While it's normal to want your wedding day to be one of luxury, many people also want it to feel homely and inviting for guests, and a rustic wedding combines the best of both worlds. You can incorporate long-held wedding traditions, combine the classic with the contemporary, and keep the party going late into the night.
Planning a rustic wedding doesn't have to be harder than planning a wedding in any other style - it's just about getting the right furniture and decorations, as well as fine details like the cake. Here are some rustic wedding ideas to help make your big day one your guests will remember for a lifetime.
Rustic wedding furniture
Lots of wedding venue furniture has rustic credentials and you can run this theme right through from your rustic wedding ceremony, to your sit-down meal, to the evening's entertainment at your wedding reception, so decide whether you want to use the same furniture throughout the day, just moved around into different configurations, or if you will be relocating into a different room where you need another set of tables and chairs.
Remember that the exact combination of furniture you need will change throughout the day, from audience-style seating for the ceremony, to restaurant tables and chairs for the meal, and more of a bar or pub furniture configuration at the evening reception; it's also normal to have more guests in the evening, so make sure there's enough seating to go around.
Rustic wedding decor
Rustic wedding decorations should be handmade from natural materials, or at least give the same look and feel as if they were hand crafted. This can be a great way to save on your budget, as if you are crafty yourself there's nothing to stop you from making some of your own rustic wedding decor or calling in a favour from a talented friend or family member.
Enhance the appearance of handmade table decorations by using shabby chic cafe and restaurant furniture for your main wedding day meal. This can help to keep your guests comfortable throughout the meal which, with the traditional three courses, drinks and speeches, can see them seated for quite some time.
Rustic wedding cake ideas
Don't leave out the small details like a rustic wedding cake. For this, you might want to look away from the traditional elegant three-tier iced fruit cake and opt for something a little more quirky instead. Stacked cakes, where the tiers are placed directly on top of one another, give a more rustic effect and are much less likely to topple over when you're cutting that all important first slice.
A quirky wedding cake can stand alone on a side table, surrounded by gifts from well wishers, or can even form the centrepiece of a finger buffet for your evening reception. Rustic pub furniture caters for all of these configurations, with an excellent array of different sizes and styles of rustic pub tables to choose from.
If you are a wedding venue looking to create more of a rustic style for future ceremonies, or you'd like to know more about our range of rustic wedding venue furniture, please contact Trent Furniture today on 0116 4736 834 or sales@pubfurnitureuk.co.uk.