Styling your wedding is sometimes the hardest decision to make. It can lead to a lot of back-and-forth decisions when considering aesthetics, a colour palette, and what decorations to have. However, it all becomes worth it when everything comes together to create your perfect wedding day, where the entire venue is made your own. With styling, creating a well-rounded aesthetic at your wedding venue should be the goal, as you add your own personal touch to every corner of the venue. Many places are overlooked, and when you go that extra mile and style those unexpected places, guests notice and will rave about how special your wedding day was. Not just because they celebrated someone they love getting married, but also because the entire Auckland wedding venue was styled to perfection. Here are some unexpected places to consider for wedding styling when planning your Auckland wedding.
Entryway & Pathways Around Your Kumeu Wedding Venue
While there has been a growing trend of couples making custom signs to welcome guests to their wedding, the impact of signage is often overlooked. Having welcome signage at the entryway is an excellent way for guests to feel your welcoming love from the moment they arrive at the venue. At Markovina Estate, we say 'Dobra Doshli,' which means 'welcome' in Croatian; however, having your own personal flair to represent yourselves as a couple makes it special.
Furthermore, donât just consider the entryway welcome signage; you could also decorate the entryway with floral arrangements and other decorative elements. Going beyond the entryway, consider the common pathways that guests will walk along. This could be from the entry to the main reception area, the ceremony location, or the cocktail hour area. Use signage, florals, mirrors, and other decorative elements to bring the space to life.
Wedding Bar Frontage
The bar is almost always open at Markovina Estate during your Auckland wedding; therefore, guests will frequently visit it. This makes it the perfect space to add touches of your wedding theming and aesthetic. At the bar, there can be relatively limited space due to the needs of the bar staff, but adding small touches will be noticed even more by guests as a result.
A straightforward approach is to create a customised bar menu sign tailored to your wedding day, and tie it to the style and fonts of your other signage. Furthermore, discuss the drinks displayed at the bar. At Markovina Estate, we set up a drinks display on the bar to showcase the numerous options for refreshments available to guests during the cocktail hour.
Decorating Your Wedding Venues Bathroom
Another great spot to add personal touches and ensure your wedding theme is in every corner of the wedding venue. We delve into more detail about how to decorate the bathroom and why it's essential in one of our other blog posts (Internal Linking here). However, the key points to consider are the florals and amenities that will allow your guests to enjoy the space comfortably.
Corners of the Wedding Venue
This is quite literally in terms of filling your wedding venue from corner to corner with your styling, but it's really true. The corners at your Auckland wedding venue of choice are quite literally the perfect place to add florals or other decorations to spruce up your wedding theme. They are out of the way from walking traffic, but still very much in view, making it feel like your exceptional choices in wedding design and styling from all corners are surrounding your guests.
Food Station Styling
This can be slightly challenging to execute, meaning you may require assistance from your wedding venue's staff and team; however, it can add a subtle touch of flair to your wedding. When grazing platters are put out, consider any decorations that could be placed around the platter or accompanying signage. Maybe even the dessert buffet, with signage inviting guests to grab something sweet. This ties in your theming visually with your guests' sense of taste and smell, which, with delicious Markovina wedding dining, will create great, long-lasting memories for your guests.
Dance floor edges
By dance-floor edge, we donât mean literally putting decorations around the floor of the dancing area, but consider what's around the dance floor. This could include the bridal table, the ends of guest tables and the DJ stand. Adding decorations that create a dancing space will truly make for a unique wedding experience for your guests as they dance the night away. Itâs just another small detail, but it incorporates your theme into the party time at your wedding.
Final thoughts
These small spaces can add details that connect to your wedding theming, really bringing your wedding to life and going above and beyond the typical wedding day. The challenging task is finalising an aesthetic and colour palette; from there, it's easy to add small accents to these unexpected places.
If you'd like to explore and consider how to style these unexpected spaces at Markovina Estate, please don't hesitate to contact our team to arrange a private viewing. Youâll see how you can incorporate your personalities as a couple into our stunning venue and understand how we can bring your wedding dreams to life.
