It’s very tempting to go with all the things you love in designing your wedding reception (there are so many beautiful ideas out there) particularly when it comes to deciding the look of the tables.

But if we can give one tip from our years in planning elegant weddings, it’s to resist the urge to over-do it and buy everything and overload the tables.

A lot of brides don’t have the opportunity to view an actual dining table set up ahead of their wedding day but, if you do, pay attention to how much space there really is once the basic catering set-up is laid down. There will certainly be at least 2 glasses but maybe 4, full cutlery, napkin, sometimes a charger plate and probably side plates for bread. Without that in mind it can be easy to overfill the tables with crackers, confetti, candles and more when almost always “less is more”. A stunning floral table centre is always a winner with round tables and it’s lovely to follow your theme through to perhaps a menu card and place card per guest, a prettily folded napkin with flower head or pretty ribbon and perhaps a little gift or bridal favour.

Tip for the Day: Make sure that you get the chance to take the look of the room in before the guests enter; we always make a point of showing our brides the room once it’s completely ready; it’s the beautiful result of their vision and lots of hard work.

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