Our Story
Laura the Bride: We were introduced through friends, they actually tried to set us up a year or so before but it wasn't until we were planning a holiday to India together did we realised we liked each other more than friends. Going on a three week holiday when you’ve only been together a few weeks is sure to throw you in at the deep end, it was a success though! We got engaged in Copenhagen, we love bikes, food and Scandinavian design so this was a perfect place to start planning the wedding.
The Venue
We knew that we wanted to get married in London and we didn’t want a church wedding (sorry parents!). We search the internet and did our research on some venues in South East and East London. We had an appointment to see one venue but they didn’t turn up. We then stumbled upon
Dilston Grove, I believe through some pintrest photos as it not widely publicised as a wedding venue, and absolutely loved the look of it. We went to see it and booked it straight away. We were asked if we wanted to think about it but we said no. In the end it was the only place we saw, they only had one date available so within two weeks of being engaged we had a venue and a date.
The Bride
Initially I started looking at all kinds of shops as I wasn’t set on having a classic wedding dress. I came across
Sally Lacock on the internet as she was selling off all her pieces due to a move. She was really local to work so I thought I’d pop along after work one day. She was based in an old warehouse and had a great relaxing area for browsing her dressing and trying them on. I liked the idea of a skirt and top and it turns out Sally had both which I loved, and she was great at giving advice. I did try a few other shops but my experience of wedding shops wasn’t great, so i was really chuffed to buy local to work from such a friendly person. She designed the outfits so it was great to buy direct from the designer.
The Wedding Party
I didn’t want all the bridesmaids to wear the same as they all have their own style. I suggested they find a dress they like that was muted colours. It just so happens they went for pink, one of them is in cream but I think the other three makes it look like pink! The flower girls skirts I picked up well in advance, I initially bought them as Christmas presents but then realised they’d work well for the wedding.
Rob - similar to Laura I wasn’t keen on a traditional wedding. We wanted each member of the wedding party to feel comfortable and add their own bit of style to the day. My outfit was from all over the place, trousers from Hackett, jacket was from Kooples, the waistcoat and tie were from
Mr Start in Shoreditch and shoes from Joseph Cheaney. It all came together as a bit of an accident really.
The Styling
Dilston Grove is such a fantastic and interesting space that we didn’t feel it needed much doing to it otherwise it would detract from the building itself so we opted for festoon lighting to enhance the venue. We had no theme, we just wanted the wedding to be quite relaxed and simple. We sought help from family and friends for the flowers, this meant a 5am trip to Covent Garden market. In addition to this, Rob’s mum brought most of the foliage from her garden it was a great way of saving money and we had fun making the arrangements. We spent Thursday and Friday preparing the flowers and arranging them - turns out cleaning and filling 200 odd vases and bottles does take longer than you think. Thankfully lots of family and friends turned up at the venue on friday to help. In the entrance room we wanted a statement piece, we’d been discussing this with our friend Petra and decided to go with foliage hoops. They turned out great and we loved it.
The Ceremony
We only had one reading as it was quite long. We had ‘Wear Suncream’ by Baz Luhrmann. Our friend Caroline also managed to surprise us by tailoring it to us. Laura walked down the aisle to Kate Bush, Wuthering Heights.