So frustrated! Ceremony Chairs

Knottie90369708 · July 2016

I'm about to loose my mind! I cannot find a cute way to decorate banquet chairs without breaking the bank. I hate these chairs with a purple passion but we have to use them. Any tips or ideas would be a HUGE help.

IrishPirate60 · July 2016

Don't decorate them. Doesn't matter how ugly they are. People just want a seat for their butt. Do you have enough chairs for all those invited? Good. Done. Go worry about something else.

AddieCake · July 2016

Nobody cares about cute chairs. I don't even know what my own chairs looked like except that they were brown.

geebee908 · July 2016

Definitely not worth spending money on. No one is going to be talking about how ugly the ceremony chairs were after the wedding. Not a thing anyone remembers. Unless they're bales of hay.

lyndausvi · July 2016

often times trying to cover things like this up end up drawing more attention to them. Kind-of like putting lipstick on a pig.

Once everyone is seated the chairs become less noticeable.

AddieCake said:

Nobody cares about cute chairs. I don't even know what my own chairs looked like except that they were brown.

From your siggy it looks like they were white

Maybe it was your reception chairs that were brown?

CMGragain · July 2016

Daughter had those white chair covers on the chairs at her reception. We didn't ask for them. The venue put them on gratis. I found they were a bit uncomfortable because they slid around while sitting on them, getting up and sitting down again. They looked pretty, but we definitely wouldn't have paid for them.

CMGragain · July 2016

geebee908 said:

Definitely not worth spending money on. No one is going to be talking about how ugly the ceremony chairs were after the wedding. Not a thing anyone remembers. Unless they're bales of hay.

Lol! Oh ,yeah, I remember that thread!

MesmrEwe · July 2016

CMGragain said:

geebee908 said:

Definitely not worth spending money on. No one is going to be talking about how ugly the ceremony chairs were after the wedding. Not a thing anyone remembers. Unless they're bales of hay.

Lol! Oh ,yeah, I remember that thread!

You had to remind me! LOL

OP - really - I'd rather have a nice sturdy chair that's ugly as an angry spider than have a flimsy chair that's pretty! Once people plop their butts down, I promise you won't even notice the chairs in pictures, only who is in them! This is a "first world problem" - as long as there are enough chairs for every guest, really - put your money into upgrading something else (larger slice of cake, extra protein option for the meal, treat later in the evening, water bottles, etc.)

SP29 · July 2016

Don't worry about the chairs.

jacques27 · July 2016

Ditto everyone else. I only notice chairs to the extent of "are they comfortable? are they sturdy? are there enough of them?" I couldn't tell you what the chairs looked at any wedding I went to.

I walk by a venue near my work on a pretty frequent basis and see them when they are setting up. When they use chair covers and bows I think it actually looks worse than just the regular, standard chairs. It's like a huge sea of fabric that just drags on the ground. It makes the chairs, which would otherwise not even register as a focal point for people, the decorative focus instead of the actual décor, which ends up looking lost in the sea of chair decorations. It also ends up looking even sloppier as the night goes on as people shift in their chairs, get drunk, trip over or pull on the fabric, knock the bows or flowers onto the floor so they get stepped on, etc.

AddieCake · July 2016

lyndausvi said:

often times trying to cover things like this up end up drawing more attention to them. Kind-of like putting lipstick on a pig.

Once everyone is seated the chairs become less noticeable.

AddieCake said:

Nobody cares about cute chairs. I don't even know what my own chairs looked like except that they were brown.

From your siggy it looks like they were white Maybe it was your reception chairs that were brown?

Yes, reception chairs. Is that not what we are talking about? OP said banquet chairs, so I assumed reception chairs.

SP29 · July 2016

AddieCake said:

lyndausvi said:

often times trying to cover things like this up end up drawing more attention to them. Kind-of like putting lipstick on a pig.

Once everyone is seated the chairs become less noticeable.

AddieCake said:

Nobody cares about cute chairs. I don't even know what my own chairs looked like except that they were brown.

From your siggy it looks like they were white Maybe it was your reception chairs that were brown?

Yes, reception chairs. Is that not what we are talking about? OP said banquet chairs, so I assumed reception chairs.

OP states ceremony chairs in the title.

I thought the white/brown chair thing was funny. I was going to use it to say, "Look! Addie can't even remember what colour her ceremony chairs were and she has a picture of them! Not important". Now I'll need new material.

P.S. I don't remember what our chairs looked like either. The chairs were the same for the ceremony and reception, so they were probably banquet chairs too.
P.P.S. There were a lot of little details that I thought were important before the wedding (like the exact design of our cupcakes- I asked for this pretty rose petal design), but when the wedding day actually came, I can't even remember what half of anything looked like.

AddieCake · July 2016

HAhaha! Ooops. Thanks, guys!

climbingsingle · August 2016

I can't remember what the chairs looked like at my ceremony or reception. Don't stress it! Who cares if they're ugly! As long as I've got a chair and it's not broken, I'm happy. I'm sure 99% percent of people feel the same.

Lulawife · August 2016

I will admit that I stressed about the chairs for our reception way longer than necessary. The cushions on them were IMO a hideous green and tan curtain like print and I searched and searched for options to cover them. When I finally did find an option, it would've cost a ridiculous amount of money so I got over it and honestly never even noticed the day of or in our pictures. Your guests won't notice either so my best advice is to spend your time and money elsewhere.

ShesSoCold · August 2016

I agree with PPs. OP, what did the chairs look like at the last wedding you attended?

flantastic · August 2016

Personally, I think "purple passion" might be a little strong for feelings about chairs.

No one but you will care as long as they have a chair and it's reasonably comfortable. Waste not the time or the money or the energy on this.

ShesSoCold · August 2016

Are these your chairs?

MesmrEwe · August 2016

flantastic said:

Personally, I think "purple passion" might be a little strong for feelings about chairs.

No one but you will care as long as they have a chair and it's reasonably comfortable. Waste not the time or the money or the energy on this.

When I hear Purple Passion - I think something relating to Prince... Purple Rain - Puuuurrple Rain! <rift>

WesternMA0516 · August 2016

I worried about the chairs. They were stained and a little rusty and just really ugly. I ended up buying chair covers for about $1 each and sashes for half of the chairs for 50 cents and I sold them all to my venue (who owned the ugly chairs) for just under what I paid (about 90%). I knew I had a good chance of selling them though, so unless you have a good selling option and can carry the purchase cost, I wouldn't worry about it. Putting the covers on and then removing them and washing them after was another time consuming thing that you should consider.

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