i am looking for different options for our head table at our wedding.?
Monday, March 1st, 2010 at
4:46 pm
we have 6 bridesmaids and 6 groomsman, plus us. so 14 adults total. my idea was to have each couple sit at a high top/pub table using bar stools or something with height so that we are still elevated about the guest tables. any suggestions or ideas? thoughts?
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i don’t know about you but i don’t think i’d want to sit on a stool in a bridesmaid’s dress…much less a wedding dress…
maybe if you could find a long bench or just large stools it would be ok – but stools generally have very little sitting area & i would have a problem getting comfortable…not to mention they tend to be less stable then normal chairs…maybe it’s just me…
maybe you could have someone build a platform to put a normal table & chairs on so you get the height without making it an awkward place to sit?
good luck
hmm i think thats a good idea i would also have a stool that the people giving speeeches could stand on so they dont look short
my opinion on seating is to have thrst make sure they areee tables for the head table. havveing them taller sounds great ju comfy enough with a dress on and all it might not be so easy getting up anddown in a gown. the way i saw this done was with 12 ppl, but im sure you could squeez one more on each side the tables were set like this one table in the front with the bride and groom in the middle the moh and best man next to them. then put one table on each end of that but at a 45 degree angle toward the rest of the people you could either alternate bm gm bm gm on each side or have all the bridesmaids then moh brid groom best man then groomsmen with everyone sitting facing the party. it looks really nice this way instead of one super long table
Think for a moment just how uncomfortable a bar stool is…then think of the formality of a wedding reception. Sounds inappropriate. Just position your head table so it becomes a focal point of the room. You don’t have to elevate anything.
so your bridesmaids and groomsmen are all couples? like theyre dating? i highly doubt that.
do a sweetheart table where only you and your hubby sit at then have 2 bigger round tables for the bridal party to sit with their significant others
Yes, called break a leg. Seriously, bad bad idea. You need to lenghten your head table if possible, most places have eight foot tables and put two or three end to end. If you do not have room for this, just have bride,groom,moh and bestman. Or depending on where you are having the reception, if they will let you, hire a carpenter to come in and build a platform. Wouldn’t be too expensive, using that presswood lumber stuff they use now, wouldn’t be like treated lumber. Or is the importance of being elevated that important. There are any number of options of table arrangements that can be done with round and rectangle tables that would look elegant but not be elevated and if you have a like little poduim box on the head table where everyone could go to make speeches then they would still be standing. Hope you are having a microphone system if you are going to this much trouble.
I think it would be odd to have all these tiny tables with only two people at each instead of having a large group seated at large shared table. Can you place newlyweds, Best Man and MOH, and the four parents at one head table?
Note: The only couple seated side by side should be the newlyweds. Seperate married couples: they already sit next to each other every day and need to meet some variety.