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Chiavari Chair Color and linen HELP!!!! (pic heavy sorry!)

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  • poll: Red cushion or Ivory cushion? Champagne, red, latte, or ivory napkin?
    Red cushion -- the pop of color will be great! : (5 votes)
    12 %
    Ivory cushion - there's already enough red! : (16 votes)
    39 %
    Champagne napkin : (3 votes)
    7 %
    Red napkin : (6 votes)
    15 %
    Latte napkin : (3 votes)
    7 %
    Ivory napkin : (8 votes)
    20 %
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    thejgirl    October 6, 2012   Decatur, GA

    Ok, bees, I need some advice!  I'm trying to pin down both cushion colors for our chiavari chairs and linen colors for the reception tables.  I am SO indecisive. (I bought THREE wedding dresses just to give you an idea.)

    Here's what I'm working with so far. Here's the venue. Historic old courthouse with beautiful white marble everywhere.

    Chiavari Chair Color and linen HELP!!!! (pic heavy sorry!) :  wedding chiavari chair red rose champagne gold ivory latte cushion The Old Courthoue On The Square 2 

    Chiavari Chair Color and linen HELP!!!! (pic heavy sorry!) :  wedding chiavari chair red rose champagne gold ivory latte cushion Venue

    My dress. Cream pearl Winnie Couture Kamilia.

    Chiavari Chair Color and linen HELP!!!! (pic heavy sorry!) :  wedding chiavari chair red rose champagne gold ivory latte cushion Kamilia Avante

    Gold glitter aisle runner:

    Chiavari Chair Color and linen HELP!!!! (pic heavy sorry!) :  wedding chiavari chair red rose champagne gold ivory latte cushion Gold Glitter Studio Shot 300x235

    Red petal aisle border, something like this:

    Chiavari Chair Color and linen HELP!!!! (pic heavy sorry!) :  wedding chiavari chair red rose champagne gold ivory latte cushion Storybook Photography Deep Red Rose Petal Aisle Lining 245x235

    Tall red rose arrangements for ceremony/centerpieces something like this:

    Chiavari Chair Color and linen HELP!!!! (pic heavy sorry!) :  wedding chiavari chair red rose champagne gold ivory latte cushion Red Roses Tall Centerpieces

    Bridal party/bouquets something like this:

    Chiavari Chair Color and linen HELP!!!! (pic heavy sorry!) :  wedding chiavari chair red rose champagne gold ivory latte cushion Bridal Party Inspiration

    So I'm going for lots of gold, champagne, rich reds, with candlelight with a tiny bit of chocolate. Venue will have soft amber uplighting.

    My wedding planner thinks we should get the gold chiavari chairs with red cushions.  She likes the idea of the color pop.  However, I'm concerned that with the other pops of red it will be TOO red.  We're having the red petal border, 6 red rose pomanders as aisle markers, 2 large red centerpieces in front, plus the red bouquets of me and my girls.

    Chiavari Chair Color and linen HELP!!!! (pic heavy sorry!) :  wedding chiavari chair red rose champagne gold ivory latte cushion Pad Satin Burgundy

    I'm kind of thinking an ivory cushion would be better, lighter, and I dunno, more -- bridal.

    Chiavari Chair Color and linen HELP!!!! (pic heavy sorry!) :  wedding chiavari chair red rose champagne gold ivory latte cushion Ivory Cushion

    When I think about having the red cushions around the tables at the reception, the picture I pulled up below sure makes the room so dark.

     

    Chiavari Chair Color and linen HELP!!!! (pic heavy sorry!) :  wedding chiavari chair red rose champagne gold ivory latte cushion DSC00139

    Whereas this picture makes the room so much lighter.  This is kind of my ideas for the tables, just in your head turn the flowers into red roses.

    Chiavari Chair Color and linen HELP!!!! (pic heavy sorry!) :  wedding chiavari chair red rose champagne gold ivory latte cushion Rubenacker Reception 6 18 11 0412

    Chiavari Chair Color and linen HELP!!!! (pic heavy sorry!) :  wedding chiavari chair red rose champagne gold ivory latte cushion Rubenacker Reception 6 18 11 001

    But I realize that basically my venue is a giant white space and maybe more color would be better? So what do you think? Red cushions or ivory cushions?

    My second dilemmea is on linen choice.  I'm pretty sure I want champagne tablecloths but with what color napkins? Ivory napkins? Latte napkins? Champagne napkins?  Red napkins? Too many decisions! Again, I'm scared of too much red but don't want the space to look washed out either.  Thoughts?

    Tablecloth:

    Chiavari Chair Color and linen HELP!!!! (pic heavy sorry!) :  wedding chiavari chair red rose champagne gold ivory latte cushion S EyelashPintuck Chardonnay

    Napkin choices:

    Chiavari Chair Color and linen HELP!!!! (pic heavy sorry!) :  wedding chiavari chair red rose champagne gold ivory latte cushion Champagne Swatch

    Chiavari Chair Color and linen HELP!!!! (pic heavy sorry!) :  wedding chiavari chair red rose champagne gold ivory latte cushion Red Swatch

    Chiavari Chair Color and linen HELP!!!! (pic heavy sorry!) :  wedding chiavari chair red rose champagne gold ivory latte cushion S Solid Latte

    Chiavari Chair Color and linen HELP!!!! (pic heavy sorry!) :  wedding chiavari chair red rose champagne gold ivory latte cushion S Misc TOC IvoryGold

     
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    scadadle15    May 5, 2012   Santa Monica (wedding in Savannah, GA)

    I like to keep it classic with the chair cushions. I'd prefer the ivory. Besides, it's hard to match all those reds together. Let the beautiful chair and your linens get the attention.

     
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    village_skeptic    June 16, 2012  

    What an exquisite venue! I think you'd be fine with red OR ivory seat cushions, to tell you the truth. I believe that the darkness you're seeing in the red cushion picture is because EVERYTHING is red -- the chairs, the tablecloths, the napkins. Also, remember that most of the time and in most of your pictures, whatever cushion you have is going to be covered by someone's butt. :-)

    I wouldn't do red napkins, because then you're stuck trying to match the red napkins to the red roses -- since they're on the same level, you might notice if there was any clash. You could go champagne tablecloth + bark-colored napkins (pull in the color of the dark woodwork in your hall) -- with white china, I'm assuming. You could also have an ivory tablecloth with champagne-colored napkins, which would make your roses pop even more.

     
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    cwolnizak    November 20, 2011  

    I would leave the decorations simple colors and let the flower POP for you!

    I voted Ivory/Champagne. You dont want too much matchy matchy.

     
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    ivorywedding    June 30, 2012  

    @thejgirl: the ivory is just so classy, i would definitely go with that.

     

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