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Why would you pick black metal with burgundy faux-leather padding as your chairs if you rent your space out for anything, much less weddings/receptions??? I mean what could these possibly look good with??
http://www.jeffcenter.org/facilities/fralin-atrium
The main picture at the top will scroll through 3 or 4 pictures, and you can see the chairs in all but one of them, I think. I really, really do not want to spend several hundred dollars on chair covers. But I think I may have to. Booooo!!
Yikes! What are your wedding colors, just wondering.
Those chairs are special, but they sort-of blend in. So you might be able to get away with it.
My chairs at my venue were way uglier and I didn't cover them. Once everything was decorated and all my guests came, I didn't even notice them.
Wow, those chairs are hideous. If your colors incorporate burgundy, or don't totally clash with them, you might be able to get away with it. One of the venues I looked at had similar chairs, except with this weird teal-ish faux-leather padding, and they are why I didn't choose that venue.
They are pretty dark and drag looking. But you could make them work if you already have dark colors?
yikes!!!! if your colors are burgundy & black you are okay, otherwise I would look into cheap slipcovers.
Honestly I think you can get away with not covering them. Once the place is decorated and you get people in there, no one will notice. I've never really been anywhere and thought eww.what ugly chairs unless they were torn up or had goobers on them.
^ lol!
If it's in your budget, go for it.
If not, do your best to focus on other things. I don't think they're very attractive chairs, but I doubt anyone will be concerned with them as much as you are (or any bride would be - we see alllll details!!).
Oh man, the conference chair. Well, in my opinion, I'd cover 'em. It gets expensive though. And no one really remembers the chairs!
Yea that is pretty bad. That wouldn't work with the color scheme. Light blues, and green and silver, and possibly a creamy color are mine, so that wouldn't work. Ick!
hahaha goobers! Well, up until a few days ago I was going to do black and white with red roses everywhere. The only reason I picked red, was to try to not clash with those dang chairs. But I've decided I really don't want to do the red - I'm loving black, blush, ivory, grey....... I went ahead and ordered a chair cover offline to test on the chairs there to see if they fit..... bahhhhhh!!!!!
LMAO!!! yall are cracking me up! I'm glad most of you think they are as bad as I do! When I tell FI we have to get chair covers (I'm sure he's never even heard of a chair cover) and he protests, I will say "but the bees said so!" 
I have seen way worse!!! the same chair only the seats were bright purple!!
bright purple???? Good grief, who is in charge of buying chairs for reception halls these days??? 
Usually I think brides worry way too much about chairs, but yikes!! These are the ugliest chairs ever! Who do you think bought those things??
I think if you cover them, you'll just draw attention to them. They're not pretty, but they do blend. You should put the $$ to draw your guests' attention to the front.
I am the girl that is ALL aboutnixing unnecessary expenses. Like, do you really need an embossed belly band on your invites? Or an Etsy card box? Or two types of embossed cocktail napkins?
So normally, I would be like "Hell no! Don't cover them! They are just chairs!"
But then I saw the picture. I'm going to be completely honest with you. If it were my wedding, I would move heaven and earth to be able to afford rental chairs or chair covers. Those are the ugliest chairs I've ever seen. I don't care if your colors ARE burgundy and black-- there is no way in hell you can let those chairs be seen. They are horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you don't cover them, they will affect the whole look of your wedding, which I'm sure you've worked really hard on.
Cover them.
If you've got the money, go ahead and cover them to make your life happier, but I will just say - absolutely nobody will even notice or look at your chairs except to make sure their butt is going in the right direction onto it. I can recall a lot of details out of weddings I've been to or served at, and I can't remember what the chairs looked like in a single one of them, haha.
@texaslawgirl: OK, I think you just sealed the deal for me, because you sound just like me. I'm having plasticware instead of china, making my own invites in photoshop and having a printer we work with at my job print them, etc, etc, etc. Chair covers are something I would never in a million years think I would care about. But, come on!!! They are a joke. And you can't tell from those pics, but that room is gorgeous. They don't belong in there.
Ack! It's true, they are really bad. I'm going to stop complaining about my white wooden folding chairs now.
Side note: This post prompted me to go on my venue's website and look at the chairs. I've never even thought about them before. They're not the best but they're alright ;o)
Because you only have 100 chairs (I assume--it says the room only holds 100 seated), why not see if you can work in the expense? Try chairgowns.com if you want disposable ones, or http://www.qualitychaircovers.com/Chair-Covers.aspx if you want rental/cloth ones--you'll just have to ship them back. They're both under $2 each!
Our reception venue has similar chairs (you can view them in this picture) and we chose to cover them. It was really just a personal choice of mine. I know that when I look back at the pictures, I'll wish they had been covered, so I'm ponyin' up the extra $400 to cover them. Ugh.
Makes you wish they'd just choose regular black chairs.
Can you use dark tablecloths? That might help blend them in and conceal them a little. They are just so stark next to the white tablecloths.
It might be cheapier to rent wooden resin chairs instead of the chair covers. You'll just have to price them.
Check out the plastic folding chairs at my venue! And the tables are plastic too but at least they are the industrial plastic ones so they won't break or fall over during dinner.
I'm covering these bad boys for the dinner and I'm renting white wooden chairs for the ceremony outside.
Seriously - I doubt anybody will even notice the chairs being frightfully uh-not weddingish? They could totally be worse ...if you're really worried though, you could always cover them if it's in your budget!
Well crud the picture didn't work. Here is the link. http://hangarhotel.com/conference.htm
Vintage has a good idea--my chairs are only $1.50 each to rent, plus delivery. They're wood... like this:
Nobody will notice the chairs except you and brides to be in attendance.
But since you will notice the chairs, and they will be in lots of pictures, if you think they bother you, you should fix it. Like someone mentioned white (or natural) wooden folding chairs are usually cheaper to rent than chair covers.
I know I'm in the minority on this, but I've never understood the whole "ugly" chair thing. I've never heard of anyone even noticing the chairs at a wedding and rarely seen a chair I would think ugly enough to need a cover. But then I also think chair covers tend to look pretty hideous. It would definitely NOT be worth the expense to me...but if it's what you want...
Cover them. People will notice and you will notice and they will be in your pictures and that will bug you.
Call around - you can rent chair covers for $2 a piece. Not super cheap, but not horrible either.
Cover them. People may not specifically notice or remember the chairs. But they will remember the feel of your room and the general ambiance. And those chairs will have a huge impact on that.
yeah, only people who critique weddings (recent or upcoming brides) will notice them. Also, I'm pretty sure my dad's church has about a million of those same chairs stacked in a a room somewhere, and I'm pretty sure they've been at the church since like 1990. they're more comfy than some if I remember right though (actually has padding; I'd rather have an ugly chair wtih padding than a wooden folding chair, personally)
I don't think they are the worst chairs I have ever seen but if it is in your budget, I would get them covered. They don't really go with the whole vibe of the beautiful room but like a lot of people have said already, I don't think people will notice the chairs.
Well I know I'm def not renting chairs.....the only option I have around here is a place that we use at work to rent stuff from. We rented chairs from them in Sept. for an event and requested their nicest white folding ones. Those things might've been nice in 1976. They were so beat up and dirty. So I'm either doing covers or nothing - guess I'll go ahead and order the covers if that sample one comes in and fits the chair. Maybe I'll just have NO chairs..... throw some pillows on the floor LOL.
Lol. Throw some mattresses out there and turn it into that "Bed" club from Sex and the City.
We actually had one of those open up in Atlanta a few years ago. I wonder if it's still open.
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