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Which came first - Choosing your colour scheme or choosing your decor style?

Joey, on April 30, 2018 at 09:19 Posted in Plan a wedding 0 33

Now, let's talk about how you styled your wedding. When you set out to make sure your wedding would look gorgeous and cohesive, which did you decide on first - did you pick a color palette first, or a decorating style (like rustic, vintage, boho, glam etc)?

Which came first - Choosing your colour scheme or choosing your decor style? 1

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33 Comments

Latest activity by Andrea, on October 27, 2018 at 13:51
  • Andrea
    Devoted January 2021 Ontario
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    Chose the colours first!!

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  • Kaisha
    Super March 2019 Nova Scotia
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    We chose our decor style and then our colours just worked.

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  • Leanne
    Expert September 2018 Ontario
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    Colours then decor style

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  • Jessie
    Expert September 2018 Ontario
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    We chose our colours first and then it kind of blended into the decor.

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  • Marcia
    Super August 2018 Manitoba
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    We chose our colour scheme first, and then our decor style.

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  • Tori
    Top October 2019 Manitoba
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    First we chose the basic colour names as "purple" and "blue". Then after we decided on a rustic theme we started looking into hues of purple and blue to get the right shades for the theme.

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  • Marleau
    Devoted October 2018 Ontario
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    I knew our colours would have some sort of purple in it, but we actually chose our wedding decor style before finalizing colours.
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  • Vinod
    Top August 2017 Ontario
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    Decor style of modern elegance to work out everything following after.
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  • Amber
    Devoted September 2018 Alberta
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    Color palette! I have no style, but I know what colors I like lol. Eventually things fell into place and the style turned out to be elegant romance.

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  • Michelle
    Super September 2018 Alberta
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    Both just kind of fell into place when I was shopping around.

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  • Bianca
    Master August 2019 Ontario
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    Decorative style. This is something I've been having so much trouble with because I couldn't decide on colours (I love everything) and I didn't know exactly what I wanted in terms of style. Now I can finally and confidently say my style is a mix of modern and rustic.

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  • BunnyBride
    Super August 2334 Nova Scotia
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    Colour and our decor came kind of in the same conversation, so both? lol

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  • Tracy
    Devoted September 2018 Ontario
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    Colour scheme! We had that decided pretty well the first few days we were engaged lol
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  • Summer
    Devoted May 2019 Ontario
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    Colour scheme before decor! We chose the colours purple and gold!!
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  • Vinod
    Top August 2017 Ontario
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    Colour scheme before decor for sure. Makes things easy to shop and search around for the day.
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  • Amanda
    Super August 2018 Alberta
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    We picked our colours first.
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  • Leah
    VIP April 2019 British Columbia
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    The colour scheme came serendipitously.
    We’ve always known we wanted something classic but playful.
    Final palette tbd but we know the vibe that we’re going for and our planner includes decor/design with her services so we’ll pick from what she presents us with.
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  • Allison
    Master October 2019 Ontario
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    I had a colour scheme way before with a peacock "style" (which is kind of a style but not quite on its own). Then as we've been planning, it morphed from modern, to elegant/vintage. It's more elegant than vintage, but will definitely have some vintage features such as my birdcage veil and bird cage cardbox.

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  • Courtney
    Super July 2018 Ontario
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    This sort of happened organically together.

    I always knew I wanted fairly neutral colours with a little splash of yellow or something and my decor is pretty minimal.

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  • Stephanie
    Master July 2018 Alberta
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    Colour scheme. I had actually wanted orange and blue long before I met my fiancé!
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  • Erin
    Master September 2017 Ontario
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    I guess a style more. We knew our venue was old farm property and the reception was in a barn so we wanted a more laid back feel.

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  • Valérie
    VIP September 2019 Quebec
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    Decor, then color. I wanted something simple and modern to put in a rustic-ish venue. We decided to go with an industrial spin on tropical decor. We'll have tropical foliage and a few pink flowers (all fake, to save money) with gold or copper accents.

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  • Brittany
    British Columbia
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    Decor style for sure. We knew we wanted rustic, wood, soft lights, with a formal air to it... we didn't choose our accent colour til we went suit browsing with my groom. He thought he wanted purple, but he ended up liking navy way more. So we are going simple, black, white, navy and a touch of silver/sparkle.

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  • Holly
    VIP June 2019 Ontario
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    I think our decor style first. We decided we wanted to find a barn to get married in before we made any other decor/colour decisions.
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  • Marie-Claire
    Devoted August 2018 Quebec
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    We chose our colour very early on. I wouldn't say we have a theme per se, but we chose to incorporate buttons in our invitations and centrepieces based on a pun.

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  • Sydney
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    Colour scheme first, then decor to match!
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  • K
    Expert September 2018 British Columbia
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    Colour scheme came first, then decor.

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  • Gina
    Super April 2019 Alberta
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    I picked the colour first.
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  • Jessica
    Super March 2018 Ontario
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    We always knew we wanted our wedding to be travel-themed, so we chose that first, followed by the colours.

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  • Chloe
    Super May 2018 Ontario
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    I think decorating style. We knew our venue was rustic, so our decor had to be rustic. Then we chose the colour based on the style.
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  • Jen
    VIP June 2018 Ontario
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    We chose colours then chose decor from there

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  • Jennifer
    Super August 2018 Alberta
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    Decor style
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