How to Disguise Walls at Your Wedding Reception

Use a variety of different fabrics to hide and enhance unsightly wedding reception walls.

If you’ve rented a wedding hall and discover an unsightly wall or a portion of it that can detract the focus from your celebrations, there’s no need to worry. You can use a range of cost-effective decorations to camouflage the walls. Smartly disguise your wedding reception walls by enhancing them with your wedding theme; or choose from decoration ideas such as fabrics, balloons, buntings and potted plants. These decoration ideas don’t just cover the walls, but add beauty and elegance to your wedding celebrations.

Things You'll Need

• Traditional Mexican blankets and sombreros
• Sheer fabric such as tulle, chiffon or gossamer
• Golden curtain rope or pomander balls
• Buntings
• Wallpaper
• Balloons

Instructions

1. Decorate the walls with items that sync in with your theme. For instance, if you have a Mexican fiesta theme, cover the walls with traditional Mexican blankets. If you want to disguise just a portion of the wall, strategically position sombreros or wide-brimmed hats over that area.

2. Cover the walls with sheer fabric such as tulle, chiffon or gossamer. Drape the walls end-to-end with white tulle and overlay sheets of colored chiffon over it in sections for a luxurious effect. Choose the chiffon in colors that sync in with your theme. You can further accessorize the fabric by tying the chiffon with golden curtain rope or a pomander balls.

3. Attach buntings across the walls. String the buntings in rows, from the top of the wall to the bottom, or just over the portion of the wall that you want to disguise. Use buntings in the colors or designs that match your wedding theme to enhance their appeal.

4. Dress up the walls with wallpaper. Choose wallpaper designs that match with your theme or wedding decorations. For instance, if you have a floral theme, use floral wallpaper that synchronizes with the specific flower that you are using as part of your decorations.

5. Place balloons in colors that match your theme, on areas of the wall that you want to camouflage.

References

• How To Plan A Wedding: Wedding Reception Decoration Ideas
• LDS Living; {LDS How-to} Transform a Cultural Hall into a Wedding Reception; February 2011
• Cheap Wedding Solutions: Wedding Reception Backdrops
• Wedding Flowers And Reception Ideas: Decorating With Gossamer
• Daily Wedding Planning Tip: Unique Wedding Receptions Are DIY-Friendly
• DexKnows; How To Decorate A Wedding Reception With Fabric; Cynthia Meyers
• Best Wedding Sites; When It Comes To Decorating Your Wedding Ceremony Or Reception…; Charish Hoover