Chairs clash with wedding colors

Midwest2Texas · November 2015

I'm having trouble settling on the exact colors I want to use. I know I want to have a dark purple and burnt-orange (Wedding 11/5/16). The problem I'm running into is that the venue has burgundy banquet chairs. Right now this is my idea:

Dark purple tablecloths with burnt orange napkins and burnt orange centerpieces with a bit of dark purple. In my mind it looks pretty until I add in burgundy chairs. I don't HAVE to use those chairs, but the free ones are those cheap plastic school-chairs of assorted colors. If I want, I can bring in chairs from a rental company (venue has no vendor restrictions) The burgundy banquet chars are $2/chair. In a perfect world I would rent chivilari chairs, but around here those cost approx $10/chair (Yikes!). Wooden garden chairs also cost around $2/chair to rent.

I've thought about chair covers, but I don't know that I can do that at an affordable price. (est. chairs needed 50-70)

Any suggestions?

zitiqueen · November 2015

Midwest2Texas said:

I'm having trouble settling on the exact colors I want to use. I know I want to have a dark purple and burnt-orange (Wedding 11/5/16). The problem I'm running into is that the venue has burgundy banquet chairs. Right now this is my idea:

Dark purple tablecloths with burnt orange napkins and burnt orange centerpieces with a bit of dark purple. In my mind it looks pretty until I add in burgundy chairs. I don't HAVE to use those chairs, but the free ones are those cheap plastic school-chairs of assorted colors. If I want, I can bring in chairs from a rental company (venue has no vendor restrictions) The burgundy banquet chars are $2/chair. In a perfect world I would rent chivilari chairs, but around here those cost approx $10/chair (Yikes!). Wooden garden chairs also cost around $2/chair to rent.

I've thought about chair covers, but I don't know that I can do that at an affordable price. (est. chairs needed 50-70)

Any suggestions?

Stop worrying about chair colors.

julieanne912 · November 2015

Not gonna lie, I tweaked my wedding colors to match the chairs at the venue, which were dark red. But, like others have pointed out, burgundy would look really nice with purple and burnt orange.

FTR, my colors were a dark red (not quite burgundy), burnt orange, tan and chocolate. We could have easily added in purple into the mix and it would have looked really nice.

And yes, with the money I would have spent on chair covers, I was able to add to the apps at cocktail hour. I'm pretty sure the guests cared way more about that than the color of the chairs.

ShesSoCold · November 2015

My suggestion? Move on with your life. What did the chairs look like at the last wedding you were at? Oh, you don't remember? Exactly, No one will notice chairs.

If you do remember, you're probably the only one. I don't even know what the chairs looked like at my own wedding.

thisismynickname2 · November 2015

I thought burgundy and purple would go pretty well together actually.

To be honest, I'm more likely to notice chairs that have chair covers because I always slide off them, the covers slide around, I trip in the skirt of the cover, etc. I'm sure the burgundy chairs as they are will look fine and to PP's point, no one notices a plain ole chair anyway.

lyndausvi · November 2015

over thinking. Besides burgundy is a fall color too and will look nice with your colors.

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PrettyGirlLost · November 2015

Burgundy *is* a fall color.

Don't waste your money on friggin chair covers. As another PP said, they are really just a tripping hazard anyways.

99.9% of your guests won't notice or care about your chairs, and that 0.1% who do certainly won't say anything to you about it.

climbingsingle · November 2015

Tell me what colors the chairs were at the last 3 weddings you attended.

CMGragain · November 2015

Nobody cares what color the chairs are. They only care that there are enough of them for everybody to sit down.

kaos16 · November 2015

My venue gave the option of using their generic chairs that has some pattern in the fabric backs, upgrading to "fancy chairs" or getting chair covers, of which you they had a few options. Me, being a budget conscious bride, went with the chairs that were included for no cost. I have completely zero recollection of those chairs at the wedding. I'm sure nobody cares what they look like as long as there is one for every butt!

AddieCake · November 2015

I couldn't tell you what the chairs at my own wedding looked like. I think they were brown, but I couldn't pick them out of a lineup.

holyguacamole79 · November 2015

If I were a guest, I'd rather you spend that extra chair $$ on food and drink.

Knottie1435598375 · November 2015

Personally, I really dislike that look of the white chair cover sometimes with a colored sash. Like others have said, they are slippery and when I look at them, all I can think of is that someone spent ~$5 on each cover! I'm sure the chairs that come with the venue are perfect. Go with that.

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