Too nice to walk on?
By Never teh BrideDoes anyone reeeeaaaaaally need a custom hand-painted aisle runner? No. But they’re still kind of cool.
Truth be told, I was not aware that this sort of thing existed when I tied the knot. I thought all the aisle runners out there were plain ol’ white plastic! It’s too bad, because I definitely would have bought a pretty cloth one from Artistic Aisles, all monogrammed and painted with flowers.
Then again, at $300 bucks for a 75-foot-long runner in a “designer color,” maybe it’s better that I didn’t stumble onto these until after I was officially hitched. Have you bought a runner? How much did it, er, run you?
November 16th, 2007 at 10:17 am
It is a big number for something you walk on, BUT if you are crafty you could figure out ways to use it after the wedding. You might could frame part of it, work it into a quilt, or turn it into a table runner. Just make sure you buy one made with good fabric that will hold up to the traffic.
November 16th, 2007 at 10:32 am
Lynn beat me to it. I’d have a hard time spending the money for something that large and unwieldy. However, I could see shelling out the money for a table runner for the head table, that could then be used at home for special occasions.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
I had an aisle runner, but only because it was offered to me for free by a recent bride who didn’t feel a great need to keep it. It was white cloth and not plasticky, but nothing like a hand-painted masterpiece. It was a nice touch out in the woods, but not a priority for me.
November 16th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
A lot of women paint their own these days, or so it seemed from the Knot and LI Weddings. It can be a nice touch in the photographs, and it didn’t seem all that difficult to do. I didn’t bother as I knew there would be a very short “aisle” between the chairs set up, and my hall had a plain one that they set out Also, I believe a lot of limo companies provide plain ones as part of the service.
And I like the idea of turning an aisle runner into a table runner or something else for the home. Our chuppah was a nice tablecloth from Williams-Sonoma that I had professionally embroidered. Next week we’re going to use it on the table for our first Thanksgiving as a married couple.
November 16th, 2007 at 6:15 pm
I bought a gold sari from India for about $20 (after shipping) of Ebay. The theory was that it’s a large, unbroken stretch of fabric about 36″ wide…. Not sure how it will work in terms of the actual walking-on (if we’re inside, carpet tape will hopefully do the trick), but as fabric it’s great! My h2b even surprised me by asking if we could use the fabric to make something for the house after the wedding…. (Which will be a nice memento, too!)