Hello! So after searching for months we finally found an affordable venue!!!! The venue is actually FREE, we just have to pay for food/drinks! But since the venue is unique and not really made for big events I'm a little stressed out thinking about the mechanics of it all.... we are estimating a total of 100 people or a bit less. (We started at around 160 so we have cut down as much as we can).
First I will describe the layout (for those who live in Indianapolis/Greenwood area it will be at Vino Villa if you have ever been there). It is a wine bar set in a historic 3 story home. So outside there is a gazebo and plenty of room to have a ceremony/dancing area. Inside, The first floor does not have seating its basically the area to purchase wine/food/desserts. So all the seating is located on the 2nd and 3rd floor, about 50 people could be accommodated on each floor. I find this to be awkward since everyone would not be able to sit in the same room...
I'm struggling with how to coordinate the wedding.... At first I thought having the outside ceremony and then dinner inside, but the only place to dance is outside so then after people ate they would have to go back outside.. I wasn't sure if this would be annoying or not. Maybe I could do the entire wedding outside but of course that would be weather permitting and the inside is so cozy and cute we would be missing out on a big reason why we like the place. Then for dinner if we had it inside should we let people sit wherever or should we try to coordinate the seating? This would be a bit challenging because some seating is couches, some tables/chairs, tables are different sizes but we may be able to do it.
Anyways as you can see I'm having a lot of trouble and thinking about coordinating everything is stressing me out a bit. I want the wedding to run smoothly and not feel hectic. The owners are very laid back, we have the entire building to ourselves and basically we are free to do whatever we want which is nice! Any ideas or advice is appreciated!
