Black & white reception after colorful sanctuary?

LoveWins88 · March 2010

FI and I are looking at a local church for our ceremony and reception because it's beautiful and cheap. The sanctuary is gorgeous!

Unfortunately, the reception room is very plain and needs a lot of decorating. I don't have tons of money to spend on lavish decor, but I found this inspiration board on Snippet & Ink that I think is adorable:

The decor features balloons, twine, paper garlands and milk glass, all very affordable.

Question is, will a white and black reception look weird after all the color in the sanctuary?

mbcdefg · March 2010

Nobody is going to notice or care. Use what you like.

danieliza1127 · March 2010

Not at all. They are two different venues, use what you like.

LoveWins88 · March 2010

Well, they aren't seperate venues. They're in the same building. One is the sanctuary, and the other is the fellowship hall.

Sue-n-Kevin · March 2010

We are using a mid-1800's chapel and a building that houses a banquet hall, all at the same historic village. I'm using white flowers, and probably paper pew cones at the ceremony, and black & white at the reception. My colors won't match the chairs or the carpet. I don't care, because once the room is full of people, no one notices.

Don't overthink this. Have what you want.

2dBride · March 2010

The whole emphasis on what your "colors" are strikes me as ridiculous--and this is just one example. A wedding reception is a party. So long as everything looks ni8ce together, it doesn't have to be in some neatly defined set of colors. Nor does the reception venue have to look like the ceremony venue.