Weddingbee Blog

When I found out my younger brother’s prom was being held at our wedding venue, the Everal Barn in Westerville, Oh., I couldn’t wait to see how they decorated the place.

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The barn (and the homestead, where my bridesmaids and I will get dressed) was once part of a privately owned family farm before the land was transferred to the City of Westerville in 1978.

The prom theme was Twilight at Everal (I wasn’t surprised, considering the popularity of the Twilight series).

I thought the table settings were pretty cute, but the barn is pretty small, so setting up the room to seat even 140 people for dinner made for tight quarters.

Seeing the barn set up for dinner made me happy that we decided to not have a sit-down meal. There wouldn’t be room for all our guests, let alone a dance floor, if we’d decided to go this route.

I was also reassured that the chairs that come with the venue won’t “throw off my groove.” Breathe, Miss Bunny. Chair. covers. are. unnecessary. Green with black metal? That’s not bad at all.

My fears about the interior lighting were reaffirmed, however. I’m going to have to muster a bevy of twinkle lights if we’re going to avoid the need for the yucky built-in overhead lighting.

I may also commission Brother Bunny to help me with LED throwies for the $1 paper lanterns I bought at Michaels. He’s really into all things electrical, so that project would be right up his alley.

Overall, the renovated barn is gorgeous on its on and doesn’t need much decoration. Hopefully, we can wrap some of the beams in twinkle lights, string up a few lanterns and poms, and be done.

My MOH and sister Sunny Bunny and I spent a lot of time talking about which direction to face the audience during the ceremony. The flat lawn in front of the barn is the ideal location for us to set up chairs. If they sit there, either the guests will face the lower level of the barn or they’ll face the pond with the barn on their right (the other two sides have a road and a parking lot in the background). Neither of these is ideal.

I wish there were a big tree for us to stand under, like this.

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But there’s nothing like that at the park.

Perhaps, instead, we’ll hold a ceremony in the round?

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Have you ever attended a ceremony held in the round? What did you think of it?