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We are having an outside wedding in September. Our venue will cost about $2/chair for the ceremony. we are really trying to save money anywhere we can. What do you think about using straw bales instead of chairs? They would actually be free if you haul them in, set them up, and take them back.

would we put something, like clothe, over the bales? or have people sit directly on the straw?

I would cover them just because straw can be itchy (some of Lacy's pictures look like hay, which is even itchier). This is what my FI's sister did for her wedding and what we will be doing for ours as well. She just bought a length of cloth and ran it down them like a table runner.

And I don't want to assume what you know or don't know about such bales, so just disregard this is you work with them a lot. A word of warning: make sure you put the cut edge down! Of Lacy's three pictures, the top and bottom are fine, but see how in the middle picture, the bales are turned on their sides (you can tell by the direction of the binding twine)? The cut edge can be painful! It is like getting splinters. I assume they did that to make the bale taller since it is at the table; hopefully, the cover was thick enough! Hope this helps.