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Dressing your venue: Do I or Dont I? - chair covers!

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- CommentAuthorloola_hoop
hey lovely ladies :)
i really want chair covers :) i think they give tha summin extra to a venue when you walk in :) however... H2B said - wots the point? waste of money and makes the place look like a laundry room covered in sheets!! lol
now i know it is an extra expense, but do u think i should just go for it? there is a pic of my venue wid the chairs as they are in my pics - wot do you think? would you just ignore H2B on this one and go for what you want?
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- CommentAuthorAttention seeker :)
i have to have covers on my chairs because they are vile ( blue and gold) and are so far from my colours they will stick out like a sore thumb.

you can get the covers quite cheaply on the bay of e hunni or do you have to have ones supplyed by the venue?
how much are they charging you ?

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- CommentAuthorKatya
i think it depends on what your budget is hun, if you can afford to then go for it but if you have not budgeted for it then i would not suggest getting them

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- CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
What is your colour scheme?

Personally I think the chairs look alright and they match the room. Even if you covered them up and put something else over them you can't change the walls and curtains etc. Its entirely up to you if you have them but I don't think they will make or break your overall look.
- CommentAuthortilomilo
i think they look ok without if they arent in your budget. Its the opposite with us, im happy with our chairs how they are, but h2b wants the covers, our venue is charging us £3.50 per cover, and £1.50 per sash!

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- CommentAuthorJane
I decided to get our wedding chairs covered to make it look a bit more special, £160 for 50 chairs I think, only got 34 for the meal but having 50 covered as it worked out cheaper. Go figure! So some chairs will just be sort of scattered about I think! The chairs were red and our theme is emerald green so definitely needed to cover them!!! The awful thing I discovered though this morning is ........ my friend sent me photos of her friends wedding reception there yesterday and I didnt realise the carpet in the main area is awful! Old ladies pattern and quite red! Oh dear. Luckily the main eating area is in a lovely conservatory with laminate flooring!!!! Hopefully avoid photos in the old lady area!!
- CommentAuthorJane
ps. H2B didnt see the point of covers either.... he just gave in when I started going on about it!
- CommentAuthorExcited_bride_to_be
My hubby to be doesn't see the point either and since he's paying for it, I don't have much choice. They are expensive though which is the main reason we're not having them. I do agree that it gives the venue an extra something. :)
- CommentAuthorUnknown
When me and h2b were first talking about chair covers he was the one that said no we dont need them.

We then saw the chairs with and without covers and he is the one saying we need them now!

Has your h2b seen them? He may change his mind if he did xx
- CommentAuthorJane
  
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Show him some before and after pictures, that might make the difference!
- CommentAuthorJill
I came to an agreement with my co-ordinator while booking. I knew there was an open day coming up and there's usually a discount on total price if you book on that day. I really didnt want to wait but just asked outright if I booked today would they include chair covers and sashes. She was happy to do that thankfully and I felt like I got something too x

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- CommentAuthorstressed to max b2b
tell him to shut up and you are havin them i would anyway i agree they make the room look alot better :-) x put u foot down chick x

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- CommentAuthorJill
... Id also say to go for it with chair covers although if you dont they do go with the room x

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- CommentAuthorSteffie
Go for the chair covers !!!!!
- CommentAuthorNishaVyas88
Have you tried making a deal with the caterers? Some do chair covers as well- my dad managed to get our caterers to do our chair covers for something daft like £2.50 a chair (there's no collection fee because they're coming anyway).

But it all depends on what the chairs look like. Ours are gorgeous (Camelot chairs) so I would have been happy without but my parents insisted. Plus we managed to find two tone shot organza in red/purple (our colour scheme) so it was kismet I guess.
- CommentAuthorloola_hoop
yeh i think im gonna go for em! :)
we can afford em, just H2B sayin its unnecessary spendin lol, i have showed him before and after - which was when he said it looked like a laundry room - and y do i want sheets on everythin? lol - but then again, he doesnt want table cloths either - and they r included with the venue!! lol
ill jus wont tell him - he jus see on the day :P
i have found a lady tha does them quite cheap (i think its cheap) she charges £2.50 per cover and sash (organza) or £2.99 per cover and sash (satin) :) xxx
- CommentAuthorJill
Thats a great price - the lowest I've seen was £2.50 for both so I dont think you'd get them much cheaper - bargain! x

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- CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
My venue have just started to do them so I'm going to be cheeky and ask them if they will do it as part of our package as they didn't offer it when we first booked and I am not paying their prices now. I'm happy for the chairs not to be covered as they match the room and don't clash with our colours. I can't see anyone walking in and going OMG you should have got chair covers haha. If I can get them for free bonus, if not no harm done.
- CommentAuthorCroc
I'm having them but I hate them and think they look like dovets! But h2b wants them and the chairs at the venue are hideous... But we either gave to have venue own covers at £4 each or Lycra ones for 100 plus to urns for flowers for £300. As normal chair covers don't fit venues chairs!! They've fine that on purpose ... But were not having sashes as I really don't like them

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- CommentAuthormummy2Olivia_Lisa
were havin chair covers.......at £1.50 per cover + free sash seemed daft not 2, its about £130 for complete set up n hire for 65 chairs. x x

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- CommentAuthorsuzky123
looks more classy with the chair covers.... they are an added expense but something that really sets the room up.

