The room we want to rent for our reception is HUGE! The owner said that it will hold 500 people sitting at round tables...I am having about 175-200 people at the reception. I am from a small town, so venues are extremely limited and this is the only venue that fits into my budget and that is still available for my wedding day. Do any of you have any ideas to make a large room appear smaller without costing a fortune? My mom thinks that instead of spreading everything out across the entire room, we could group the tables together in one half of the room so it appears to be more intimate...Any ideas will be appreciated!
Re: What if reception space is too big??
Pull all the tables in closer, either more in one half of the space, or in the center. This leaves plenty of open space for food, cake, beverage, and gift tables. Or if you are having dancing, it leaves plenty of open space for a dance floor area.
Also, there is no need to decorate the whole space. Just keep the focus on the tables, and maybe go a little more dramatic with the centerpieces.
You could also add a few additional seating areas, for cozy conversation nooks, or a corner with a nice decorated backdrop for a photo area.
Our venue could hold about 350 and we only had 120. They just spread the tables out nicely and the whole room was filled up with tables and people. Somehow they made it work. Pics in bio but I'm not sure how many of the reception. Just talk to your venue about your concerns. Surely you aren't the only smaller wedding or event they've had in that room.
Or, you could see if the venue has some sort of partition they could use to block of half the room. I know most venues we looked at were able to do that so it may just be as simple as asking the reception manager.
This is a belated married bio, with no reviews yet because I'm lazy.
Sometimes I feel like people think that brides are delicate little flower princesses who get all dressed up and pretty for one special moment of their dreams, when really they're just normal people who just happen to be getting married. Things shouldn't have to be sugar-coated for grown-ass women. -mstar284
This is a belated married bio, with no reviews yet because I'm lazy.
Sometimes I feel like people think that brides are delicate little flower princesses who get all dressed up and pretty for one special moment of their dreams, when really they're just normal people who just happen to be getting married. Things shouldn't have to be sugar-coated for grown-ass women. -mstar284