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Seasons & decor

Wedding decor by season, with the tradeoffs stated

The strongest decor at a farmhouse wedding is the season already standing in the room. The work is choosing what to add and what to insure against.

Long harvest table inside a barn with linen runners, amber glass holders, branches of turning leaves and lanterns waiting to be lit
A harvest table set in October: branches, amber glass and lanterns ask almost nothing of a florist and everything of the month.

In this section

This section reads decor through the calendar: what spring, summer, fall and winter each contribute for free, what each one threatens, and how linen, light and foliage behave in a barn. Budgets for decor sit in Planning & budget, and photographing it sits in Photography.

  1. A tall crown mirror with a faceted glass frame leaning upright against a pale plaster wall in a hallway, late afternoon light from a side window crossing the facets, a wooden floor and a plain console table at the lower edge of the frame.

    · Seasons & decor

    Venetian mirrors: Murano glass, styles and care

    A Venetian mirror is a sheet of glass made on the island of Murano, near Venice, then cut, bevelled, engraved and silvered by hand, and finally framed in glass rather than wood.

  2. A weathered wooden crate of unlabelled tulip bulbs on a potting bench in a farmhouse garden, morning light from the left, shallow depth of field with a trowel and paper labels at the edge of the frame.

    · Seasons & decor

    Tulips by cultivar and division for cut flowers

    Tulips are easiest to plan when you treat each name as a set of facts: a cultivar, a horticultural division, a colour, and a season.

  3. Barn mantel dressed with bittersweet vine, white pumpkins of different sizes and brass candlesticks lit against the dark window

    · Seasons & decor

    Fall barn wedding decor: warmth without waste

    Autumn hands a barn its decor for free: color on the trees, warm light through the doors. The work is restraint, safety and one true palette.

  4. Garden ceremony arch of flowering branches above a flagstone path, tulips and ranunculus in low bowls along the chairs and a soft grey sky

    · Seasons & decor

    Spring garden wedding decor that survives weather

    Spring decor is a weather negotiation. Plan for wind, rain and late cold, and the garden gives back the year's freshest palette.