Spring is in the air, and love is blooming all around! If you’re dreaming of a spring wedding surrounded by lush greenery and elegant charm, look no further than the Towhee Club in Spring Hill, Tennessee. Nestled amidst manicured golf grounds, the Towhee Club offers a picturesque setting for your special day. From its modern clubhouse to its stunning outdoor patio, it exudes romance and sophistication. Keep reading to get inspired for a moody modern springtime celebration.

Moody Ceremony Seating

The ceremony sets the tone for your entire wedding day. And at the Towhee Club, you can create a mood that is both elegant and inviting! Our black Willow Chairs with a sleek back provide a stylish seating option. They beautifully contrast the warm woody and natural stone interior of the clubhouse. As your guests gather around the beautiful fireplace, you can enhance the ambiance with backdrop rentals. They are perfect for creating a lush look with floral decor.

To add a touch of luxury to your ceremony, consider treating your guests to champagne or a seasonal mocktail. Upon their arrival, they can grab it from a tower or simple bookcase! This thoughtful detail will keep your family and friends comfortable and set the stage for a memorable celebration.

Spring-Inspired Reception Details

As you transition from ceremony to reception, embrace the beauty of spring with romantic and moody details that will captivate your guests. At Southern Event Rentals, we offer a variety of tablescapes to suit your style and preferences.

For a romantic tablescape, opt for our Aged Oak Dining Table adorned with Black Rim Glass Chargers, White Coupe China, and Black Noir Flatware. Soft Natural Sahara Table Runners and Light Pink Etched Velvet Napkins add a touch of elegance, creating an elegant ambiance that is simply enchanting.

Alternatively, consider round tables draped in Oatmeal Linen with Fern Velvet Napkins. While Rattan White Washed Chargers, Darcy China, and Green Floral Print Liana Salad Plates add whimsical charm. Complete the look with vintage-inspired Light Pink Amalia Glassware for a subtle pop of color that will delight your guests.

Elegant Outdoor Cocktail Hour

Step outside onto the Towhee Club’s outdoor patio to soak in the beauty of nature. Here, guests are greeted by the Collins Black Wood Bar. Where they enjoyed a colorful signature cocktail served in our Gatsby Coupe Glasses. Later, they can indulge in drinks from the Full Thompson Oak Bar. This piece offers plenty of storage for bottles and striking glassware.

Lounge areas strategically placed around the patio invite guests to relax and take in the breathtaking scenery. For example our Sloan Sofa and Armchairs. A set that pairs well with the Gold Avalon Rectangle Coffee Table to create a bold yet inviting space for guests to mingle and enjoy the festivities. You might also feature cocktail tables outfitted in colorful floral linens!

Whether you’re saying “I do” surrounded by loved ones or dancing the night away under the stars, the Towhee Club offers the perfect setting for a beautiful spring wedding. With its modern amenities, elegant decor, and scenic views! Reach out today to book an appointment at our showroom, where the Southern Event Rental team can help you create a memorable and elegant spring look.

Vendors

Photographer: Gabrielle Von Heyking

Planner: Elizabeth Events

Florist: Fiorella Nashville

Cake: Cakes & Co.

Signage: Amanda Scripts Calligraphy

A popular retail and shopping destination, The Factory in Franklin also doubles as a wedding and event venue. A former stove factory, this property is on the National Register of Historic Places and is conveniently located close to Downtown. With three private event rooms, it’s a versatile space that you can customize to your heart’s content for a myriad of celebrations. To help you determine whether this charming historic venue aligns with your vision, we’re sharing a few ideas for hosting at The Factory In Franklin, featuring our stylish event rentals.

The Premier Corporate Event Space

Big or small, The Factory at Franklin offers numerous spaces for corporate events. They cater to a variety of needs, whether you’re planning a fashion show, meeting, craft fair, fundraiser, music showcase, video shoot, film screening, wine tasting, concert, and much more! Feats that are much easier to pull off thanks to in-house audio and stage lighting systems. Southern Event Rentals has had the pleasure of assisting with numerous corporate events in the space, including the Project R12 Freedom Gala.

Our team would love to assist you in creating a stylish and functional space. Our inventory includes numerous tables and chairs, so that you can create a catered reception space that is elegant and uniform. Such as our Fruitwood Folding Chairs and Farm Wood Table. Plus, linens in an array of colors to match your theme or color scheme. And whether you’re planning a self-serve buffet or catered dinner, be sure to peruse our selection of catering and beverage rentals.

