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Decorating My Reception Venue...

Skie2bluSkie2blu
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 Hi there! I'm looking for some suggestions for inexpensive decorating ideas for this space... there's two rooms, the one with all the windows will have the candy buffet and DJ with lighting effects, so I don't think it will need decorating (other than a view vases on the tables). The other room, the windowless one with the animal mount hearth... that's where everyone will be sitting for dinner.  We can use tacks on the walls. The tables will be set up in 5 rows, perpendicular to the animal mounts with table runners and velum photo & calla lilly centerpieces. And, lots of candles. I'm also thinking the cake table will be on the left hand side somewhere.
  The ceremony will be at a pavilion with an orange and teal tulle ceiling and gerbera daisies on the ends of the aisles - but a pretty casual and upbeat/happy feel over all.
  Any suggestions would help - I'd love to hear your ideas.
(the banquet room - it extends to the left a ways)

(The DJ room, the bar is to the left and the banquet room is directly behind where I was standing. The pool table will become the gift table.)

Oh yeah, and all of the standing mounts will be removed - but the ones hanging on the walls will stay.

TIA!

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Re: Decorating My Reception Venue...

  • Catwoman708Catwoman708 member
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    That has a distinct outdoorsy or "hunting lodge" feel to the rooms.  When you literally have an elephant in the room (or mounted Bambi heads, lol), if you cannot remove them or easily hide them, then just go with it.

    I don't mean decorate with cammo tablecloths and ammo boxes for the centerpieces, but more like earth toned linens and lanterns for centerpieces.  Or add lots of plants, maybe small potted green plants, like ivy and ferns, as decoration and/or centerpieces (and give them away afterwards, as favors).

    Have you already picked your colors?  If not, I could easily see some rich earthy tones, like brown, khaki, with a deep, rich red or red/rust color. 

    I don't know about you, but I'd be tempted to do something a little whimsical or outrageous to some of those deer heads.  Like putting a veil on one, and sunglasses and a bow tie on another over the bride and groom's head table.  I know it sounds silly and tacky, but I"m half serious, lol.
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  • Skie2bluSkie2blu
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       Thanks for the reply. Our colors are teal & burnt orange and my fiance made the centerpieces we're using - three frames together to form a triangle, with vellum photos of us in them and a candle in the middle - so quite "lanternish".
       Both of our families are big into hunting and the outdoors, so all of the dead stuff on the walls didn't occur to me as being a problem until I really started thinking about the decorations. I didn't think about using live plants- maybe we could somehow incorporate those big leafy greeneries from lowe's.... would definitely fit in much better than tulle. 
       When I originally suggested covering them up, the owner was somewhat offended and made sure I knew that if I could somehow cover them  without touching, it would be ok- but absolutely no touching of the mounts! It will ruin them, evidently - though I'm not so sure you can ruin something that's already dead.
       Thanks again, I'm going to investigate options with plants.
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