Last night Mr FT and I visited the bed and breakfast I was thinking about using for our ceremony/reception.
I seriously fell in love with it! I'm an old fashioned gal in many ways, and sometimes think I would have enjoyed living at the turn of the century. (Well .. not all things about that time.)
This place was built in 1910 and has a very Victorian feel to it. Mr FT wasn't impressed with the quality of maintenance, but we're not going to live there - just spend a night and use it for our wedding stuff. 
Here is the amazing part! By renting 6 rooms Saturday night we will have use of the house for 24 hours essentially.
We can have our rehearsal dinner / ceremony / reception all in the same place!
Also, there will be VERY little need for any decorations! Maybe some for the reception - but not much.
The cost of rental includes the owner / wedding coordinator being there for the entire event - moving chairs, and doing all needed cleanup outside of food.
The cost (excluding rooms)? $245. Rooms range from $89 to $119 each. If all 6 rooms aren't rented, we would have to cover that cost, but I feel pretty certain we'll use all of them. Even if we had to cover one - that would bring it up to around $345 (+the cost of our room). Which I still think is a steal for what we're getting.
I have a two week hold on it right now because I'm still waiting to hear back from my brother, and I also need to make sure that my grandma can handle a set of stairs.
I did take a few pictures, but Mr FT was waiting in the car (his back started hurting) so I don't know how great they turned out.
Question! What songs did you have for your wedding ceremony?
Here are the pictures:
The entryway (where we'd have our guestbook)
The staircase I'll walk down.
The area I'll stand in front of to become Mrs. FT
Another part of the room where the ceremony will be.
I Adore the Bed and Breakfast!!
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I had Phil Collins' "Groovy Kind of Love" and Bryan Adams' "Heaven" in my wedding ceremony.
What are you thinking for flowers? I think dark red roses and white flowers of whatever sort would be nice.
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Petunia - I haven't quite figured out flowers yet. I'm really thinking much won't be needed - the house itself I think is a lot of "decoration." I will do some kind of a bouquet, but not sure just yet what.
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LOVELY!
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This place was built by a banker who was 70 years old at the time! It originally had a huge ballroom on the third floor (now made into three rooms.)
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Which reminds me, my sister got married at a B&B. I had totally forgotten. It was really beautiful - when she lived in the south.
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I think this is such a great idea..like you said, you don't have to travel from one venue to the other from wedding to reception to spending the night somewhere and you have the place to yourselves.
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