The Big Barn!

So, we went to check out THE Barn this past week and it was exactly as I had imagined. It was a dream! It was filled with all kinds of equipment that they were storing, but it was rustic, and beautiful and wil be absolutely perfect. There were some unexpected features, but knowing the Klassen legacy, we can make something out of nothing! So here is what we saw.

This picture gives you a feel for how tall and huge the rafters are. The two shining eyes in the middle are windows. There are a lot of outlits on the rafters so we can hang all kinds of lights if we wanted. An idea that I had was to do the same type of thing that Maria did for her wedding and hang a canopy of lights over the dance floor. It would just be mesh, so you could still would have the vastness of the building, but it would really set off the floor.

This is one set of doors and it has this big wheel/pully system above it. I'm not too sure what it's for, but we could do something cool with that if we wanted. Also, there are six of these big pillars. I don't know if I like the winding lights; they look a bit cheesy. But we'll see.

This is a really horrible picture, but here are the edges of the tables that we will have. They are so great! They are 6 feet long by 33inches wide. The lastest thought is to have three or four LONG tables that would be the feasting tables. So, we would put all the tables end to end and just have a huge banquet style dinner. Wouldn't that be sweet!?!?! (Sorry that I didn't take better pictures. I obviously didn't remember that I would be sending them to everyone to get ideas from :P)

And this gives you some perspective standing at the "front doors". As you may have noticed, there is a white band around the whole building, which is made out of concrete. That was the one feature that I wasn't the biggest fan of, so any ideas of how to make that look cool/nice? It also serves as a ledge though, and so we could have all kinds of flowers and candles on there which would be a lot of work, but really cool. Also, I wont be having the big florescent lights blaring! (Dad in his randomness was surprised at that. I don't know what he was thinking!)

Here are the chairs. They are your standard chair, but they will do the trick.

So if you guys have any thoughts of how to make this place look beautiful, let me know. One of the key things, is that with the decorating I don't want it to be an all out country wedding. I know, I know. I am having it in a barn, but I stil want it to be classy and elegant. Hanging lanterns, doing some more romantic things will add to the formality of a wedding. So when you are thinking, try to balance the casual with the elegant. I want this to be a wedding, not a hoe-down!