If there’s one thing I cannot stand it’s crap carpets. And a lot of wedding venues seem to love crap carpets. No matter how beautiful the wedding venue, if it has a crap carpet I would have to write it off instantly. I believe, unless you style your wedding to fit with the dodgy decor it’s just going to ruin all the effort you poured into the vision for your dream day.
Case in point…
Awesome images courtesy of:
And another…
You could spend hours putting together a beautifully styled wedding and then the carpet goes and ruins it all!
Apparently there is a reason for the awful carpets with the loud patterns. It makes it easier to hide stains. I don’t think they’re talking about stains from wounds inflicted by upset brides, when they realise their wedding photos are going to look considerably less pretty, because of the crap carpet. I’m guessing they’re talking about red wine spillages and the like. Understandably it costs a lot to change a carpet. So just do away with them all together I say! What’s wrong with wood? Wood is beautiful and complements any colour choice…
Wood image via: Archi Expo
Of course if you’ve completely fallen in love with the venue then the carpet could possibly be overlooked (perhaps have your wedding at night when it’s darker?), or covered. In my case it would have to be covered although I’d make this a deal-breaker. I’d want the venue to pay for covering the crap carpet or I’d be looking elsewhere…
Wooden floors, grass or sand. That’s what I’d want :)
Debs
P.S. Anybody else that would say no to a venue just because of the carpet? Hoping it’s not just me ;)
Tags: carpet, decor, flooring, styling, theme, ugly carpet, Venue, wooden
Ha! I love this… really made me laugh and I’m soooooo with you!!!!! ;-)
Totally agree…carpets in venues can make or break a brides choice, enough fo the crap 70s patterns!
Crap carpets are the bane of my life. That and those hideous conference chairs that you get in loads of venues.
Your right about this! Ruins a photo too – Worse is that red type of stuff!
So true!
I thought I was the only one.
I persuaded my sister a wedding venue was crap just because the carpets are really bad!
Wooden floors all the way…far too many dodgy carpets out there…why????
Haha!!
My fiance and I literally walked out of the first 15 venues we looked at purely based on the repulsive carpets!!!!
We finally found a venue that I couldn’t say no to and I am having to pay over £2K to lay neutral carpet over the hideous one they have!! The lengths we go to hey.
Debs, you’re hilarious! A sad reality of so many venues… but man, you managed to made it funny alongside all the other beautiful inspirations.
Wedding planners should stage carpet interventions with venues!
We booked a venue with a crap carpet! I’s bright blue with gold swirls all over it. But the venue itself is so lovely that we’re just going to have to work around it. In fact we’ve changed the colour scheme to match the carpet! Thought this was a better thing to do than having it look awful because of clashing colours.
Thanks for all the comments supporting my loathing of crappy carpets :D
Emma – 2k to cover the awful carpet?! It’s just not on!
There should definitely be some sort of campaign against crap carpets ;)
So true, ugh I hate hotel carpets, some places I feel like I have to photograph waist high and above to avoid the garish swirly hideousness below.
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