This question is the big one! Your venue selection is arguably the most important decision of your whole wedding planning experience. It determines as many of the practicalities of your day – location, accommodation, capacity – as it does the stylistic elements.

I love venue searches. Finding the right space for a couple that will suit their style and personality, and prove to be just the right sort of canvas on which they can express their love story is always a challenge, but it’s one that brings huge rewards.

If you’re at the beginning of your wedding planning journey and feeling a little overwhelmed with all the choice that’s out there, this post should help. Today I’m looking at a range of different countryside venue types, and some of my favourite examples of each.

THE COUNTRY HOUSE

The UK does elegant country manor houses like no other. If you’re looking for a signature English venue, nestling in gorgeous grounds, including sumptuous accommodation onsite and boasting a wealth of period features, then a country house wedding might well be the right choice for you. There’s an enormous range of options available throughout the country – from majestic lakeside properties to opulent historical gems set in acres of sweeping lawns – here are some of my absolute favourites.

Middleton Lodge

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Happy New Year, lovelies. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. I’m back in the office and raring to go, with lots of exciting things on the cards for 2019. January has a bit of a bad reputation – it’s traditionally the month of post Christmas come-downs, made-and-broken resolutions, diets and detoxes. So today I want to shake off those January blues, and look at some stunning winter bridal fashion for weddings that fall in the colder months.

Winter weddings can be a feast for the senses. There’s something wonderfully romantic about crisp frost under foot, a slight bite to the air, and the tingle in your cheeks. That’s not to mention the myriad of cooler colours in the morning and evening sky to douse your wedding photos with an ethereal beauty. I love winter weddings that step away from festive kitsch and head more towards cosy hygge and Nordic styling. There’s a warmth and an intimacy to them and a wealth of styling opportunities both for your venue and for your bridal look. I’m sharing some of my favourite bridal fashion from some of the best designers out there right now, to help you find your perfect look for love in a colder climate.

Ice Queen

It doesn’t have to be all softness and snow. If you’re more Ice Queen than Snow White, embrace the hard edges of winter in regal elegance.

Reem Acra

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