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- CommentAuthorSpecialSundae
I've been looking at photos of my venue again and as long as the chairs don't clash with your colour scheme, or look naff, then there's nothing wrong with going without. I have wobbles every now and again about whether to have chair covers but we really don't need them!
- CommentAuthorlinzi
Jane that pictures are gorgeous with all the pastel colours. I so wish I was getting married in spring and could have colours like that!! too late, have picked purple and silver!!

i would defo say chair covers and sashes add to the "wedding" feel of the day. if I walked into a wedding and there wasnt any, that would probably be the first thing i would say to myself "oh, they didnt bother with chair covers". its a must for me.

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- CommentAuthorbecky -mrs firth
my chair covers are £1.80 with sash!! bargain x

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- CommentAuthorSpecialSundae
  
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Linzi - If the chairs are nice then why have chair covers? Aren't they really just to cover up naff chairs? I'd rather have nice chiavari chairs than chair covers any day!
- CommentAuthorclaireandpete
We are having chair covers because it would ruin our colour scheme if we didn't, its just a finishing touch for us.
Our venue and chairs would be nice wnough with out them but for us it is the icing on the cake just last thing that ties everything together.
- CommentAuthorFuture Mrs Doublé
becky where did you get your chair covers from it is well cheap :)

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- CommentAuthorEmsy5000
personally I am going for them I think they finish the room

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- CommentAuthorshellay
i think chair covers make it look more like a wedding, if you just have the chairs i think it looks more like a conference venue, we are definitely having the chair covers, i just think it makes it look more special :) x

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- CommentAuthornickers
i like chair co9vers so does h2b personally i think they look weddingy to lol go for it xx

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- CommentAuthorbecky -mrs firth
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- CommentAuthorNetta
becky, that is a fab price. Can you the link my way too purrrrllleeeasssee so I can have a noseee. :oD.
- CommentAuthorbecky -mrs firth
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- CommentAuthorTrish Goddard
Im not having chair covers.....

My chairs of the venue are Cream so i thought it was fine.... Less money to spend!!
- CommentAuthorbecky -mrs firth
aww thats ok trish, mine are a awful reddy pattern thing!! wudnt go wiv purple theme lol

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- CommentAuthorTrish Goddard
to be honest... when everyone is sat down you are not gonna see them anyway... LOL

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- CommentAuthorbecky -mrs firth
lol u can see the back s lol

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- CommentAuthorTrish Goddard
lol oh yeah... oh well xx
- CommentAuthorSpecialSundae
TrishHill - I'm glad I'm not the only one not having chair covers. My venue has lovely pale green brocade chairs and I really like them. In all honesty they were part of the selling point for me.
- CommentAuthorNetta
  
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Groovie and thanks for that becky, gonna have a looksee.

Tbh, not sure if will be viable as we have soo many that would need covering, but have to admit they would add a certain something to the setting.
- CommentAuthorsarsibob1
We were having chair covers - was 62.50 for 50 chairs. Absolute bargain we thought

unfortunately the company has gone bankrupt so now have no chair covers and not going to order others. at £1.20 a chair I could justify it but not at 3.50 a chair or whatever price some are charging.

I agree it can make the room look beautiful but the shine has gone on it for us now.
- CommentAuthorNetta
Oh sarsibob that is terrible, feel for you.
- CommentAuthorYourFirstDanceBride
We are not having chair covers either. Seemed like a lot of money that we could put towards to honeymoon or something. Who sees what you are sitting on anyway! You are only putting your bum on it!
- CommentAuthorMel D
We wern't going to, but the chairs at our venue are hideous, and they're dark green so doesn't reallt go with our colors (purple, lilac & gold) so we're (reluctantly) having them. If the venue had nice chairs we wouldn't have them.

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- CommentAuthorSpecialSundae
I do find it interesting that everyone worries about chair covers but not about the carpets. A large part of what put me off a lot of venues was the loud patterned carpets.
- CommentAuthorUnknown
We are having covers/sash's. h2b said we had to have them but found them for £1.85 a chair so was really happy! xx
- CommentAuthorRingo
You could always decorate the chairs differently than usual. If he doesn't like the white sheets then just do the sash/bow or come up with a different way to jazz up the chairs = ) x
- CommentAuthormummy2Olivia_Lisa
our carpets are beige but chairs are a bit naff!!! not havin bm's so thats how we justified havin the covers lol......... my question is our tables arnt round theyre rectangle does it matter do ya think??? x

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- CommentAuthorKaya
Wow, some of you have got your chair covers for soo cheap. Would you mind putting the link on my wall as to where you got them from and how much x

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- CommentAuthorHoxxyhula
I am completely torn whether to have them or not because I don't really like the chairs in ours, but they're ok and I resent having to spend just to cover chairs! I agree that if they were nice ones it would be a total selling point x

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