Unique wedding styling ideas
It’s often the smaller details that guests remember, so ABIA shines a spotlight on some unique wedding styling ideas and inspiration to help make your wedding unforgettable.
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Of course you want your big day to be sensational, but given the many couples who’ve married before you, how do you find new ideas to make your wedding day a standout? According to ABIA’s expert wedding stylists and decorators traditions have their place, but the addition of personalised wedding styling ideas is key to creating a memorable ceremony and reception.
Adelaide Wedding Hire | Image @deansnushallphotography
Why wedding styling matters
Wedding styling goes beyond choosing colours or a dress — it’s about curating an experience. Thoughtful styling sets the mood, tells your story and ensures every visual element feels cohesive and, in a world of Pinterest-perfect weddings, incorporating unique elements is the secret to standing out.
How to personalise your wedding styling
Infuse meaningful cultural or religious significance, choose a creative wedding theme inspired by your shared passions and interests, or embrace new wedding trends and innovations and your wedding can be as original as your relationship.
Check out these inspirational wedding styling ideas that some of ABIA’s most-recommended wedding stylists have designed to leave a lasting impression on guests and decorate unique and unforgettable weddings.
Define the details
International wedding stylist Nadia Duran, used custom-printed linen and napkins, and glass charger plates embossed with menus, to complement and personalise this Positano-inspired wedding design | Image @society_photo
Encourage interaction
Fruit mixed with florals is trending for weddings and edible displays, like this one by Perth wedding planner and stylist Art de Fleur, offers guests an edible interactive experience | Image @jdco.photography
Celebrate culture
Whether drawn from a couple’s religious beliefs, country-of-origin or upbringing, the inclusion of traditional cultural elements and decorations, like this floral centrepiece by Sydney wedding florist and stylist Jewel Phon Flowers, can add both style and sentiment | Image @alisterkou
Think three-dimensional
Experienced wedding decorators know to look up and down to create dreamy décor, and this fringed ceiling and gloss decal dancefloor, by Ivory Heart Events in Melbourne, deliver on floor-to-ceiling inspiration
Switch it up
Who says you need to stick to traditional wedding seating and layouts? This aisle seating arrangement by Brisbane-based Chandni Events takes inspiration from a fashion catwalk | Image @wallflowerweddings
Get fancy with florals
Experienced wedding florists offer all manner of ways to stamp your signature on your wedding day with unique floral arrangements and colour combinations, but this bridal purse and flower girl wand, by celebrated Melbourne floral designer Basia Puchalski, make statements beyond the traditional bouquet.
See the light
Whether crystal chandeliers, sparkling fairy lights, strings of festoon bulbs or neon fluorescents, lighting can create atmosphere, both indoors and out, and for a dreamy indoor wedding scheme, we adore this starlit sky ceiling effect, showcased by international wedding planner Nadia Duran.
Play with pattern
While there’s no denying the impact of a well-chosen wedding colour scheme the blue and white chinoiserie vases, included by Perth wedding planner and stylist Art de Fleur in this tablescape, prove there’s power in pattern | Image @matiuuu_
Take the cake
Wedding cake is widely considered a wedding day essential, but that’s not to say you can’t get creative with flavours, shapes, display stands and utterly unique interpretations, such as this ‘cheese cake’ formation by Stradbroke Island Events | Image @wyldefolkstudio_
Work with the weather
Whether it's a sunkissed summer day or one filled with wintry wonder, work the weather into your wedding decorating by offering the likes of parasols, blankets or sunhats — like those in this welcome display, styled by Lovebird Weddings — which can add to the ambience and enhance the guest experience | Image @cassandraladru
Serve up something special
Sweet smores stations, created by Splash Events to complement a wedding with open firepits, prove that if you work with your venue and theme, memorable touches don’t need to be elaborate | Image @estellaphoto
If you're looking for the latest wedding inspiration, news and ideas ABIA is the ideal starting point. As one of Australia's most-trusted wedding planning platforms it combines wedding inspiration, how-to articles on topics like finding the perfect wedding dress, sustainable wedding suggestions and multi-day wedding planning with suggested gift ideas, destination wedding venues and top honeymoon destinations in Australia. The comprehensive ABIA Directory also showcases more than 600,000 reviews and ratings collected from recently-married couples, and allows those planning a wedding to search for wedding services and wedding vendors around the country, including ceremony and reception venues, celebrants, photographers, caterers, decorators, florists, planners and coordinators, transport providers, hair stylists, make-up artists, videographers, cake designers, live music and even dance teachers and photo booth hire. Additionally, there's an online wedding registry to allow guests an opportunity to contribute to a holiday or experience in place of a traditional wedding gift.
