Our best ideas to organize a country wedding!

The “country” wedding theme has been absolutely trendy for a few years, which is why we have looked at the best decoration ideas to reveal to you! Whether it is to personalize your reception room, your cold buffet, decorate your secular ceremony, or even your wedding outfit, find our gallery of inspiration to make your beautiful day in the heart of nature an unforgettable event! Also count on the advice of our expert and wedding planner Jennifer Chevrier, founder of the CJ Events agency, for the organization of a successful country wedding!

• What is a country wedding?
• What are the essential elements of a country wedding?
• What is the ideal place for your country wedding?
• What country decoration for your wedding?
• Country gift ideas for your guests
• How to dress for a country wedding?
• What outfit for a country groom?
• What color for a country wedding in 2023-2024?

What is a country wedding?

The Wedding Planner, Sophie, better known under the name of MS Private Event defines a country wedding as a wedding in which the decoration, the room, and the exteriors are natural in style with greenery, wood, reminders of the elements of the countryside (straw bale, bucket, wooden logs, jute fabrics…) with fields around. And for evening brightness, guinguette or led garlands.

What are the essential elements of a country wedding?

A country wedding resembles a nature wedding and is by definition organized in the countryside, but what matters is above all the atmosphere that we will give it, the decoration that we will create, who will make this wedding, a relaxed, chic, and romantic wedding.

The classic of a country wedding in the outfits of these gentlemen: the bow tie and suspenders. For you ladies, a simple, light, flexible wedding dress will have a total effect on your guests. Choose tulle or crepe fabric for more lightness and elegance in your outfit. The advantage of a country wedding is that you don't have to get married in white, you can change to off-white, beige, cream...

As for the decoration, you have to think of nature and decorate the trees with pennants, lanterns, tulle, balloons, and wooden decorations, to really accentuate the countryside. As you will have understood, you need a simple but very rustic decoration, especially think of flowers and plants, but stay very natural!

What is the ideal place for your country wedding?

The choice of your reception venue is essential in the context of a country wedding! Prefer an area with a large bucolic park, a beautiful terrace where you can arrange your tables and a friendly and warm interior, a bit rustic.

Choose an exterior with lots of trees and a very rustic interior. Here are some ideas of ideal places to organize your country wedding:

• A rustic and chic farmhouse at the same time.
• A stone estate with exposed beams located in the heart of nature
• An outdoor ceremony near a river or body of water.

Of course, we don't all have the same budgets, but rest assured, your garden will be fine too! Indeed, the country theme represents a simple and natural wedding where one must feel good, so your home will be the ideal place.

What country decoration for your wedding?

Upon arriving in the reception hall, your guests must immediately immerse themselves in your theme. To enhance your country wedding, hang garlands of pennants throughout the room, hang lanterns, wooden branches adorned with foliage, prefer wooden chairs, and cover them with tulle, etc. For the “Wow” effect ”, light up your wedding with LOTS of fairy lights.

For the decoration of your exterior, you can hang glass bottles in which you have placed pretty flowers. Create different decorations with wooden crates, old shutters, demijohns, jars, and even bicycles, the more retro and old the more you will be in the theme!

Regarding the wedding table decoration, we advise you to adorn them with burlap, glass bottles, wooden logs, mini straw bales, etc… These details will accentuate your theme and make your wedding a real success. ! Be careful not to use colors that are too showy and rather prefer pretty pastel colors, such as powder pink, cream, or even lilac. For your centerpieces, choose wilted flowers, eucalyptus, wildflowers, daisies, wheat, pampas, lisianthus, and white roses…. Mix the codes and add lace for the finishing touch!

Your guests must find your wedding theme even in your stationery! Take up the codes of the country wedding for your wedding invitation, Save the date, wedding program, etc. To do this, favor materials such as kraft, raffia, straw, and nude tones such as beige, brown, cream, etc…

A small detail that will make the difference: a garland curtain in fabrics of several colors, perfect for decorating a secular ceremony, your photo booth, or just for a door frame. Bohemian chic atmosphere guaranteed!

Top 5 of the best decoration ideas for your country's wedding

1. Vegetate the tables and bet on table runners in flowers: what is trendy and which will have its effect for your country wedding is a table where plants reign supreme and are arranged harmoniously. From the floor to the ceiling and even on your plates, they make their way to make your decor as natural and rustic as you wish. Opt for pretty weathered wooden chairs, a farmhouse table decorated with bouquets of flowers, or lush floral table runners and you're done!

2. Transform your old objects to give them a second life: objects lying around in the basement, in your attic, or in your garage, you have plenty of them! Examine each one and see how you can deflect it. For example, you can use your wheelbarrow to turn it into a cocktail or beer bar! The trend is DIY so have fun! Let your imagination run wild and recycle: crates can serve as decoration as well as display on a buffet, for example.

3. Opt for a flower bar: this idea has its place in a country wedding. Made available to your guests, they will be able to choose their favorite plants and will be able to flower their outfits. A nice touch of creativity and customization, totally in your theme.

4. Have original seats for the decoration of your secular ceremony: for a ceremony in your image, vary the size of the seats, their shape, and their color, or use natural elements such as wooden trunks, small barrels, or boots of straw. This will give a charming bucolic side to your D-day in the middle of nature.

5. Adorn your canopy with hangings, lanterns, or light garlands: at nightfall, your wedding in the middle of nature will be dressed in enchanting and romantic lights. This sweet atmosphere will delight your dinner guests while announcing the rest of the festivities. No one can resist the beauty and magical atmosphere created by light garlands or lanterns. The must: organize a release of lanterns in the park!

Country gift ideas for your guests

We forget the traditional dragees and we put everything on small homemade gifts. Get your hands dirty and make candles, soap, pastry preparations in jars, cookies, jams... Don't have time? Then prefer useful guest gifts such as bottle openers, key rings, plants, bottles of olive oil, artisanal syrups, and mugs…. Your guests should be the most thrilled with these rustic gift ideas.

How to dress for a country wedding?

For a country wedding, favor white, long, and flowing wedding dresses. Opt for silky, soft, and even natural materials such as silk, cotton, and satin... Don't overdo it, your dress must remain simple, and highlight your morphology while gently highlighting your curves. Backless wedding dresses in all forms are popular, as is lace, a must-have in total look or in small touches. You can also play with transparency effects, as long as it remains sensual and feminine. Nice details like little buttons, long puffy sleeves, and a draped effect on the train sublimate a rustic wedding dress. Bridal accessories such as flower crowns, flower pins, and bracelets, as well as your bridal bouquet, will be the finishing touches to your bucolic bridal outfit.

Sophie shares her advice on the trends for the next few years to adopt for a country wedding.

What outfit for a country groom?

“A 2 or 3-piece suit with a floral or quirky bow tie will do just fine for a country groom”.

What color for a country wedding in 2023-2024?

“I advise you to prioritize pastel colors, which highlight tones that are as soft as they are warm and joyful and which therefore perfectly represent the country atmosphere. Also, do not hesitate to choose the colors according to your tastes”.