How To Style a Restaurant Wedding in the City

Take inspiration from interiors

For today’s dose of wedding inspiration we’re heading straight to the middle of Dublin City (it doesn’t get more central than the Ha'penny Bridge!) for helpings of romantic florals, a modern take on elegant styling, and lots of beautiful food.

A lot of couples choose restaurant wedding venues because they’re contemporary, informal, and low maintenance - and that’s what makes them such cool venues. But just because you’re opting for something unfussy, doesn’t mean you can’t make a restaurant space just as special, as a more traditional venue. Today’s shoot, by a veritable dream team of Dublin wedding suppliers will show you how it’s done. With photography by Nathalie Marquez Courtney, styling by Love & and florals by The Informal Florist, this shoot at The Woollen Mills looks to interior trends, rather than wedding trends for eclectic colour pairings, mixed textures, and personalised, curated styling.

Urban Wedding Inspiration by Love & and Nathalie Marquez Courtney | onefabday.com

Urban Wedding Inspiration by Love & and Nathalie Marquez Courtney | onefabday.com

The team at new Irish event studio, Love &, say this shoot is all about showing couples how to bring a little individuality to their wedding styling, “When Irish weddings finally moved away from the classic white, they took on colour, yes, but a new uniformity, too. What we're all about is encouraging couples to think about what makes them happy, in regards to their surroundings - their home, favourite restaurants, best days out - and to bring those elements into the styling of their wedding. This is how you get an event that's personal to you, which will really resonate with your guests”.

Urban Wedding Inspiration by Love & and Nathalie Marquez Courtney | onefabday.com
Urban Wedding Inspiration by Love & and Nathalie Marquez Courtney | onefabday.com
Urban Wedding Inspiration by Love & and Nathalie Marquez Courtney | onefabday.com
I love how this bouquet has so much variety in it - it looks so much more effortless than one that's overly-matching.
Urban Wedding Inspiration by Love & and Nathalie Marquez Courtney | onefabday.com
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The Love & crew looked to some of their favourite interiors trends and pieces for their inspiration, “We adore these hand-embroidered linen napkins by Jennifer Slattery and used them as the starting point for everything, from the table design, to the stationery, to, of course, the flowers.”

Their advice for styling your wedding like a pro, find a clear starting point, “It always helps the styling process if you have one key visual to refer to - it ensures you never stray too far from your intended aesthetic, however you might be dazzled by shiny things, along the way."

Urban Wedding Inspiration by Love & and Nathalie Marquez Courtney | onefabday.com
The mix of colours and textures adds to the modern, informal feel of the styling.
Contemporary Dublin Wedding Inspiration
Urban Wedding Inspiration by Love & and Nathalie Marquez Courtney | onefabday.com
While some couples aim to wow their guests with opulent decor, or others hope their wedding will look cool by including the latest trends, the girls at Love & say great decor should be about sparking the atmosphere you want from your wedding day, "Through texture and colour, we've created a feeling of warmth intended to welcome guests and inspire conversation - if a couple has no other aim for the wedding, this should be it."
Urban Wedding Inspiration by Love & and Nathalie Marquez Courtney | onefabday.com
Urban Wedding Inspiration by Love & and Nathalie Marquez Courtney | onefabday.com
Wedding Inspiration by Love & and Nathalie Marquez Courtney
What a feast! Restaurant weddings are perfect for serving up a more bespoke menu to a select gathering of guests.
Urban Wedding Inspiration by Love & and Nathalie Marquez Courtney | onefabday.com
Love the addition of mixed glassware too!
Urban Wedding Inspiration by Love & and Nathalie Marquez Courtney | onefabday.com
Urban Wedding Inspiration by Love & and Nathalie Marquez Courtney | onefabday.com
Gorgeous, modern wedding cakes and sweet treats from Cove Cake Design. Among these beautiful bakes, mini vanilla bundt cakes with raspberry icing, mini coconut sponge cakes with fig and raspberry macarons, a two-tier vanilla sponge cake with lemon frosting and gold leaf and blackberry and rose macarons. Guys, where's my fork?
Urban Wedding Inspiration by Love & and Nathalie Marquez Courtney | onefabday.com
Isn't it gorgeous? Your wedding decor is way more likely to be reflective of your personal style (and way less likely to date) if you take your cue from your favourite items in your home. And who else is feeling inspired to have a restaurant wedding! Thanks so much to Nathalie Marquez CourtneyLove & and the rest of the team behind these pretty pictures for sharing their shoot with us.

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