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Home Wedding Decoration
Seven Steps to Home Wedding Decoration
So you’ve decided to get married at home? Here’s how to make
your home wedding decorations spectacular!
Decorating your home for a wedding can be a challenge. In most
cases, the budget is limited and there are unique circumstances
involved. Here are some tips to help your guests forget that they
are sitting in your living room:
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Create an impression immediately
Place a lot of decorations at the entrance of the home to help set
the ambiance. Rented columns serve nicely to define an
entranceway. Don’t forget to dress up the small details such as
mailboxes and tree trunks to help give an overall impression of
elegance. Hang heart bouquets tied with pretty silk ribbon on
windows and doors where your guests will notice them as they
enter.
Work with what you’ve got
Make use of what is already in your home and yard. Do you have a
staircase in your home? It could serve as a grand entrance as you
make your way down to the alter. Drape stairways with swags of
fabric with a fresh flower in the center of each. Posts can be
wrapped in ribbon or fake greenery and topped with a houseplant.
Make use of rentals
One of the easiest things you can do to decorate a home for a
wedding is to rent specialty décor items from a party supply
store. They usually carry a wide array of fun items from chocolate
fountains to temporary dance floors.
Not only does renting professional equipment make it easy to unify
the space, but it also keeps you from having to go out and
purchase these items. Put your regular furniture in the garage and
rent tables and chairs. Nothing says homemade wedding like having
Dad’s favorite easy chair in the corner!
Use existing plants and flowers
Incorporate flowers and plants that surround your home into the
decoration. This will serve to save money and unify the space.
Dried flowers also add a touch of romance and are inexpensive to
prepare from your garden or from the garden of a friend. Cut
flowers and hang upside down a few weeks before the wedding. Tie
with a pretty bow and hang as decoration.
Dress up the ordinary
In order to camouflage that 1970’s inspired wallpaper left over
from the previous owners, drape fabric on the walls. You can use
paint-protect double-sided tape to avoid damage to the walls. Bows
are always a good way to hide imperfections or items that can’t be
moved.
The giant big-screen TV that takes up an entire corner of the room
can be draped with fabric and a bow applied to each top corner.
Also be sure to remove all other kitschy decorations and pictures
from the room to give it a feeling of a whole new space.
Pay attention to lighting
You may want to invest in special lighting so you and your new
husband have an angelic glow as you make your first toast. Be
careful of candles due to the risk of ending up with your veil on
fire. Ordinary table lamps can be dressed up with fabric, but be
careful not to drape fabric over the top. Also, the use of mirrors
throughout the house can make the space seem twice as large and
reflect the candlelight.
Appeal to the senses
One of the great advantages to having your wedding at home is you
aren’t bound by all of those stuffy rules that banquet facilities
and hotels make you abide by. For instance, you can increase the
“hominess” by having a cinnamon stick simmering in water on the
stove.
You can also place scented candles or oils throughout the house
that remind people of love and romance- jasmine, vanilla, cherry,
etc. You may also want to incorporate small fountains so guests
are relaxed at the sounds of flowing water.
The best thing about home wedding decoration is that it allows you
the ultimate freedom to express your personality and make your
guests feel right at home.
About the Author
Judy Meyer is a freelance writer who lives in San Diego, CA and a contributor to http://www.wedding-decoration-idea.com.
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