Drapes for the walls at the reception

Here is a site that I found with basically the same question. Several people have good ides for a solution. You may even want to try DIYing it with PVC pipe. The second is a product I found that already has the fabric and the lights together.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080714172207AAKdD1E

http://www.save-on-crafts.com/orcu.html

You could make giant screens to help cover the walls?

****Here are some links on how to build a fake wall with pvc pipes ****

http://www.diyphotography.net/diy_studio_equipment_backdrop_stand

http://www.instructables.com/id/PVC-stage-backdrop-or-room-divider/

Tulle is the fabric I recommend. It's cheap, will flow nicely, etc. Then buy your lights. Your wedding isn't until February of next year so what you can do is either go online and order the string of lights or wait till stores start putting out their Christmas lights and get it then.

Wow, these wall things are very popular tonight. My 3rd post I've replied to dealing with creating walls =) And just to be fair, I will post some pictures of things done with Tulle.

Here is another one, but they didn't create any "wall" for it or atleast doesn't look that way. It appears they just hooked it up and let it hang down freely.

Kristina, for the first picture you see how the Tulle fabric comes together at the middle of the ceiling? I want to know exactly how to do that. I have an idea of how to cover the ways with Tulle fabric, it's more of the celing I'm worried about.

Hayle, where do you buy the pvc pipes?

DON"T USE TULLE it's very stift ,not flexible and isn't flame resistant. Also please contact your venue before trying to DIY something like this.Most require a flame resistant certificate before that will allow it.

**USE 108" Sheer Voile ,ceiling hooks and un-heated star lights

FOR WALLS: You will need pipe and drape and sheer panels which you can rent from your local rental company.

Mrs.Future Hodges, thank you very much. This is actually some good information.

Nobody I know of has had any issues with Tulle. Just saying. And the fabric used in the pictures I posted was indeed tulle. Google search Tulle wedding decoration ideas and those plus many many will pop up. However, I will agree (I wasn't thinking about that when I posted because I was super tired) that un-heated lights would be the way to go lol.

First off, will your venue even let you drape anything from the walls? Most places will not allow you to touch the walls with anything at all.

I'd suggest a fabric other than tulle as well, because it will drape better. Tulle is the cheaper option, but is more difficult to work with.

I'm not sure what your budget is, but I wanted to remind you that draping is very expensive. And why would you spend so much money renting a beautiful room that you're just going to cover up?

But sadly, I think your best option, for an easy assembly and perfect look is to hire someone to do it. You can get a wedding planner or alot of the party rental stores will have them readily available to rent.

Well the place is actually my church gym, that's why I am able to do whatever I want to it. My plan was to dim down the lights and drap the ceilings in order to get the romatic feeling going. That's still my plan but the ceiling in our gym is way to high so I was planning on just draping it from the middle half of it. I just don't know how to do that. No worries, if it's impossible I'll do without, it would have just been perfect.

Flame retardance has already been mentioned, and it REALLY is something you should pay attention to.

A gym is typically 90 x 60 give or take, assuming it's a full basketball court. That's 300 linear feet of walls to cover. Using that pre-made tulle and lighting stuff mentioned by the first poster, at roughly $89 per 4' panel means you'll spend $6700 on product, plus pipe to hang it from. Plus time to cut, assemble, and make bases to allow it to stand. Chances are, a rental company would have drapery hardware cheaper, and you don't have to get rid of it after. Just return it.

As for the ceiling, how high is it? How do you get up there? A lift? Scaffolding? Do you feel comfortable working at that height? How you attach something to the ceiling depends on what the ceiling is. If it's drywall, you're stuck. If it's a drop tile, it would seem to be easy to just tie stuff to the gridwork, BUT DON'T. That stuff isn't meant to hang anything else from.

In my case though i've decided not to cover the walls because like you've stated, it's expensive. Either way If i wanted to the church has pvc pipes.. What I'm doing is dimming the lights and just putting christmas lights across the ceiling. That should cover the hoops and the lights should take attention away from the nasty celiing. Oh, and I have strong men willing to help so I wouldn't have to do anything myself.

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I know this is a old post, but it's a idea many people need, so here's a link:

http://www.instructables.com/id/PVC-stage-backdrop-or-room-divider/

You can also search for local event rental companies who can handle all of this for you

https://www.weddingwire.com/vendor-reviews