Discover Draping Designs: Completely Transform Your Wedding Venue with Drapes
Thursday, May 22, 2014
We met Janet, owner of Draping Designs, at a January bridal show and she's a hoot! We were so happy she was our booth neighbor. She offered to help drape our booth, added a little bling and we knew we'd be fast friends.
Her booth was very popular because brides loved her luxurious draping and the more we learned, the more we knew we wanted to share this wonderful find with you!
Draping Designs is a custom event draping company that has been in business for 13 years, and Janet has been involved in the event industry in Nashville for more than 16 years. With an art degree and a background in building props in the event business, Janet realized there was a lot that could be done with draping, and that fabric could drastically transform the look of a room. So she put her design and sewing abilities to use to create Draping Designs.
Using beautiful, high quality fabrics, Draping Designs can help you create a look to enhance your wedding day or special occasion in any event venue. They can transform any size tent into an outside oasis, and turn any ballroom, hall, or rustic venue for your wedding into a stunning, comfortable setting for you and your guests. I recently spoke to Janet about how Draping Designs can provide beautiful draping and lighting options for Nashville brides. Read below to see how you can use draping to help enhance your space and make the most of your budget.
What kinds of draping do you usually provide? What features do you usually try to hide?
There are so many reasons that draping helps in a room, mainly that it can make the venue more inviting and warm. It can give even the fanciest ballroom a crisper and more comfortable feel, and it can make a barn feel like a rustic escape. We drape entire rooms, cover ceilings, create backdrops and ceremony surrounds, and can reduce the size of a room to accommodate a smaller gathering. Tent draping is probably one of the most transformative, as unattractive tent poles can be draped with soft fabrics to not only cover the metal pole, but to frame the area for your guests. Soft fabrics can be hung in the ceilings to soften edges, and the design can be simple or complex to cover an ugly ceiling completely. Draping is used to accent featured areas or cover up elements that are not so attractive. We have draped to cover some unusual things such as a broken down hot tub, and when we were done no one knew it was there!
What would the process look like for a typical bride that is working with you?
Most brides and grooms have an ideal wedding image in their heads. I like to present several options, starting with pricing every possible thing a bride may want, and then also pricing an option with less draping that may work better with a set budget. I help them create a plan that will work best in their selected room, and like to work with the draping that will create the most impact for the best price. Obtaining accurate measurements of the areas we are thinking about draping is our first step, as well as the venue set up and removal information. I ask a lot of questions so that I can create diagrams, fabric and measurement figures. I try to think of everything necessary to accomplish what the clients want in order to give them them most accurate estimated price. When a site visit is necessary, we can also do that.
What do brides usually request?
Many brides request ceiling draping, which can vary so much in price depending upon what we are dealing with. There are so many variables to ceiling draping, and many times it enhances the beauty of the venue. It is also cost effective when covering flaws, and many times there are other draping options that we can provide to give you a bigger, better look.
What price range do the majority of your weddings fall into, and what would that include?
Our base price for draping in town is $600, which would be a backdrop behind a head table, or a wall you want to cover or enhance. Out of town would start at $1,000 for similar draping. We do every size of event, but usually a range of $2,000-$5,000 would be an average, depending upon the venue or tent, as well as the wedding location and travel time. We can create a $1,000-$1,700 look for many venues, and also have done large entire rooms and very large tents for $6,000 and up. We also provide white string lights, and uplighting to help enhance the draping effects.
What kind of draping was provided in the photos shown of the Governors Club?
The Governors Club is a location that I have draped often. It has such pretty views and the frequently requested draping options that we do there involve enhancing the permanent tent on site and their gazebo. One of the most common is tent pole draping, which I am very familiar with at this location. There is a specific unattractive feature on the tent poles, so I always do double tent pole drapes to cover them for a single tent pole price, because it is just more attractive. We frequently provide white string lights for the tent, and we do ceiling draping in several different styles. For the gazebo, we have two different styles we most commonly drape. One is a little simpler, like in the photo, and there is a way that we drape that is fuller and includes more drapes.
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If you’re a bride looking at venue options in Nashville, you’ve probably seen several spaces that look great…except for the ugly air conditioning unit, or the run down stage at the end of the room. Luckily, there is hope if you would like to cover up unsightly features, or enhance a plain room.
To schedule a personalized appointment with Draping Designs to see how they can enhance your venue, please visit them online at www.drapingdesigns.com, or contact them by phone at (615) 430-6577.
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Posted on May 22, 2014 |
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