Transform your wedding evening with a little sophistication

Creative Director at wedding planner Toast Your Event, Tina Dolder offers advice on how to add a touch of sophistication to your wedding evening event.

"With most venues, be it an hotel, a castle or a stately home, what you are actually hiring is a big room with some furniture and flowers, so how to transform this setup into something magical? One tip is to keep the daytime event simple and elegant. This allows you to transform the room for the evening event into something that truly has the WOW factor. Since time will be short for those doing the transformation, make sure they know exactly who will be doing what, and who has overall charge of the transformation. If everyone knows what they are doing in advance, it makes for a fast and easy transformation.

"I begin by setting the theme with a colour scheme, black and silver are a current favourite since they allow you to hang fabulous crystal walls, trees, curtains and table centrepieces. White table cloths and chair covers can be easily sourced and will give your daytime event an elegant simplicity. In the evening your tables and chairs can be contrasted with black accessories can create a sophisticated nightclub feel. Whatever colour scheme you choose, give it the wow effect by hiring colour changing LED ‘poser tables’, tables for ten people, ‘cube seats’ and ice buckets. These all come with built in charger giving up to twelve hours power, so there are no wires to trip your guests. They can be set to remain glowing with a single selected colour or to slowly transform through all the colours of the rainbow.

Having transformed your room into something spectacular, think about giving your guests a memento of the evening? This could take the form of a disposable camera left on every table, or why not tire a photo booth? You will have your memento of the big day with the shots from your professional photographer, but informal shots taken during the evening when people are letting their hair down can provide fun memories for everyone.

Your wedding planner will have good local contacts for most of your requirements, and if something is not available locally, the internet is your friend. Everything you need can be sourced at the click of a button. The internet is a great resource for hiring LED furniture, crystal curtains or table covers and orders can often be delivered direct to your venue.

Above all when you are transforming a room for your evening event, use your imagination and don’t be afraid to go a little over the top. What you are planning is not simply the transformation of a room, you are planning to give your family and guests an experience that will be talked about for months, and one which they will never forget.

Link to Toast Your Event http://www.toastyourevent.co.uk