Take the Party Outside for a Cocktail Hour

Looking to expand your event beyond The Factory at Franklin? Take the celebration outdoors for an airy cocktail hour. This event space is open to tents being set up adjacent to their property, allowing you to take advantage of beautiful weather. It is also a great way to divert guests, say at a wedding, while a room is being flipped between the ceremony and reception.

To help you host a stylish outdoor cocktail hour, we always recommend that you start with an event bar. We have numerous styles to choose from, for every type of event. Recent favorites include Collins Black Wood and Chelsea Marble Top Bar. However, if you plan to have a large guest count, we recommend Thompson Full Oval White Bar. To encourage people to sit and mingle, strategically place a handful of bistro tables. For example, the Palmer Bistro Table and Barstools. If it’s within your budget, break up the bistro tables with carefully crafted lounge areas.

Your Day, Your Way, at Liberty Hall

If you’re looking for a versatile event space, The Liberty Hall is an easy choice. Spanning 14,400 square feet, it is the largest of the rental spaces at the Factory. It features an open floor plan, a 2nd floor mezzanine, green room, and catering kitchen. The spacious ceiling is perfect if you’re envisioning romantic overhead drapery or elegant lighting. Plus, we love the contrast of the exposed bricks and modern event furniture!

Despite its size, easily create an intimate setting with wood banquet tables set up end-to-end, such as our Aged Oak Dining Tables. For added texture or a pop of color, top them with our Sahara Table Runners. These tables pair beautifully with wood dining chairs, whether you prefer the elegant Harlin or classic Cross-Back. Alternatively, lend a bit of sparkle with our popular Gold Chiavari Chairs. For weddings, or any event with live entertainment, don’t forget to book a dance floor!

Ready to plan your wedding at The Factory in Franklin? Contact our team at info@southerneventsonline.com for help recreating this elegant urban wedding. Or, for help bringing your unique vision to life book an appointment at our showroom!

The following is a guest post from one of our vendor partners, Cedarmont Farm. Their venue manager, Colleen Kelly shares her wedding tips and questions to ask your wedding venue. We encourage you to get in touch with their team about hosting an event and we hope you find the content helpful! 

Congratulations, You’re engaged! Now what?? For many couples, the first part of wedding planning is choosing a wedding venue. Visiting venues is an exciting and fun part of wedding planning. With many different styles of wedding venues, it can help to narrow down what kind of venue you’re looking for: rustic, modern, rooftop, or historic.  The options are endless! After choosing a wedding venue style fitting the look you envision, it’s important that it fits your budget and offers the features you want.

We have helped lots of engaged couples at Cedarmont Farm create the wedding of their dreams. We do this by making sure couples asking the right questions so we ensure we’re a good fit. These are just a few of the questions to ask your wedding venue that will help you decide if your wedding venue is a match!

1. In the case of weather, what is the rain plan?

We love an outdoor ceremony but in Tennessee, you never really know what the weather will be like. When planning an outdoor ceremony, ask your venue what options there are for rain and when you need to confirm your rain plan. Do you use the reception space, with chairs set up for a ceremony or California style with guests sitting at their tables? If you are flipping the wedding reception space, confirm where guests will go, how long it takes, and who’s responsible for the flip?

For example, at Cedarmont Farm, our rain plan is in front of our large windows in the event barn. Chairs are set up for the ceremony and then our staff flips the space for the reception. Meanwhile, guests enjoy cocktail hour on the covered patio. Our patio also has vinyl sides to enclose it, in the case of wind or heavy rain. We require a 24-hour notice for our rain plan in order to set up.

Photo by John Myers Photography

2. What is your vendor policy? Can I bring in my own vendors?

Different wedding venues have different policies on vendors, so asking what their policies are is key. Some venues require that vendors are chosen from a preferred vendor list. Other venues require pre-approval for any vendors that you hire. Some venues offer “all-inclusive” packages where all your vendors are contracted by the venue. If the venue is all-inclusive or has a mandatory preferred list, be sure to ask if there is a fee to bring in other vendors of your choosing.

At Cedarmont Farm, we recommend choosing vendors from our preferred list. All are great at what they do, meet our pre-approval conditions, and have worked at the venue before. However, we do allow clients to bring in pre-approved outside vendors. Here we get copies of their insurance and for certain vendors having them sign our policy form as well as visit our venue. All of this is to make sure that your wedding day goes as smoothly as possible.

