The Barn

My fiance, my mother, and I drove up to The Barn At Fallingwater today. It was really nice. They LOVED it, so I'm pretty excited about it. At this point I'm waiting on the events chick to get back from vacation so we can discuss the specifics. So it's looking like we're getting married at the Barn!

Venue Options

It's been a busy week for us. We visited a movie studio on Monday as a potential venue, Thursday we are visiting another location, and today we got an email back from another! Here's the breakdown on each venue....

Studio: (visited Monday)
more than enough space (the total sq footage of the entire studio is over 300k sq ft)
no windows, black unfinished walls, super high ceilings
no restrictions on decor
probably a $$$ on the price scale because we would still have to rent tables, chairs, linens, etc
great photo spots nearby
most likely any date we want
still need to find a ceremony spot







Pluma: (visiting Thursday)
plenty of space, newer
centrally located
no idea yet on cost
not good for photos
still have to find a ceremony site
almost no dates available, we'd have to settle






Barn: (visiting soon)
our date is available!
150 guest max (125 - 135 comfortably) our list is roughly 180
recently renovated 'barn' converted into a modern event space
ceremony + reception on site
good for photos
a $$ on the price scale because we wouldn't have to rent tables, chairs, etc
35 mile drive for me, about 50+ for some guests








I gotta say that I'm getting excited about the Barn... it reminds me of the space we lost back in August. I never wanted a 'rustic' or 'earthy' wedding but it's a really neat space and I'm looking very forward to visiting! We've been praying pretty hard about our wedding so we're very anxious to find a place as soon as possible.

Developments 9.21.09

Venue: We've been a little discouraged for a couple weeks now over losing our near perfect reception venue. To make a long story short the president of the company that owns the event space, now thinks he may want to convert the loft into office space. And the rep who was dealing with us apologized and said we should find another location.
Every location we find is either completely not for us or overly expensive to the point where you are spending $3k for just a space with no tables, chairs, linens, or food. That doesn't really work for us and our budget so we've been stuck.
There are so many scenarios we considered but nothing seems to work. (Including a private destination ceremony with a big reception but at home... which is appealing but takes the fun out of the 1 big day event.) With our (now tentative) date only 8 months away we just really want our loft venue back.

Attire: On a good note I believe we did finalize most of the bridal parties attire for the wedding :)

{ I made these on theknot.com then took them into photoshop }

Back to the Drawing Board

So we lost our reception venue and as it stands we have nowhere to get married. Back to the drawing board... :'(