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White linens and chair covers - ok with wedding colours?? (long...)
hendersonsarah
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Hi Ladies!
My ceremony and reception will be at a banquet hall attached to the Hilton Garden Hotel in Vaughan. The venue comes with white table linens as well as white chair covers.
We are having a very big reception (400-450 guests) as this is custom in my FI's culture. This means that we are having like 40 tables....
Originally I didn't care about the white linens but now I keep thinking about how it will look with our wedding colours and theme. We are doing an eggplant purple with green accents. The men are wearing tan-coloured suits. We are going for an enchanted forest type theme so incorporating a lot of nature (moss and manzanita trees) as well as crystals to match the massive chandeliers in the reception area.
Would you suggest doing an overlay on the tables? I'm afraid the white will look out of place. I know that at the end of the day people won't notice but it's all I'm thinking about lately!!!
I'm getting a day-of coordinator who could help set up the room if we get coloured chair covers and linens but I don't want to blow my budget either....help!!!!
My ceremony and reception will be at a banquet hall attached to the Hilton Garden Hotel in Vaughan. The venue comes with white table linens as well as white chair covers.
We are having a very big reception (400-450 guests) as this is custom in my FI's culture. This means that we are having like 40 tables....
Originally I didn't care about the white linens but now I keep thinking about how it will look with our wedding colours and theme. We are doing an eggplant purple with green accents. The men are wearing tan-coloured suits. We are going for an enchanted forest type theme so incorporating a lot of nature (moss and manzanita trees) as well as crystals to match the massive chandeliers in the reception area.
Would you suggest doing an overlay on the tables? I'm afraid the white will look out of place. I know that at the end of the day people won't notice but it's all I'm thinking about lately!!!
I'm getting a day-of coordinator who could help set up the room if we get coloured chair covers and linens but I don't want to blow my budget either....help!!!!
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Re: White linens and chair covers - ok with wedding colours?? (long...)
I was recently talking about chair covers with my MOH and she said it didn't matter, and to drive her point home asked me if her wedding had chair covers, or if the last wedding I went to did and I realized I had no idea.
No one will notice or remember if they're white
Plus, I really didn't want to have to think of the cost for adding linens on all of these tables! I think I just needed someone to tell me it's okay to leave them white
Although I agree with PPs about leaving as is, I too had white linens and my theme colours were royal blue/black with hot pink accents. What I did is I got black overlays ($5/per table). While this does seem inexpensive it definately is not a must and I know things add up. I had 20 tables versus your 40.
Our colours were black, charcoal, dark purple and warm white (not ivory, but not pure white either) so that was my big expense, and I honestly don't regret it, I think I VERY much would have if my hall looked like a blank canvas!!!
SO I think you have options, look into getting sashes for your chairs, overlays for your tables, get someone to come in an completely overhaul all the linens... OR accept that this is just part of the wedding not the whole wedding, and work w what you have!
I splurged on linens, but my CP's were DIY and came in under $20 each!
it may not be everyone's cup of tea, but I LOVED my hall and my decor!
I will look up prices and if I can do it, I will!
Thanks for the advice!
Our florist added extra petals on the tables to tie in the colours of the wedding so that there wouldn't be such a huge contrast - but to be honest with you, no one will make a big deal that you have white chair and table covers. If they do, tell them to get a life