There are so many gorgeous ways to decorate your wedding space – today we’ve rounded up 11 rustic wedding ideas to create an enchanting wedding space for your autumn or winter wedding.
Domes & Cloches
Cloches or domes are a fabulously modern addition to wedding tablescapes. They have so many uses and will work for weddings year round but look particularly gorgeous when piled high with autumn’s rugged greenery and foliage. They can be used to cover everything from cheeses to tasty dessert treats or as a unique and interesting centrepiece display, for example as a cute cover for pine cones, candles or even photographs.
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Pine Cones
One of our favourite décor ideas for autumn and winter weddings has to be pine cones and they’re such a cheap and easy way to decorate your reception venue as well. You can turn them in to chic and rustic place name holders or scatter them across your reception tables to give them a homely, rustic edge. They can also easily be sprayed gold if you’re after a bit of glitz.
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Leaves
Leaves are plentiful at this time of year and they’re a cheap and effective way to decorate your tables. They make a great place card holder – you can scrawl each guest’s name on a leave so they know where they’re sitting. We also love this DIY over on Style Me Pretty where you can spray your leaves gold and turn them in to an elegant garland for your reception chairs. Shells are another beautiful way to decorate your tables, particularly place settings and can be picked up on an evening stroll to the beach.
Image by Ali Harper via Once Wed
Foliage & Berries
Gardens are overflowing with lush natural foliage at this time of year, just waiting to be snapped up and incorporated in to your wedding décor. Natural foliage can be used for everything from gorgeously rustic and earthy table runners, to garlands for your getaway car or as a chic swag for the back of your reception chairs, creating a little woodland wonderland indoors.
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Terracotta Pots
Give your wedding space an earthy, natural twist by using terracotta pots throughout your décor. If you’re using trestle tables, a row of little terracotta pots overflowing with natural foliage and berries would create a beautifully rustic tablescape. But they can be used for more than just flowers – use them as candleholders or as a sweet place to display wedding signage or table numbers.
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Herbs
Who’d have thought that bush out your back garden would come in handy for anything other than flavouring your dinner? If you’re looking for a beautifully rustic way to garnish your place settings, this is one cheap and earthy way to go about it. Pop a sprig of thyme on each guest’s place setting, pop one on top of each napkin or shape your herb of choice in to a miniature heart or wreath for the ultimate rustic touch.
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Fab Fabrics
Fabrics like hessian and crushed velvet are in high demand all year round but they’re perfect for lending a homely, warm and cosy vibe to a wedding space come autumn and winter. Hessian has so many amazing uses from romantic jam jar covers and table runners and bows for your pew ends, to a unique and interesting backdrop for signs. Bakers twine is also an easy way to give your décor a rustic feel – tie to jam jars to create shabby chic candle holders and floral displays or create pretty little bows around your napkins and cutlery. Shop our Hessian products in the weddingsonline shop here!
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Tree Slice
Tree or wooden slices have so many gorgeous uses and are sure to add a rustic and romantic touch to any space. They can be used to display your wedding cake, as a little pedestal for dessert time treats or cheeses, and as a quirky centrepiece. Check out Ailbhe and Andrew’s fabulous real wedding by Paul Andrews Photography for more gorgeous rustic wedding ideas.
Image from Real Wedding by Eden Photography | Image from Real Wedding by Paul Andrews Photography
Mini Trees
We were blown away by Nicola and Niall’s romantic real wedding by DKPHOTO full of the sweetest, earthy touches from oversized lanterns popped in to the middle of the reception tables to these pretty little trees that make an elegant and enchanting centrepiece. See more gorgeous details from this real wedding here!
Woodland motifs are great for weddings year round but they’re particularly popular at this time of year with cutesy little owls, foxes and foliage like trees and leaves making their way in to wedding stationery suites. Think illustrated, whimsical designs for an enchanted forest inspired wedding party – we love this inspired idea where a clipboard was transformed in to a quirky wedding menu complete with adorable woodland illustrations.
Image by Kristen Julia Photography via Wedding Chicks | Image by W Scott Chester Photography via Ruffled
Wine Bottles
If you’re looking for a cheap and cheerful way to decorate your wedding space, gather up old wine bottles. Wine bottles have two great uses – the first as a romantic way to display candles and they are also great for bringing a bit of height to your centrepieces. The second is the corks – corks can be used to create a fun and interesting way to display your guests’ names – pop a piece of card on top and voilà.
Image from Real Wedding by Ebony & Pearl
To see our real weddings for more wedding décor inspiration, check out our Real Wedding Section here. To shop for your own wedding day décor, including beautiful centrepieces and table numbers, head over to our online shop. For help from the experts, or to find items such as candelabras or chairs, try our supplier directory.
Main Image (L) by Tinywater via Design Sponge | (R) Image by Jen Huang Photography via 100 Layer Cake