3. Do you require event insurance?

Most venues in our area require the couple to purchase wedding insurance, including Cedarmont Farms. Even if your venue does not, we HIGHLY recommend it. A big party of 100+ people with an open bar… what could go wrong? Unfortunately, a lot. And if your venue has you buying and bringing the alcohol on-site for a bar service to serve, make sure ‘host liquor liability’ is included in your insurance policy. This gives you some liability coverage for providing the alcohol. The venue and your vendors should all have their own liability insurance as well. Get special event insurance from a company like The Event Helper, Eventsured, and Wedsafe. At the time of this post, it was about $150 for a wedding with 125 guests.

4. How long is the venue rental?

When can vendors set up? When can the bridal party arrive? Can items be left overnight or dropped off the day before? What time is the ceremony? Clean-up time is often built into the rental time so make sure you get clarity on that. If you are planning on having a wedding party get ready at the venue, confirming there’s enough time before the ceremony on-site to get ready as well as photos. For example, at Cedarmont Farm, our rental period starts at 10 am. The wedding party and vendors may come in at this time. The event must end (per noise ordinance) by 10 pm and clean-up must be done by 11 pm. Ceremonies normally start at 4 or 5 depending on the time of year and sunset.

5. Can I have sparklers for an exit? What about fire pits or floral chandeliers?

Why is this one of the important questions to ask your wedding venue? We all have that one décor item on our wedding Pinterest board that we definitely want at our wedding. But not everything is allowed at every venue. When installing decor at the venue, there may be certain restrictions on what can be set up or who can set it up. Even though your Aunt made you a custom fabric backdrop, the venue may have restrictions preventing her from nailing it into the venue’s wall (better to rent a ceremony backdrop from Southern Events to hang this on!). If sparklers are a must make sure you ask them as many venues don’t allow them for safety reasons.

At Cedarmont Farm, we do still allow sparklers for the exit (subject to change – we gotta keep you and your guests safe!). We don’t allow confetti or glitter though.

6. What can I expect my overall wedding cost to be at your wedding venue? What fees do I need to plan for?

This question can help you avoid a lot of stress later in your planning. Similar to buying a house that maxes out your budget – leaving you “House Poor”, you can also be “Venue Poor”. Spending all of your money renting the venue of your dreams leaves you feeding your guests saltines and water. Not a recipe for a memorable wedding. Be sure to ask prospective venues what the average total wedding budget is for their clients? Most venues should be able to answer this question to some extent, and if they can’t, it’s likely a red flag.

There are many line items in a wedding budget. One larger expense is catering – we recommend doing some research here before committing to their venue. Also, ask a venue what other fees you need to expect as well. Sales tax, operating fee, gratuity, venue insurance, and security fees are some of the most common. At Cedarmont Farm, we want your entire wedding to be what you envision and we’re happy to delve into your budget to let you know what to expect.

7. What parking is available at the venue?

When you are looking at rural locations, parking is an often overlooked question to ask your wedding venue! So don’t forget! Cars can get stuck in the mud when parking on grass and it has rained. Additionally, if parking isn’t lit, your guests will have a tough time getting to their cars in the dark (especially when wearing heels). If you have any guests who need ADA parking you will want to ask about that as well. And for any guests who indulge a little too much, can cars be left overnight? At Cedarmont Farm, we have ADA parking as well as a gravel lot that is lit for guests. We do allow cars to be left overnight but they must be picked up between 8 and 10 am the following day.

8. Do you have lodging on-site? Are there hotels close to the venue?

Overnight accommodations are always a bonus at a wedding venue but many do not have them. However, your venue should be able to tell you how close they are to hotels and lodging options. If you’re having lots of guests coming from out of town, having lodging close by is really important. As is the availability of transportation for any guests who need a ride back to their hotel. We love when our clients hire a shuttle to get their guests back to their hotel. If you’re concerned about your budget, skip the favors and the koozies, and give them a safe ride instead.

9. What are the rules for alcohol?

There are lots of questions to ask your venue regarding alcohol. Does your venue allow liquor or beer and wine only? Do they have a limit to the type of bar you’re allowed (cash bar) or how long it’s open? Does alcohol have to be purchased through the venue or do you bring it in? If you supply it, do you need to hire a bar service to serve it? If you are serving alcohol are you required to pay for security to be at the event? Some venues require shuttles if there is an open bar.

