a moutain. Breaking it down into sections will help take control of it without spiraling out of control.

 

Flowers and centerpieces

These are a beautiful way of dressing your tables and should be your first port of call when decorating the tables. Do you want big, flamboyant floral arrangements, or are you happy with something subtle and minimal? Garlands and bouquets should all be considered in this part of the planning too as you want everything ideally to tie together.

 

Tablecloths and linens

For those who don’t know yet, there’s a lot to plan – even when it comes down to the tablecloths and linens! Make sure to choose colours, textures, and designs that match the theme of the wedding. Depending on what you choose will depend on how much you’re spending, so it’s definitely an area of wedding planning that can be done on a budget, or made quite expensive.

 

Candles and fairy lights

Regardless of whether your wedding is in the day or at night, it’s always important to factor in your lighting features. Candles or fairy lights are often the go-to for wedding venues and while they might not look like much, they do a lot to provide the right ambience you need in any wedding venue.

 

 

Banners and signs

Banners and signage around your wedding venue are useful for highlighting key moments happening throughout the wedding. They can be useful for guiding your guests from one location to the next. It’s definitely worth looking at flyer printing so that you can get everything you need printed and ready for putting up around the wedding venue.

 

Furniture and rentals

The furniture you have available at the wedding venue is important to consider. You want to ensure everything is included and if it isn’t, then you might want to consider what needs to be hired or rented out.

 

Tables and chairs

Depending on the number of guests coming to your big day, you might need a few more tables and chairs than what the venue can provide. It’s also something you might want to consider if the provided tables and chairs don’t match up with your vision or theme.

 

Dance floor

The dance floor plays a big part in your day and it’s important that the floor itself is catering to as many guests as possible. While you might not be able to fit every single guest on the dance floor, the bigger it can be, the better. It’s also something you want to check prior to finding the best place and location for it.

 

Lounge furniture

For those moments where guests need to rest their feet from dancing too much or to take a break from standing during the reception, lounge furniture is crucial. Make sure you’ve thought about what lounge furniture you need to hire.

Arches and backdrops

Typically, these are often hired for the purpose of photographs, especially if you’re having a photo booth. You might also want to look at arches or backdrops for your wedding ceremony, especially if there are certain venues that don’t really have much going for them in terms of photo opportunities.

 

 

The practical items

The practical items are often forgotten about but these can be crucial when you need to hang stuff or decorate the venue outside of what you’ve hired for helping hands. From tape to clips, scissors, and cable ties, you want to have a go-to box of all these practical essentials. 

 

You should also look at hiring some ladders or step stools for reaching those places higher up. Often enough venues will have these available, but that might not always be the case.

 

Personal touches

Personal touches are crucial for your wedding day because they certainly help give your wedding that intimacy that every wedding should have.

Photos and frames

Consider what photos you’ll want to include on your wedding day. You might want to place these in frames or on banners that you hang around the space. You might also want to decorate an area with photos of family members and friends who couldn’t be at the wedding due to their passing.

 

Personalised items

From monograms to customised wedding favors and places to sign wedding guest books, etc. Personalized items offer that personal touch that your wedding might need to really complete the entirety of the wedding setup.

 

 

Installation and setup of venue decor

The installation and setup of the venue decor is an important one and it’s something that will help when it comes to the logistics of the day. The more help you can gather, whether it be through professionals or willing friends and family members is crucial.

 

The setting up of your venue decor should ideally be done the day before but not every couple or venue offers that luxury. As such, the setup and installation might happen on the morning of the wedding day, which means a mad rush to get everything done. Wedding planners or managers can be helpful to draft in for help. They will usually take on the whole responsibility of ensuring everything is in its right place before the day begins.

 

A timeline is good to have in place so that anyone who’s involved in the setup, however small their job may be, knows where they need to come in. The more planning and prep you put into this part of the wedding decor and setup, the better. Make sure you also coordinate with your vendors, which means everyone who is bringing stuff to the venue. From the caterers to the DJ booth and more. These are all people and companies you’ll need to get in touch with prior to the big day. 

 

They’ll be a great help for the logistics of the day and ensure you don’t have too many people blowing up your phone because they don’t know where they’re going. Decorating your wedding space can feel like a real challenge but it’s one that can be a great success if you start early and ensure everything is added to a big to-do list. You’ll find that you have the wedding of your dreams when you get the wedding decorations locked in and sorted as soon as possible.

 

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