Lisa and Simon's detail filled beautiful Cooling Castle Barn wedding

 

I loved Lisa and her family right from the start...and having met Simon and his family, loved them straight away too.  With a fab couple, great family, beautiful venue, loads of lovely details and items sourced from the family and Lisa's desire to have a soft, romantic and natural look, it was always going to be a fave.

The colour scheme was ivory and green with hints of blush pink, the flowers were soft and summery and the centrepieces a mix of high and low (candelabras and rosebowls) all with lots of other lovely vases and containers full of flowers.   It was the hottest day of the year so far, so the fab gardens at Cooling were used to their full, and as a strictly one-off agreement, Lisa and Simon brought in their own chevari chairs which finished off the overall look.

The bouquets were soft, spriggy, scented and textured and the buttonholes followed suit.

Guests were welcomed into the Heritage Barn with rustic, pearl draped hearts on the fireplace, a birdcage for cards on the table, and small vases of flowers on plates on the tables.

For the ceremony, the aisle was lined with gorgeous candlesticks and candelabra at the front.  The dais was dressed in soft blossom garlands and a rustic heart dressed with flowers was set off beautifully on the wall at the front and balanced with a smaller heart on the end of the stairs.

And then onto the main barn where the tables were overlaid with lace cloths and dressed with either a tall elegant candelabra with soft flowing floral tops and vases of flowers at the base or with rosebowls overflowing with flowers and additional flowers at the base.  Votives and tealights were added everywhere.

The top table was a long one and dressed with lots of different vases along the length, some being on rectangular mirrors which created fabulous reflections.  The plough was also dressed with another rustic heart fully finished with flowers.

For the rest of the details, we finished all the beams with faux blossom garlands intertwined with lights and added more subtle fairy lights to the staircase...enough to give a little twinkle without being too brash.  We then dressed other birdcages with flowers to place on the goody tables set up by the Groom's Mum.  We also loved her Wishing Tree (all the way from France).

The registrar came down to say she'd never loved it so much at Cooling, the bride said we'd "nailed it" and the groom said it was better than he imagined, so we've not stopped smiling. 

For more photos, check it out on the Featured Wedding of the Month under the Wedding Flowers Portfolio section off the front page of the website.  Enjoy!