Venue! I'll start- For privacy purposes I'm not going to link but I can describe it!

Its a local country club that is built adjacent to a historical site. This is the manor house. Our ceremony will be on the front lawn so I will make my entrance through the front door. For the cocktail hour, the manor house and historic gardens will be open to our guests. The reception will be held in the Grand Ballroom of the adjacent country club. Because its one of the highest points, historically used as a military lookout point, it has amazing views of the surrounding areas and off into the Blue Ridge Mountains. Two walls of the ballroom are tall windows that open up to the balcony so plenty of natural light will come in for our daytime reception, and the adjacent terrace will be open as well.