Helping Will and Sophie Phillimore put a wedding together at Will's parent's farm. We cleared out an old barn which we decorated, furnished and utilised as a bar space, the 8m yurt was used as a dining and late night dancing space, and our marquee used for the ceremony. A wonderful country feel.
Creative. Achievable. Realistic. Helpful. Different.
Creating a space that people thank us for and seeing our client's faces when we have finished.
Ask for advice and try not to fret.
Picnic hampers on tables. It ran with the Kentish farm and countryside theme, as well as the more informal approach to the wedding.
Talk, collate thoughts and recommendations and send an email with estimates and scale plans, conduct a site visit or meet couple if necessary depending on the depth of our involvement, recommend 3rd parties for catering, bar staff, toilet hire etc, confirm the client's requirements and the services they wish us to provide; if the clients are happy we then proceed with booking. Take a deposit. Provide our services on time, and with a good level of communication.
Our yurts create an ambience themselves, but along with the variety of furnishings we provide and the guests filling the structures, the atmosphere seems to take care of itself.
We have set our yurts up on top of a 5 storey building in London, overlooking Liverpool street. We have also set our 8m yurt up in a marquee and indoors!
The smallest yurt; 3.5hrs unfurnished. 5.5hrs furnished.
Yurts, because they are predominantly wood and canvas. They don't clunk and clink about when you set them up which is reflective of their calming nature. The Mongolian designed yurts require no pegs because they are aerodynamically sound and solid structures, so can even be set up on hard-standing. They are just sociable round spaces and people love them.