Lights and candles decor?

I think mine might be quite similar - our venues look quite alike actually. Our colour scheme is going to be dark green/gold, but not too much as I don't want it to look Christmassy in April(!) so a lot of it will probably be cream/white with splashes of the colours as accents. I'm thinking maybe green table runners over the neutral tablecloths to tie it all together a bit.

Relying on candles and lights to do their thing will probably work well I reckon - they'll look especially dramatic and cool once it gets dark and then the colour scheme won't really matter so much. The space will be full of people milling around and dancing etc. and that ceiling is a real feature so adding loads of other stuff and making it all matchy might be a bit too much.

Also, if you haven't, do check with your venues about their regs on candles. Mine are going to have to all be in jars, which I imagine isn't uncommon.

Fairy lights and candles sounds really nice, and will really come into its own once it gets dark. If you wanted to, you could opt for a combination of purple and white candles/tealights (this is probably most effective during the day when the candles are not lit). I would definitely echo the comment about asking the church about their fire regulations before you buy anything.

What about adding some purple glitter to the bottom of a few of the jars that have a tea light in? Use a bit of your colour in table runners or seat back. Don't worry I think it will look lovely.

When you have a lovely room like that it doesn't need decorating. Lots of candles will be perfect.

Thanks for the suggestions all I've spoken to both venues and we've got the go-ahead for candles! Our church said they have lots of candles and big lanterns which we're welcome to use as well

That's wonderful. Glad your plans are coming together without problem.

I love love love those fairy lights and candles. I think if you have enough of them dotted around it won't look sparse. What time of year are you getting married? It stupidly didn't occur to me when we booked our July wedding that it doesn't get dark until late! I've always wanted plenty of candles and fairy lights. I fact I've just posted about where to buy some lanterns from. My colour scheme is also purple and grey, good taste

We're getting married in May...we might have the same problem of it not getting dark until fairly late. Oh well, at least we'll have lots of different lighting ?

Thanks for the kind comments and suggestions guys...I'm getting excited!

Your reception room is absolutely gorgeous; can I ask where that is?

I think that both will look amazing with candles.

By the way, that's a potentially challenging scenario for inexperienced photographers; maybe check if your photographer has previous experience shooting in similar conditions and see if they have any sample images to show you.

Thanks! It's Oran Mor, in Glasgow. Our photographer is really experienced thankfully, she does some amazing work and is local to Glasgow so she knows the venue well and I think she's going to come and check out the church the day before when we get it all set up.

^Picture she took of my FI with some fairy lights in the background, just for fun =P