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Wedding-dance-floor enthusiasts, fear not if the local event planners we talked to are any indication, 2021 and 2022 will be extra busy years for jumping and yelling “Shout” with your tie securely fastened around your head. While some couples moved ahead with elopements and downsized backyard ceremonies this year, the majority of clients chose to delay their nuptials (or at least the party portion) in order to have their big day still be, well, big.
Lilli Black, CEO of Sweetly Paired, says her company usually does about 75 weddings per year; in 2020, she postponed about 60 events. As a result, Sweetly Paired now has around 150 celebrations on the books for 2021. But that doesn’t mean they’ll all be exactly the same as if this past year had never happened. “A lot of the feels 2020 has given us are going to influence how weddings are done,” Black says. Here, a handful of ways planners think this extraordinary time may affect how Coloradans get hitched going forward.
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Hate the look of your wedding venue s banquet style chairs? You re not alone! Plenty of couples choose to upgrade the chairs for their ceremony and reception, ultimately giving their celebration a more cohesive and upscale look. But is upgrading to a different color or style of chair or renting chair covers really worth spending more? We asked industry experts to weigh in.
First, ask yourselves whether the chairs provided by your venue already offer the look that you re going for. Whether you upgrade to Chiavari chairs or use chair covers and sashes, changing the look of your chairs can go a long way into the overall look and feel of your ceremony and reception. After spending so much time and energy making sure every detail and color is the way you want it, don t settle for some folding picnic chair! Kara, a wedding planner from Michelle Leo Events, says, Think about chairs the way you would your linens or floral, this is an important detail that helps finalize the o