Wedding Set Up Ideas

This TabStart page presents a curated selection of the best wedding websites online that feature ideas for setting up and arranging your wedding reception. Wedding experts and fellow brides offer advice regarding choosing a wedding reception venue in which you can envision spaces for eating, drinking, dancing, a DJ or band, a wedding cake, and more. There are tips for accomplishing these set up issues while maintaining your decor theme, whether it be rustic, formal, or outdoor. Also, be sure to check out the pages below that will help you solve the age-old dilemma of whether to sit at a head table or a sweetheart table.

Ideas for Wedding Reception Space Set Up - This Martha Stewart Weddings article provides helpful advice for choosing a wedding reception venue based on the set up that you are interested in having. The author here raises a number of practical concerns regarding the logistics of your reception set up.
Ideas for the Set up and Arrangement of Your Wedding Reception - This section from Brides magazine features photos from real-life weddings that are categorized by type, such as ballroom, garden, rustic, urban, and more. Browsing these wedding reception photos will provide you with a bevy of ideas for how you want to set up and arrange your wedding venue space.
Ideas for Planning Your Wedding Reception Set Up Based on the Venue - This article from The Knot guides you through the process of choosing a wedding venue, and it explains that you should be able to envision how different areas of your reception will fit in the space. Where will guests eat, drink, and dance; where will the band or dj set up; where will the bar and cake area be?
Wedding Seating Set Up Ideas from Style Me Pretty - Browse Style Me Pretty's collection of photos that display a number of different set ups for both wedding ceremonies and receptions. Use these photos to explore ideas for ways to keep your guests comfortable while they socialize throughout your wedding day.

Ideas for Where the Bridal Couple Should Sit at the Wedding Reception - In this entry from the Wedding Bee blog, a fellow bride discusses ideas for where she and her fiancee should sit at their wedding reception. She raises several options, such as sitting at a head table, at a sweetheart table, at a family table, and more.
Ideas for Head Table vs. Sweetheart Table - In this forum page from Wedding Wire, fellow brides share their opinions on whether to sit at head tables or sweetheart tables at the wedding ceremony. There are quite a few posts here that will help you appreciate both sides of the coin.