Looking for alternative head table ideas

We are doing a sweetheart table with our son, a harvest table for our bridal party and their significant others and kids, and then regular tables for everyone else.

Were not doing that either. my entire wedding party is married and most of them have kids. so they are sitting at tables with their husbands and kids and we have a big chair we rented that just the two of us will sit on!

I'm intrigued by these ideas as well! What's a sweetheart table?

We're only have 40 guests and no BM/MOH...any suggestions on how to decide where we should sit?

We just sat with the rest of the guests close to the wedding party and their partners. It was so easy to chat with everyone and we got a lot of positive comments on it!

I've noticed recently that people who forego the head table usually end up having the wedding party seated at a table that's a different shape! For example, if your guests are all sitting at round tables, maybe your wedding party can be seated at harvest tables for a little visual difference that doesn't seem to overbearing!

I think we'll have about 20 at the king table and 8-10 at the round ones. It was set up that way at our venue's menu tasting event last year and it felt really right for us.

We're not keen on the traditional head table either and even a sweetheart table puts the spotlight on us more than we want. Instead, we're going with a king table down the centre of the room so we can sit with our family, bridal party, and their SOs. All the other guests will sit at round tables around the outside.

Hi Sara,

We are going with a sweetheart table with a u shape to have all the guest surround us.

I'm with you, I don't like the idea either.