Wedding decor ideas - delicate and abundant mantelpiece florals

Over the next few months I'll be sharing inspiration to show how flowers can be used to transform a space, and hopefully give you a few new wedding decor ideas. This week, I'm focusing on the mantelpiece, a ubiquitous sight at every stately home and manor house venue, which can be given an impactful and elegant cascade of florals to really make a statement.

This particular design was created for the lovely Diane at Butterfly Road, who had been tasked with flowering not only a luxury hotel where the ceremony would take place, but also a beautiful private residence in North Wales where the festivities would continue afterwards. Diane requested I create a light and airy asymmetrical installation on not one but two different mantelpieces in a magnificent drawing room where guests were to gather. These designs swept across the mantelpieces, leading down to a floor meadow on one side. We used sustainable mechanics and a mix of imported and local seasonal flowers and trailing foliage, creating an ethereal garden-gathered look.

Sweetpea vines were a great way to add colour along the bottom of the design, while blossoming branches, ammi majus, orlaya, sweet william, statice, nigella, nepeta and alchemilla mollis all worked wonderfully together to create a delicate and abundant wildflower look that suited the time of year and the stunning drawing room perfectly.

There are so many different options available when you love flowers and want to use them to create impact at your wedding, and the best ones for you will be dependant on the style, size and vibe of your venue. That's why I will often visit your venue before the big day, so I can measure up and make suggestions on how we can maximise floral installations and arrangements for your specific venue and ceremony spaces. If this sounds like something you would like, I'd love to hear from you!

Mel x