Cover chairs without using chair covers?

Sashes?

I agree with FMC, sashes are an inexpensive way to decorate the chairs.

Maybe you can buy a roll of tulle and tie a wide band of tulling around the back of each chair? Tulle is inexpensive!

How to decorate chairs: http://www.bellenza.com/wedding-ideas/decorate/how-to-decorate-those-wedding-party-chairs.html

Decorate chairs with tulle on a budget: http://www.save-on-crafts.com/weddingchairs.html

Here are a couple ideas.

Oh my gosh great ideas! I like the tulle idea, except I do not like tulle BUT I bet I could go to Joanne's Fabrics or somewhere along those lines and get a different kind of fabric. Also, love love love the ribbons M.S.P.! Thanks for the links!

JoAnns is awesome! We aren't covering our chairs but there are only 14 of them and it seems pointless when most of my people aren't going to mind LOL. Otherwise I would do Ribbons because I love ribbon.

Isn't it crazy how pricey those chair covers and sashes are when you buy them, though? I've seen them as high as $5 for a little bit of tulle or broadcloth... Somebody's making bank on those... Renting them seems even more expensive than buying.

A few others that I found they are a little unique.

Do keep in mind that at your ceremony, most of those chair will be occupied, thereby disguising them by people blockage!

I wonder if you would still get a good look if you covered only the back rows or center aisles? Seems kinda tedious and expensive to make something for literally every single chair if you're doing a flower/ribbon type thing.

Or, I really love this photo Ms P posted (sorry Ms P, I snagged your image) but you could do normal size programs to stuff in the pockets instead of the menu. ???

No worries Krisalicious. I liked the idea. you could actually hang the program on the back in the pocket or you could forget the pocket and just hang a large program there or pictures of the two of you. I like how personal you can get with that idea.

I think the center aisle is most important... it will compliment you as you walk down.

I love the photo idea too!

If you do something on the center aisle I would decorate the sides of the chairs instead of the back, so the decor shows up in the photos when people are seated.

Or maybe string a garland of some kind from the front to back? Then your guests just get seated from the sides. That way whoever gets their first gets a better seat, too, instead of having to scooch all the way down as others join their row.

(One of these is tulle and I don't love the flower one but just to turn your wheels.)

More ideas that are a little different -

I would just do the center aisle and the back row...that's all that will show in your pics...and all that you will see walking down the aisle! Im not a fan of tulle either, but it does look really pretty especially when you mix a colored roll and a white roll. At Michaels they have a huge roll for about $15 and you could wait until a 40% coupon came and it would do all your aisle/back row chairs for under ten bucks!