Planning the decoration for wedding marquees varies from decorating traditional wedding reception venues in that a marquee offers a blank canvas as oppose to an already (and often highly) decorated function room. Assuming you hire a clear-span framed structure (without interior structural poles) you also have an even, uncluttered space which provides limitless decoration possibilities.

If you start to plan your wedding decoration as soon as you know which type of tent you are hiring, you can ensure that it looks spectacular and accommodates all your wedding venue needs.

Wedding Marquee Budget

Your budget should include consideration for the marquee hire, table decorations, chairs, lighting, table cloths and flowers etc. You may also want to hire outdoor heaters depending on what time of year you are getting married, so ensure to include those in your budget.

Wedding Marquee Size

Ideally you should draw up a floor plan on a small piece of graph paper showing a scaled down version of your marquees floor space. Pencil in where you plan to have tables and chairs, the DJ or band and any other large items which will be fairly fixed in terms of their location inside the wedding tent. You will need to know how many guests you will be seating in order to ensure you order the correct sized tent, chairs and tables etc.

Wedding Marquee Location

If the wedding marquee is situated in large open grounds you might want guests to enjoy both the indoor space offered by the marquee as well as the outdoor space. If that is the case, the outside area might be just as important in terms of visual appeal and can be made to look especially enchanting with outdoor lights attached to the outside frame. If however, you are unlikely to be using the outdoor space, you could limit your decoration of the outside of the marquee to a few balloons, flowers and a banner to welcome guests via the main entrance.