Weddingbee Blog

Lounge areas at weddings have become particularly trendy, and allow for some really chic ways to incorporate your wedding palette into a nice relaxing area for your guests to chill during your reception. I absolutely LOVE this idea! In fact, Mrs. Lime had a fabulous lounge area at her wedding:

The mock-up of the Lime Lounge.

The Lime Lounge in action on Mrs. Lime’s wedding day. Looks pretty cozy, right?

However, I wasn’t sure that renting the lounge furniture would be in our budget - especially if you include the decorations for said furniture! I looked to our venue to see if the site itself had any fixins that would accommodate my strong desire to lounge at our wedding.

A teak bench on the R.H. Phillips Tasting Room Patio where our reception will be held.

What’s this I spy? A teak bench! Are there more? See if you can spot them!

Mamita Pom enjoying the beautiful spring blooms on the patio trees.

Looking towards the vast rows of grapevines that surround the Tasting Room Patio.

Facing the Barrel Room - our bad weather wedding ceremony backup location.

There so happens to be SEVEN of these teak benches surrounding the Tasting Room patio! I love the idea of our guests lounging and mingling on these benches while snuggled up in some cute pillows. My excitement grew when I discovered the perfect black and white striped large lumbar pillows at Ikea. To boot, Ikea had these SVEJE black and white striped rugs that I purchased to place in front of the doors for both the Tasting Room Dance Floor and the Tasting Room Bar. Since the pillows were on sale, I wasn’t able to find 7 of them - so I improvised by sewing a few green pillows to alternate amongst the benches. Voila! Instant lounge!

My beloved black and white striped lumbar pillows from Ikea atop one of the un-sewn table runners and flanked by my hand-sewn moss green pillows.

Are any of you having a lounge area at your wedding reception?