A wedding you'll wish you had attended.

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We have never shown a wedding at today's venue before, and today's by Lucy Nuzum is one amazing wedding to begin with. Naoise and Harry first met while living in New York and brought their love home to Naoise's native Wicklow for a wedding party like no other at Arthur's Barn. Filled with (lots) of happy tears, amazing flowers and floral print details this wedding is a true one-of-a-kind. As Harry gushes..."The whole day I was doing a David Byrne routine, finding myself in a beautiful barn, with a beautiful wife, asking, well, how did I get here?"

Boho Arthur's Barn Real Wedding by Lucy Nuzum Photography // onefabday.com

Boho Arthur's Barn Wedding by Lucy Nuzum Photography // onefabday.com

Harry was late for their first date, but little did he know so was Naoise. Harry tells us..."I was late the first time I met Naoise. We had been exchanging messages online for a bit, and I had picked out this warm dive bar in Brooklyn near where I worked, but through some concoction of nerves and chronic lateness I left her waiting out front for five long minutes. She was probably furious and had every right to leave; it’s my luck that she didn’t. We talked for I don’t know how many beers, spent a long time saying goodbye on the subway platform, and that was sort of it."

What a cutie...

Naoise continues..."I was late too, and only beat him there by about a minute, but got to pretend that I’d been on time, the perfect crime! I remember taking a cab home and having the surest feeling that something really important had just happened. As time went on I suspected that Harry was the one for me, and when I met his family and saw what amazing people he came from, I knew for sure. I saw my own family in his, and it really showed me what mattered most to me, and how lucky I was to have found what I found, family is hugely important to us both."

Don't you just adore Naoise's bridesmaids mismatched bridesmaid dresses? Each girl chose their own for the day and each looked equally fabulous.

Madly in love, Harry proposed, unplanned, one random night sitting around Naoise's bedroom. Naoise gushes..."It was one of those summer nights in New York where it’s so humid you can barely breathe - I’m pretty sure I looked like Monica Geller on a trip to the Bahamas in terms of frizz. I couldn’t believe he had asked me. I definitely burst into tears and then called my parents to tell them straightaway. My maid of honour will probably never forgive me for telling her I was engaged over WhatsApp (I’m sorry Tanya!)"

As bride Naoise is originally from Ireland it was only fitting for this pair to marry close to Naoise's family home at the charming Arthur's Barn in Co. Wicklow.

Although Naoise and Harry had legally married in New York they chose to have a second ceremony outdoors at the barn, with Naoise making an entrance with her dad on an antique Morris Minor. She remembers..."My dad driving me to the aisle in a Morris Minor convertible was pretty unforgettable, everyone erupted into cheers and applause when we pulled up which banished any nerves!"

The beautiful outdoor ceremony was conducted amongst the trees with everyone getting involved. Harry recalls..."We were already technically “married” in the eyes of the law, because we had filled out all that paperwork in New York some time before. So we wanted our wedding to be a celebration of our lives together, and the people who had made that all possible. We wanted it to look great--and it ended up looking gorgeous—but more importantly we wanted everyone to have a good time, to feel like they were all part of the same messy bouquet of people. Since I’m from Seattle, and Naoise’s from Dublin, this was the first time some of our family members had met, and it was a chance for them to get to know how wonderful the two sides of the family are."

After the ceremony, and a whole lot of laughs and tears, it was time for the epic barn reception. Naoise describes..."We are lucky enough to have the most ridiculously talented bunch of family and friends who all went above and beyond for us, everything from ironing napkins to hand-sewing boutonnières to performing live music. My mum is a nothing short of a powerhouse: she sourced and arranged all the flowers, tableware, furniture, lighting, even running water, you name it, she did it. The food, provided by Ella Kennedy and her team at Kitchen and Larder, was absolutely unbelievable as well. People still rave about it. "

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She continues..."In terms of the style, we wanted a bohemian, rock and roll sort of vibe (I was rightfully ribbed for my undying love for “70s dad rock” in the best man’s speech, the use of Van Morrison and Led Zeppelin songs in the ceremony gave me away!) The bridesmaids picked out their floral dresses and accessorised them their own way, each expressing their individual style, and they just looked unbelievable. I tried on what felt like a thousand wedding dresses, and nearly blind-ordered one from Australia at one point, until I walked into the H&M next to my office in New York and nearly had heart failure when I saw my dream dress for under $100!"

As you can tell from these shots from Luzy Nuzum the reception was mainly about having the best time, and dancing until there was no more to dance to. As Naoise testifies..."Whenever I imagined what our wedding would be like, all I could picture in my mind was the people we adore dancing together under one roof and having the biggest laugh--and that’s exactly how it ended up (the last brave souls left the dancefloor somewhere around 5AM, when the sun was rising over the Wicklow mountains.)" Amazing!

Huge congratulations to you both and thanks so much for sharing your beautiful barn wedding with us all! A big thank you also goes to the lovely Lucy Nuzum for sharing her work with us. To see more from Lucy Nuzum visit www.lucynuzumweddings.com

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