10. What is the setup and cleanup process? Will the staff handle it? What are we responsible for at your wedding venue?

Here is where details can fall through the cracks, leaving you to managing things at your wedding. Key questions to ask to avoid this: Does your venue include a day of coordinator? If not, do they require you to hire one? Will the venue staff help with the setup of décor items or do they just set up tables and chairs? For cleanup do you just need to clear your items out at the end of the night or are you expected to mop and sweep the floors? Where does trash go? Is that your responsibility? All of these things are good to know on the front end so you can fill in the gaps where you may need additional help.

Be sure to also ask about wedding planning add-ons or all-inclusive packages that take all the planning stress away, both before and the day of your event. This is something we offer at Cedarmont Farm beyond basic support. We’re happy to tell you all about them – just ask us!

Photo by Gipe Photography

If you have additional questions for the team at Cedarmont Farm, do not hesitate to contact them directly at info@cedarmontfarm.com. Should you be in need of rentals for your special day, Southern Events is ready to help! Having worked with a long list of couples at Cedarmont Farm, we know the layout of the venue and can assist you in creating a rental package tailored to your unique style and needs. Reach out and let’s get planning!

A smaller wedding does not mean smaller style! To help inspire you, we’re sharing a handful of ways that you can pull off a small, yet elegant intimate wedding, featuring wedding design ideas from a recent styled shoot at the bright and airy boutique Noelle Hotel in Nashville.

Up Close and Personal

By far the most rewarding aspect of hosting an intimate wedding is that you can be truly yourself, as you will be most comfortable amongst the special few whom you invited. With less people around, your guests will also feel more connected to you, as they witness this milestone in your lives and share in your emotions. As shown with our Harlin Chairs, create a seating area that allows everyone to see, hear and be a part of the intimate ceremony.

Photos by Sigourney Hermann Photography

Elegant Place Settings

When it comes to planning a small wedding, you can still make a statement! Take the elegant table setting we created, which includes our Gold Austin Flatware, Glass Mosaic China, Glass Charger with Gold Rim, and White Round China. It absolutely POPs on the rich Blue Velvet Linens! We were also careful in our choice of Cybil Glassware which, while slightly more whimsical, still fits into the overall aesthetic.

Make the Most of Your Venue

Often times, couples who host an intimate wedding will utilize the same space for both their ceremony and reception. This will save you the effort and cost of a secondary event space, and allow you to make the most of the venue you truly love. Take this into consideration when researching potential venues, as a large enough area can accommodate both the weddings ceremony seating and dinner tables. If everything can be set up from the get-go, there will be less hustle and bustle to rearrange furniture when it comes time to eat.

Splurge on Special Touches

One benefit of opting for a smaller-scale affair is that you will have the budget to splurge on items or elements that you love, like our comfy and downright beautiful Tabby Tufted Grey Linen Loveseat. These special touches can be an item that sparks joy for you or is simply more convenient. Take the opportunity to treat yourself and your loved ones to a special space.

Are you ready to start planning the details and design of your intimate wedding? Send us a message at info@southerneventsonline.com.

We adore dressing fabulous Nashville area venues in Southern Events rentals, and Long Hollow Gardens is one of our absolute favorites. Long Hollow Gardens is a super unique event venue. It is actually a greenhouse! Couples can achieve that “outdoor wedding” feel with all of the comfort of remaining indoors (think gorgeous summer wedding without all the heat!). Oh, and don’t forget about the exquisite natural light pouring into the venue. On this 35 acre property, you’ll find a vineyard, their Farmhouse Bridal Cottage, and Hearthroom Barn. With enough space for 200 guests, it’s a great venue for weddings and events of all sizes.

Our neutral, natural rentals really shine at Long Hollow Gardens. The Cross-Back Chairs look tailor-made for this venue and are incredibly inviting paired with ivory linens. When outfitting the Greenhouse, we typically stick to neutral color palettes in order to let nature shine. From the Bennett Leather Sofa to the Fruitwood Farm Table, many of our rentals look as if they belong at this one-of-a-kind venue. However, we are not opposed to dreaming up a colorful look with our Saylor Velvet Furniture rentals. We are in love with how this location serves as a backdrop for pretty much any dreamy look a couple could conjure up.

Be sure to visit their website to learn more about hosting your Southern event at this greenhouse venue. Photos by Julie Paisley.

If you are hosting an event in one of Nashville’s finest venues, we’d love to take the rentals off your plate. Send our team a message at info@southerneventsonline.com.