Everyone remember Laura and Billy, the adorable couple we introduced you to last week who are the winners of a free 4 week wedding from CreativeLive? Well we're down to just three weeks until the big day, and the plans are really coming together! The dress has been chosen, the flowers are being ordered, and cakes and catering are being tasted, but the biggest accomplishment of the last week has been, without a doubt, finding the perfect location.
With a desire to have a blank slate to work with, as well as a love of combining rustic details with luxurious design, Laura, Billy and designer Daniela Faget from Bella Signature Design were thrilled when the historic industrial warehouse (currently home to the amazing, organic, Theo Chocolate factory! Yum!) was offered up as an option. This venue regularly hosts events in need of lots and lots of space, but never have they hosted a wedding before. This is a first!
I stopped by the Fremont, Seattle location yesterday to snap a few photos (may I just mention how delicious it smells there? Chocolate. Heaven.) and you can see that it really is a very raw space, with tons of great textures and lots of character. Wondering how this great big empty room is going to be transformed into wedding perfection? Good question! Take a look at Daniela's vision for the ceremony in this gorgeous design sketch from Bella's illustrator Nadia...

The rugged brick walls fit in perfectly with the wedding's chosen
bronze, copper and metallic color palette and will give a fabulous
backdrop to the bursts of rich cobalt blue draping that will frame the window and create an altar area.
Sparkling vintage chandeliers will hang from the ceiling to center the space, and gold chairs with blue satin accents will help to brighten up the
space. Beautiful! I can't wait to see how the rest of the reception set up will take shape. Ideas I've heard Laura and Daniela toss around: long family style dining tables, textured ivory floral arrangements, gold Chiavari chairs, twinkling candle light, and of course, a fabulous Theo Chocolate dessert buffet!

And here is a little video showing you more about the space and how it came to be available through CreativeLive partner Chase Jarvis, and Daniela and Laura's first impressions during their site visit...