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There are so many decisions to be made when planning a wedding. You have to make a guest list, find a place to have the wedding and reception. You have to pick bridesmaids and groomsman and the list of things to do goes on and on. One of the most important things that you must do to decorate for your reception is to pick out wedding table linens. Table linens can set the whole theme of the wedding reception. You can pick bold table linens or you can pick more subtle, elegant table linens. You may need square table linens, round table linens or even chair covers or sashes. Here are a few tips on how to get the most from the table linens that you choose.

The first thing you must do is decide where you are going to have tables that need to be covered and what kind of tables you are going to have. Are some going to be round and others rectangle? Are you going to have the guest book at the actual wedding sitting on a table that needs covered? What about the dining tables at the reception or the cake table and even the table that the DJ will have his radio equipment on. Do you want all those covered in table linens? Do you want your chairs covered in fabric or maybe a sash around the backs of the chairs? If you do, you need to plan for all those item to be covered with fabric in your budget.

The next thing you want to do is check with your caterer if you have one or your wedding coordinator. These two people can definitely help you make the right choice when it comes to picking out table linens. The catering service makes a huge contribution to how the tables and chairs are going to look. They may have some great ideas on colors or arrangement of the tables and chairs. Wedding coordinators can probably direct you to a great wholesale website or store where you can buy all of the table linens and chair covers in mass quantity for much cheaper.

There are thousands of different types of fabric to choose from and probably just as many colors. If you are on a limited budget, the best thing you can do regarding table linens is shop around and make sure to look at standard polyester table linens in white or other colors, chocolate, burgundy, with ivory are popular wedding table linen colors, try to find your table linens at wholesale prices. This will be a huge savings in cost, you can get a lot of table linens for a cheaper price by doing this and if you have several different sized tables, shopping wholesale is definitely the way to go.

You can also look at online auctions for table linens but I can tell you from experience sites like eBay don’t have the deals and prices they used to have. If you are going for a more unusual looking wedding and you don’t want all of your wedding table linens to match, the local fabric stores and online auctions are very good places to get table linens, otherwise look for good quality websites that sell “only” table linens to buy your wedding table linens, and wedding chair covers at wholesale prices, as of this writing there are fantastic table linen discounts on the web at several table linen websites.

You can have lots of fun planning a wedding with all sorts of fabric table linens and table runners. Pick what suits you best and enjoy the biggest day of your life!

Article by Teresa Martin, www.WeddingTableLinens.net
Teresa Martin has been in the wedding industry for many years. Teresa has helped hundreds of wedding planners and brides make the best choice in wedding table linens. Teresa lives and breathes wedding decorations and linens and is an avid interior designer.

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