Vintage wedding table Decorations

It remains one of the favorite wedding trends from young couples who like to turn to the past when it's time to think about the decorative aspects of their marriage. The vintage style covers a number of times: from glam Hollywood of the '20s and the French Belle Époque, the model of the British countryside and rustic American from the same period, up to the 40s and 50s.

For this, many models of dresses and hairstyles hark back to those times and many items that are used for wedding decorations ranging from typewriters, furnishing accessories, Bakelite telephones, gramophones, luggage, antique cages and even cars. Any "thing" suspended, then, like antique frames, signs or flags perfectly complement the atmosphere you want to create.

There are many sources from which you can access to find inspiration or ideas on this style to reinterpret (the personal touch is always important) in your wedding, but we thought you would please gathering here the basic ideas and, above all, remembering what are the elements that should not miss on the tables of a receipt inspired by this style.


The crystal vases are a real must decorations vintage, but there is no need to spend a fortune to find them together on your table. Just start time to put aside all the pots and jars (no need to be crystal) that you use every day: the preserves, jams, yogurt cups to Nutella. Later, according to the vintage style chosen, you can complete the decorations with flowers to your taste, preferably romantic as roses, peonies, tulips. The ideal is to collect glass containers of different sizes, to combine with the bottles: decoration economic and highly effective.

The ancient books are other elements become indispensable for lovers of this style. Usually, they are distributed on the tables, serve as support for ceramic teapots or jars and glass bottles. They can also be used as decorative elements of some special corners of receipt, as the area reserved for the sitting plan or the cover of one of these can be used to coat an elegant book of signatures...

The cage wrought iron is an element become ubiquitous in all vintage wedding. Whether white, metal or painted in pastel shades, what matters is its romantic aspect. Fill them with flowers or aromatic candles and the effect will be bursting.

The vintage crockery is another must; are perfect to decorate the table, but it should not become part of the cutlery or crockery that is used for drinking or eating during the banquet: they are purely decorative. Vintage teapots (preferably English porcelain), cups of tea or coffee, soup tureens, sugar will become centerpieces ideals. And to make them even more attractive just adorn them with the same romantic flowers of the rest of the decorations.

If we summarize in this section the key to playing this style, this is: use everyday objects that are antiques (or appear to be) and convert them into original pieces to make the romantic centerpiece. To retrieve this type of objects started, in time, to make the rounds of flea markets, antique stores and second hand shops or "modernism", where you can ride the wave of each type of furnishings you pairs right to give your wedding the required mark.