Dreaming of a beautiful barn wedding for your special day? These tips, tricks, and barn wedding decor ideas are sure to inspire you and wow your guests!

Barn weddings have become incredibly popular in the past few years. After all, they’re the perfect backdrop for a wedding that’s both rustic and classy. Depending on your decor, you can really make your barn ceremony and reception spaces the perfect embodiment of your wedding vision and bridal style!

We’ll start with ceremony essentials and work our way to little details to make your barn wedding pop!

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Barn Wedding Ceremony Decor
Barn Wedding Reception Decor
Cute Barn Wedding Decor Ideas
How Do I Make My Barn Wedding Elegant?
Barn Wedding Decorations on a Budget

Barn Wedding Ceremony Decor

Aisle Decor

Dress up your aisle with a custom runner, lanterns surrounded in greenery, or galvanized buckets filled with florals or baby’s breath.

Arches & Backdrops

Make sure to frame your barn wedding “I do’s” with the perfect arch or backdrop! We love these octagon frames for a modern touch, a classic floral arch, or a boho-style triangle for your ceremony.

Barn Wedding Reception Decor

Centerpieces

Pair lush greenery and floral bundles with tall acrylic or crystal candelabras to make a sophisticated statement. This looks beautiful inside a barn or out on the lawn for a garden-style reception!

Lights

Light up the night with zig-zagging bistro lights. They look beautiful hung inside or outside!

Table Decor

Light up the head table, dessert table, or a gift table with a mixture of long stem and shorter candles, greenery, and tulle fabric for a simple and chic reception look.

Cute Barn Wedding Decor Ideas

S’more Station

Have fire pits at your barn wedding venue space? Set up an adorable s’more making station – it’s fun for adults and kids alike!

Custom Lighting

Light up your dance floor, the wall behind the head table, or ceiling of your reception space with your initials or last name!

Sparkler Send Off

Make sure the bride and groom get sent off in style with sparklers for everyone to hold as they exit. This also makes for an amazing photo opp so have your photographer ready!

Photo Wall

Scrap the photo booth in favor of a photo wall! Place polaroid cameras at each table or near the photo wall to encourage guests to capture their memories.

Unique Bar

Set up a beer bucket in the bed of a truck for a unique way to keep your guests hydrated! Then save this idea for your next tailgate.

Barrel Table

Show off your dinner or dessert spread with this unique idea – a table on top of barrels! It’s rustic, cute, and chic.

Date Idea Jar

Have guests write out fun date ideas on popsicle sticks or pieces of paper and place them in a jar, then the next time you’re struggling to think of a unique date night you can reach into the jar for an idea!

How Do I Make My Barn Wedding Elegant?

Rustic or country barn venues may make you feel like you can’t make them classy and elegant settings for your wedding, but don’t be fooled! Barn weddings can be super elegant, it’s all in the decor and the details. Try these ideas to level up your wedding day sophistication.

Chandeliers

Chandeliers scream elegance so add some class & shimmer to your space with chandeliers. Wrought iron makes for a rustic yet sophisticated look, or crystal lends glamour to the room.

Candlelit Centerpieces

There’s nothing like a romantic candlelit dinner, so channel that same feeling on your guests’ tables with candlelit centerpieces. This looks amazing for both indoor and outdoor receptions at your barn venue!

Draping

Drape the ceiling or walls (or both!) with white or sheer fabric to add romance & intimacy to the space. It can also be fun to use uplighting to light up the draping in your wedding colors, or change them throughout the evening!

Barn Wedding Decorations On a Budget

Decorating your beautiful barn venue on a budget? No worries! There are so many cute decoration ideas to fit even the smallest budgets. Focus on the big pieces rather than lots of nicknacks and filler decor, and buy in bulk when you can to reduce costs.

Virtually cost-free, hanging your family/couple pictures on trees is a great way to give guests something to look at, while not spending much!

Make your own centerpieces with glass candle holders, white candles, and these beautiful pearl twine wraps. These would also look lovely on bouquets for the bridesmaids.

Forget regular table numbers and name tags! Get creative with gold tipped pine cones and handwritten notecards that tell guests where they’re seated.

Visit your local craft store to find everything you need for this simple make-at-home centerpiece! Burlap ribbons wrapped around mason jars filled with baby’s breath, on top of slices of oak make for beautiful, rustic centerpieces anyone can make.

Having your reception or ceremony outside near trees? Try this unique and budget-friendly decoration of hanging glass bottles filled with simple flowers.

Have guests leave a message in a bottle for the bride in groom! Well wishes, advice, or just sweet congratulations notes, all welcome. Grab this done-for-you jug on Overstock, or use any large jug you can find at the local grocery store, dollar store, or antique shop.

Fill mason jars or candle holders with fairy lights to use as centerpieces, aisle decor, or to dress up any dinner, gift, or dessert tables.

This is simple, easy & so pretty for aisle decor! Paint wood signs to line your aisle. If you’re less artistic, there are lots of stencils to make this an easier task for you, just look around your local craft store or online!