Weddingbee Blog

I’m an antique/vintage junkie. I like old furniture, old books, and old houses. I like when things feel used and loved, and I like to wonder about the story of the object’s previous owner. Old junk just gives me the warm fuzzies.

The very first piece of furniture I ever purchased on my own was a worn out farmhouse dresser. Its doors had been painted a bright green that I loved, and the rest of the white paint was chipping and yellowed. I fell in love and brought it home (broken handle and all). My dad and Mr. Opossum had to move it up the stairs and into my bedroom. Both of them asked me, at separate times, why I had brought home this nasty old dresser. They were even more appalled when they found out I payed money for it. Ha. I guess it’s something that men just don’t get.

People that do get “it,” however, are wedding bloggers and designers! I feel like I see vintage and rustic wedding inspiration everywhere I turn lately. It’s one of those things that happens to be super trendy right now.

Either way, trendy or not, this love for old stuff has worked its way into the design of our wedding. My mom, my sister, and I went antiquing last weekend to see if we could find anything unique that we might be able to use. I came back with only a few items, but lots of great ideas!

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I realize there is a lot going on in this photo, but the thing I was trying to focus on was that awesome old window hanging from the ceiling. I happen to already have an old window in my possession, and I think this chandelier-like idea could be the perfect focal point to hang over our cake table.

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This was set up in another antique store and just happens to be a similar idea with the addition of lights (which I love) and Christmas ornaments. The fact that I could reuse the window that I have for Christmas decorations in the future is a pretty huge plus in my eyes!

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I’m not usually a candelabra kind of person, but this one is super casual and kind of rustic. I think it would be an awesome way to break up our centerpieces…unfortunately, there was only one.

I have no idea what I would use these “plate signs” for…but they are a really cute, simple idea and I’m sure I could come up with a use for them somewhere. All you need is some cheap old silver platters and a small can of chalkboard paint to make them—the owner of this antique booth is a genius!

As we move forward in this planning process, I am continuing to see wedding inspiration everywhere. I try to contain it so I don’t drive everyone around me completely bonkers saying, “You know what this would work great for? A wedding.” I swear I literally have that thought cross my mind about 25 times a day. As annoying as it might be to those outside the planning process, I’m really glad that I’m still finding tons of inspiration—there is nothing worse than designer block!

Anyone else using vintage or antique elements in their wedding? Anyone else finding inspiration everywhere?