Why Keep your Wedding Linens?
Why You Should Purchase and Store your Wedding Linens
Wedding Linens
If you’re hosting your wedding at a location without available wedding linens, you have a couple of options: either rent them for the evening or buy them outright. Not many brides opt for purchasing their own wedding linens, but if your party is small enough, they can actually save you money in the long run, especially if you entertain a lot. Wedding linens are a special and important part of your wedding décor, why not keep them? Pass them along to your future children? Here are a few reasons why you should opt to purchase wedding linens, even if you’re only getting napkins, placemats, or table runners:
For EntertainingIf you entertain a lot, or even if you plan on entertaining ever again, saving your wedding linens will be worth it. Bust out those wedding linens at Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any other meal opportunity at your disposal. Bonus points if your wedding linens come with a monogram; it adds a hint of “Man, she really knows what she’s doing” to any holiday party. For Posterity
More than wedding photos, actual wedding artifacts (such as your wedding linens, your preserved bouquet) are going to become family treasures down the line. Give your progeny pieces of your wedding day to carry with them to pass to their own children. Your wedding linens will mean more then than you know. For Sentimental Value
Just like with the sentimental hand-me-downs, the emotional value of keeping your wedding linens is indispensable. You won’t regret keeping them, as your wedding linens will speak to the emotion and magic of your wedding day every time you open the linen cupboard.
Table covers are available in numerous prints, including lace, elegant, theme, sheer, holiday, and so on. You will have to choose one that will complement the theme.
A runner is a broad strip of fabric that is kept on top of the table covering and it runs down the center. It is supposed to add color to the setting. They are available in different shape and sizes. You can also choose from an assortment of colors. Some even have tassels instead of being hemmed at the end. The napkins must also be selected to complement the existing setting. They are also available in a variety of prints. For instance if your wedding theme is pink and grey, then you might think of having a pink table cloth with grey runner. The napkins can be pink in color with grey rings.
If you wish, you can have chairs matching the table settings, then you have to choose suitable chair covers. You can also have pretty flowers decorating the back of the chair. It is important that your covers fit the chairs snugly. An oversized cover will not look very good.