HOW TO PLAN A FINE ART WEDDING

A fine art wedding is elegant and sophisticated, artistic, and romantic, whimsical, and graceful. Fine art weddings are characterised by their thoughtful colour palettes, lush florals, luxe fabrics, and meaningful details. These tips encapsulate my best advice to assist you in realising the wedding of your dreams! Hoping this guide on how to plan a fine art wedding will help you during your wedding planning journey.

Who is the fine art wedding for?

Fine art wedding is for couples with a sense of style, who loves and fallows fashion, beauty, and are usually attracted to the fine and artistic details. I think a fine art wedding is suitable for anyone who can value and enjoy carefully selected, elegant details.

The venue

It all starts with a beautiful venue. Your wedding venue is the backdrop to your special day and it also sets the whole scene and atmosphere. Whether you have got your wedding planner or not, it is time to book one of the most important item from your priority list – the venue. Pick a venue that speaks to your vision and then check that it has all your requirements, wishes and needs. Think about your guest list, quality of food, reachability (for elderly guests), and of course lighting too! If you want a light filled wedding, my advice is, to stay away from dark venues with distracting carpeting, red bricks walls, with no lightning sources like very small windows. Lightening is a key for beautiful light filled wedding imagery. Here below are some of my favourite wedding venues across the UK for the romantic and elegant wedding.

Prestwold Hall

Prestwold Hall is in the charming Leicestershire countryside with stunning parkland and gardens for beautiful wedding photographs. This wedding venue offering wedding ceremonies up to 140 guests, up to 140 guests for dining and up to 200 guests for wedding evening celebrations. Please see photos below of an intimate luxury wedding table setting for wedding breakfast and a moment of bride and groom in the front of wedding ceremony arch decorated with blooms in red, pink, white and blush.

Pynes House

Pynes House is a luxury Devon wedding venue. This venue offering indoor space for up to 96 guests. If you are planning a larger wedding then a marquee wedding at Pynes House will accommodate up to 130 guests. Choice of marquee wedding would suit for a couples looking for picturesque choice for their wedding day.

St Giles House

St Giles House is a family home located in the heart of Dorset. This venue will could be your choice if you are planning a marquee wedding.

Came House

Came House is a private estate exclusive Dorset wedding venue surrounded by English countryside. If you are dreaming of elegant and timeless yet relaxed wedding celebration then this is your venue! This venue offering wedding ceremonies and wedding dining up to 180 guests.

Euridge Manor

Euridge Manor is a luxurious private country estate in Wiltshire. This is absolutely gorgeous wedding venue! Please kindly see a wedding inspiration captured at this wedding venue here.

Norwood Park

Norwood Park is a gorgeous private country house in Nottinghamshire. This wedding venue offering a classic and luxurious atmosphere for couples on their special day. In this gallery you can explore more of this stunning coutry house wedding at Norwood Park. 

Crowcombe Court

Crowcombe Court is a wedding venue in Somerset. This wedding venue offering two ceremony places and stunning ballroom for wedding reception for couples on their wedding day.

Kew Gardens

Kew Gardens is a historic wedding venue in London. This wedding venue is for classic, luxurious, and intimate settings and known as one of the best Asian wedding venues.

De Vere Tortworth Court

Da Vere Tortworth Cours is a historic manor house in Gloucestershire. This venue offering stunning Orangery with glass ceiling and windows for weddings for guests up to 100. Please see photo below of The Orangery for a wedding at this stunning wedding venue.

Compton Verney

Compton Verney is a country mansion wedding venue in Warwickshire. What makes me love this venue is that just a short walk from the main house there is The Chapel for civil wedding ceremonies. This Chapel can accommodate up to 100 guests. The venue can host up to 120 wedding guests for wedding breakfast and up to 130 guests for evening wedding celebration. Please see photos below of The Chapel and wedding dining table setting inside the Compton Verney.

Ragley Hall

Ragley Hall is named as one of the most romantic wedding venues in Warwickshire. This exclusively wedding venue offering marquee weddings for up to 500 guests which makes a perfect wedding venue for Asian weddings and larger celebrations.

Harrogate Majestic Hotel

Harrogate Majestic Hotel in a stunning wedding venue in North Yorkshire. Located in the town centre of Harrogate. This venue can host up to 400 guests for civil ceremonies, wedding dining and evening receptions. This venue offering flexibility of multiple rooms for your special day. Please enjoy photos below of two wedding ceremonies set up. The first wedding ceremony room with dark wooden fireplace would suit for a couples looking for more moodier look where the second ceremony room would suit for light and airy wedding photography.

 

Lastly… During wedding planning, when you start looking for your perfect wedding venue, look out for:  a formal or English style gardens, a beautiful staircase, pillars and ornate interiors, oil paintings, large fireplaces, wooden or travertine floors.

Colour palette

Fine art design includes choosing the right colours. To preserve the natural, romantic feel that typifies fine art weddings, colour palette most commonly includes whites, creams, golds, light pinks, warm greys, and pale blues. These colours will be the base for everything else in your wedding – your flowers, decorations, venue, invitations – everything! There is also place for bold colours like deep reds, juicy pinks, and yellows, but it is important to create a soft foundation for your design.

 

Wedding details

Now let’s talk about wedding details which are also one of the important things when planning a fine art wedding. When planning your wedding I would suggest focusing on the fine and delicate details. Below are a few ideas of elements for you to start planning.

 

Fine Linens

Hand-dyed Silk Textiles

Handmade Paper with Silk Ribbon and Wax Seals

Calligraphed Menus

Tapered Candles

 

 

With the right combinations of colours, florals, and accents, I promise that your fine art wedding design will leave you and your guests swooning over the romantic and unforgettable design.

HAPPY PLANNING!

Photography: Madara Kurtisa Photography | Florals: Rock and Wreath, CocoRose Flowers, The Botany House, Rock and Wreath, Bradgate Flowers

If you are planning your fine art wedding and you found this article useful and maybe started loving my photography style, then I would love to hear from you! I would feel honoured to be a part of your special day and be your wedding photographer.

 

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