Blank Space...Ideas?

Alice in Wonderland...

Tyler and I are getting married sometime next fall (Sept-Nov) and we can rent a ceremony/reception site for less than 100 dollars and pay cost for catering! The only problem is its just a series of 3 blank white rooms. I would have to completely decorate the hall and I HATE white walls. Any ideas? I'm trying not to spend *too* much money. Thanks! :~)

ffmaid

Colored lights sending color onto the walls.
Although the best idea is to distract from the aspects you do not like by drawing the eye elsewhere. So dramatic centerpieces and lovely tables will prevent folks from even looking at the walls.

Alice in Wonderland...

I guess I could include our colors. We chose red, black, and ivory.

StarJay

It can be expensive, but drapery might be an option. I'd be very careful w/ the lighting using red. Make sure you get to see it before you decide, because sometimes red lighting looks more orange and if not done right can make your area look more hellish than romantic.
 
Honestly, I think you will be surprised once you get the table and chairs set up.  I helped with the formal dinners at my college, which were always held in a very ugly hall (think run down high school gym ugly).  By the time we set up the tables and chairs, decorated the tables, and turned the lights down, the walls didn't really matter too much. See if you can track down some pictures of other functions held there to get some ideas.

Another cute option, if you get e-pics done, get a few blown up someplace affordable (photogs often charge a fortune for that). Frame and hang them around the rooms in place of a slide show.  It will be an extra touch if when you do pics you and FI wear your colors so they help draw the room together.
I'm sure the venue doesn't want you to put holes in the wall, but the 3M command hooks and strips work wonders w/o marking or damaging most wall surfaces.

Wow....a lot of long ideas came out, sorry. Had a slow day at work to brainstorm on it.

aerinpegadrak

I think uplighting would probably be the easiest and most dramatic.  I would probably do a pink tone rather than red, it's a really flattering and romantic kind of lighting.  You could also play around with some fabrics and lights, you can probably hit the after-Christmas sale and get good deals on strings and nets of lights.

Maybe you could do a few topiaries of some sort?  You wouldn't need many to have a pretty major impact.