Decorator

View quoted message Hi,
i got help from Epic Events. I am renting items from Bespoke and I think they design events as well.
Hope that helps!

Depending on the venue and set up basis of linens provided, they may do it for you or charge you. If you need to pay for the venue set up charge, it may be worth it on their price.

Decorators do charge based on length, fabric type and material availability. Any other set ups/break downs should be inquired and pricing if they have to get the items for you or provided by you.

I did go with one in the beginning and thought it was great and then looked twice and modified what needed to be done and the price was ridiculous and eventually cancelled them.

View quoted message Hi!

Can I ask who you hired? I am struggling so much!
Thanks
Jess

Hi Faye!

Usually the venue will only provide the minimum whites. If you want something different, you'll want to hire a decorator to make that happen. The one thing we liked about that option was that they also have different fabrics and styles/colors to match your theme. If that's not an option, you could always add a garland of greenery to make the head table stand out!

We hired someone to do our florals and backdrop. There was no way we could have done it ourselves, and I'm really happy that we went in the direction that we did.

You should contact some décor companies and see what they could do. Is your head table the only thing you need decorated on your wedding day or will there be more?

We are opting for a floral and decor designer simply because I realized what we want for our wedding is just not DIY-able for us! It may be possible if you have the skills but since neither me nor my FH do, we’ve decided a professional would be worth the hire.

We hired a decorator because we wanted the venue to be decorated properly and have the head table decorated with a floor to ceiling, wall to wall backdrop. We definitely don’t think we could do that ourselves

I dont plan on hiring a decorator as I rather spend the money on a videographer. On budgeting, I decided to splurge on photo and video... the rest will be as cheap as I can go. Basically DIY-ing everything. I just made a Pinterest board off the concept I want and go with that. It depends on where you plan on splurging your budget.. if decor is your priority, maybe hire one or hire the 2hour consultation one that someone suggested on here. It really depends on how you vision your day.

I had a difficult time with decorations as well. I got in touch with a wedding planner that offers 2 hour consultations. We met at the venue and I told her some of our ideas and we walked through the space. A few days later she emailed me a summary of our meeting along with a rough sketch of the space and where we talked about putting things (which wall the bar would go on, eating area, games....) plus she included a link to every decor item we discussed. She kept it within my tiny budget as well! Completely worth the $200!

It was soooo helpful that I ended up hiring her as a "Day of Coordinator" so I don't have to stress about anything or ask too much of my friends.

I did not hire a decorator either. I am going the DIY route for most things. There are many things you can do to make the head table stand out, a table runner or making your own table skirt. Check out pinterest for ideas.

Our venue doesn't need a lot of decorations so we decided that a decorator wouldn't be worth it. Our head table is going to have some fairy lights on the front and it will be the only long rectangular table so it will stand out quite well. You can for sure DIY with a table cloth for the table to make it look pleated or to add some tulle or anything else to it.

We are also putting the Mr & Mrs signs on the table in front of us with a lantern on either side, the lanterns are our centerpieces so we wanted to include that as well.

We decided not to hire a decorator as we wanted to put the money into other things..plus our Venue has a coordinator that will do some set up for us. I love DIY (and Etsy and Amazon are amazing) so we decided to go that route instead

We have a wooden gold LOVE thing we are putting in the middle of the head table, and I asked my florist to put greenery along the head table only (to make it stand out...and greenery is relatively cheap!) Instead of the centerpiece flowers, I am using the bridal/bridesmaids bouquets as the head table flowers

You can hire a decorator... but I find they are pricey when you can go the DIY route for much less!

You can hire a decorator. I bought most or rented my decorations. We will be setting it all up the day prior to the wedding.

I think it depends on where you want to put your money .. We decided not to hire a decorator they can get really expensive.. We decided to put more money towards the food and entertainment for our guest..

We are doing MR & MRS letters, we also DIY’ed mason jars lined with tissue paper on the inside and a bunch of roses with twinkle lights inside them.

View quoted message That's my opinion because they seem so expensive. I really like the MR & MRS signs that you can buy

No decorator here! It will look the same as the other tables except for the fact that it's a rectangle and has a bride and groom at it! Plus of course we are separated from the other tables by the dance floor.
I would say to maybe add a runner for it and maybe signs that say MRS & MR? Imo I don't think a decorator is worth it

I know for banquet halls most people skip the headache of trying to do it on their own and just hire a decorator. We're lucky, our florist is also our decorator (and day-of coordinator as well).

I hired a decorator and the head table will have a special table linen and also lots of flowers to make it stand out.

I think most people will put more flowers / candles on head table you can either DIY or hire someone to do it, I would say it's mostly to do with your budget.