Beads are back! And they’re not just for gowns anymore. Updated designs and styles of beads have even made their way onto curtains. Some would say they never left, but for the most part, beads are playing up fabrics and curtains like never before.
You can buy ready-made beaded curtains, or you can make your own. And you’re not relegated to one shape or style of bead on a single type of curtain.
If you like beads, but just aren’t sure where to use them, start small. Consider drapes with beaded trim. A string of single beads on the hem can really wake up the look of tired curtains. Small strands of beads also look great as a border on a curtain or valance. The facets on the beads can catch the light and add shimmer and interest to a room.
If you’re ready for a bigger statement, consider curtains with beading throughout the fabric. A sprinkling of spangles, glued or sewn on, can add richness to otherwise ordinary window treatments. Depending on the design, beads can make a curtain look more formal or more casual.
If you’re ready to go all out, full beaded curtains are also an option. They’re generally used in more informal areas, like a child’s room, or as a room divider in a casual setting. They can even be used in places that you might not normally expect to see curtains. You might see them hanging on a wall, creating an eye-catching effect.
You can also bring a room together with beads. Beads on your curtains can coordinate with beads on your bedding. You can easily trim your own hand towels with beads for each bathroom in your home. Beads that are sewn on are preferable to beads that are glued on, especially if the item will be washed repeatedly. The choices of things to bead are limitless!
Even if you don’t consider yourself creative, you can add beads yourself to create a look that’s your own. You can get a variety of beads at a craft store, and depending on the type of bead, sew them, glue them or hook them in a pattern of your own choosing. You can get sparkly beads, smooth beads, shiny beads, wooden beads, gemstone beads and many other types of beads. You’re only limited by your own imagination. And if you don’t like how your project turned out, you can always go for another look, simply by changing the beads.
Beads can dress a curtain up or dress it down. Beads are versatile decorations!
Eric J. Slarkowski
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Are you doing anything extra to decorate your reception hall?
My reception hall is very pretty, with mirrored ceilings, wall sconces, gorgeous carpet, and a shiny dance floor. However, my mom feels like it needs some more decoration other than just the floral centerpieces. What can I do besides draping (ceilings are too low) that’ll tie together the elegant look of the venue? We are already putting low votive candles with scattered rose petals around the centerpieces. Anything I can put on the walls besides posters/pictures, which I think look cheesy? Any ideas?
Thanks!
I think you already have the right idea. You are lucky enough to have a pretty room. You want to draw your guests eye towards the middle of the room, the tables, with your centerpieces– not towards the walls. Why bring attention to the walls? Sorry mom, this room is a good thing. Dont mess with it.
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Not really. You could get one of those projectors and project your monogram on the wall. If it’s already got mirrored ceilings, wall sconces, and all that–it’s going to be gorgeous. I just had the light from my wall sconces. I didn’t put the overheads b/c it had fluorescent lights. Between the wall sconces and the mirrors, there was plenty of light.
You could do lights or trees. Stringing lights in a box (very simple–Christmas lights vertically in a frame) is really pretty. You can also drape fabric over that to give the light a glow. You could have a table of pictures of the two of you. That way people can walk over there and look but aren’t subjected to a slideshow.
Why does your mother think it needs more? Does it need more for the height or just more colors? Once you have the plates and the colored napkins, you’ll have more color. Perhaps use multiple colors of roses for the petals.
Good luck!
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Well at wedding rental places you can rent columns and you could decorate them in your style or theme or whatever you wanna call it and put it on the ends of tables[on the floor of course] and the openings of doorways and they can be a beautiful entrance ways. You can get them in many different sizes. 7′ , 8′ , 4′….I mean if you get them 4′ you can put ferns on them and decorate the column with tulle or lights or something to that effect.
Block off the dance floor. Again columns or pillars, whatever you want to refer to them as, you can space them evenly and run lights , tulle, flowered garland, thin cord with small hanging votive candles on them…OR…run a thin cord or wire back and forth between the columns and from the cord hang photos in B&W of you and you’re fiancee..I got a tons of ideas. Email me and tell me what you are going for as far as atmosphere and I’ll see what I can think of!
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I personally feel like table decorations, such as the centerpieces are enough to decorate for a wedding. Typically you rent a particular venue because you like the look of it. It sounds as if your venue has it’s own "built in" charm and adding anything else to it would take away from that. Also, most venues are too large that it would take an abundant amount of extra decorations to make an impression without looking sparse. I think you should go with your own instinct and leave the room as it is.
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I think you should just stick to what you have and decorate the cake table. To much decorations will look to clutter, stay classy! But if you still want that try Mapleleaf Decorations.com my friend use them and if you look at there web you might get ideas.
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We aren’t decorating our venue, except for table runners (which I am making myself) in dark cranberry red and votive candles on the tables; just to tie in our wedding colours.
Half the reason we booked out reception site was how beautiful it looks without any additional decor. It has exposed beams and stone walls and two fireplaces (one at each end). Plus it will be near Christmas so the venue puts garland on the fireplaces and there are candelabras that sit in each window. We love it because we have very simple decor tastes and this place is very simple, yet elegant and beautiful on it’s own.
I think if you love the ambiance of the room, adding anything extra will be a waste of time nad money. You don’t want to have to worry about decorating the hall the day of your wedding, and then it’s extra work to clean up after the wedding. Your guests really won’t notice the difference, especially if you think the hall is pretty on it’s own.
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The reception hall that we have they decorate it themselves. The only thing i have to bring is the centerpieces. I found some nice centerpieces for 15.00 a piece.
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Hi. I am in total agreement with fizzy stuff.
Sorry, but I think your mom is wrong. If the room is beautiful already….then why add to it? Trying to make it "too decorated," in my opinion, makes it look gaudy.
Just do beautiful centerpieces and keep it at that. Really, the guests don’t notice all the decorations anyway. They will, however, notice the centerpieces (at least I do!)
Good luck and congratulations!
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