After five years together and an epic Hawaii proposal, Deepa and Gauri couldn’t wait to tie the knot and have the extravagant Indian wedding they dreamed of with their loved ones. After many changes due to the pandemic, the two brides faced another hurdle—finding a Hindu priest to perform the ceremony. But all the stars aligned, and everything came together at the right time. With the help of B Beloved Events, the pair celebrated their big day their way, proving that love indeed transcends all barriers.
With its lush landscapes and luxurious ballrooms, the Hayes Mansion was the perfect venue for their multi-day celebration. Their pre-wedding ceremonies were bursting with color, joy, and fun—from the festival-like atmosphere to the cheerful florals and parasol-themed decor., The swoon-worthy outdoor ceremony was a fairytale come to life, featuring a lush floral aisle leading up to a stunning mandap. And with all the thought they put into those celebrations, it’s no surprise that their ballroom reception was filled with spectacular floral installations, tablescapes filled with candlelight, and luxe gold accents.
And as if the lavish festivities weren’t enough, the glowing brides were serving serious wedding fashion goals. The couple was absolutely breathtaking in their complementing ornate lehenga, each different for all of their wedding functions. Scroll down and have a look at some of the most opulent decor, unique floral arrangements, and elaborate attire–all expertly captured by Junebug member Apollo Fotografie.
Why They Chose The Hayes Mansion For Their Extravagant Indian Wedding
After many changes due to COVID–including needing to postpone our wedding date–it gave us a chance to think about what kind of theme we really wanted. When we saw Hayes Mansion, we absolutely fell in love with the opulence and beauty of the space. The cocktail hour patio had bistro lights, the ceremony on the lawn was the perfect location, and the ballroom inside was grand.
Having A Traditional Hindu Ceremony Was A Huge Win For Them
We didn’t think having a traditional Hindu ceremony as a same-sex couple could be a reality, especially because we haven’t really seen it done before. We had trouble finding a Hindu priest to perform. But when it all came together, this was the part we were most proud of.
Advice From The Newlyweds: Don’t Let A Few Bumps In The Road Ruin Your Celebration
Our advice is to be okay with things going wrong because they will, no matter how well you plan. Some things are just going to be out of your control. The good thing is that most people will not notice aside from you and your vendors. Try your best to go with the flow and enjoy any moments you can.
The Walk Down The Aisle Was The Most Unforgettable Moment
Walking down the aisle is when everything truly felt real. Time seemed to slow down after a lot of chaos behind the scenes. We both really soaked up the moment when walking down the aisle, seeing all our loved ones in the audience and our beautiful mandap waiting for us.
DIY Welcome Table With A Photo Guestbook
We decided to DIY our welcome table for our reception. We knew we wanted a photo guest book instead of just a standard guestbook. We got a Fujifilm Instax camera, plenty of film packs, and laid everything out for our guests to use. It was a huge hit, and it felt great knowing we had created that ourselves.
When it comes to putting together a luxurious multi-day wedding like this one, it’s crucial to have an experienced team by your side to bring all the elements together seamlessly. With the right team of professionals, anything is possible!
An enchanting abandoned palace, soft garden blooms in a muted palette, and elegant wedding fashion—all these elements beautifully came together to create this manor wedding inspiration! Our Curated Design teamed up with Theresa Kelly Photography and a visionary team of professionals to inspire modern couples who love a little old-world glam.
With its vintage charm and haunting beauty—the intricate marble facade and terraced gardens of the Swannanoa Palace made the perfect backdrop for an intimate ceremony, a private vow exchange, and dreamy couple portraits. Lush arrangements created by Vessel and Stem added a touch of drama to the reception tablescape while overgrown florals adorned the fireplace mantle. This whimsical setting was complete with two hand-painted cakes that were edible works of art.
Are you obsessed yet with this ultra-romantic theme? You will be after you see these gorgeous photos captured by Theresa Kelly Photography. This styled shoot is sure to inspire you to bring the magic and mystery to your own wedding day.
Why The Swannanoa Palace Was The Perfect Setting For This Manor Wedding Inspiration
With its Italian Renaissance Revival architecture, white Carrara marble facade, and a rich history emanating from every corner of the mansion—the Swannanoa Palace is just a stunning hidden gem. An architectural masterpiece built in 1912 as a symbol of love between a husband and a wife, the original owners called the palace Swannanoa because the couple dearly loved the graceful white birds and the fact that they mated for life. This now-abandoned property sits vacant except for private weddings and events. We intended to showcase the grandeur of a bygone era while balancing modernity using a muted color palette and minimalistic elements for a contemporary take on this manor wedding inspiration.
A big thank you to Theresa Kelly Photography for capturing and sharing this dreamy Bridgerton manor wedding inspiration with us. This styled shoot perfectly embodies timeless romance, giving us all the feels.
Your wedding colors have a huge impact on the vibe of your special day. For inspiration you can use when it’s time to bring your own celebration to life, check out our guide to choosing your wedding colors and set the mood with a flawless color combo that reflects your style.
Wedding planning can feel like you’re being hit with never-ending questions and making decision after decision. One of those selections is typically more fun than the rest: choosing your first dance song! Whether you’ve had a favorite song since you first got together or you’re determining a theme song for your relationship, your first dance song will hold a special place in your heart—and ears—for the rest of your life. There are plenty of lists of first dance songs to consider for kicking off your reception, but we’ve narrowed down a few from each genre that we bet you haven’t thought of yet.
These unexpected first dance songs will be sure to keep your wedding unique, fresh, and is sure to set the mood. Will you dance beneath the stars to a contemporary folk song or spin under a spotlight to an old-school tune? Only you can decide.
You’re All I Need to Get By – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
There’s no, no looking back for us / We got love sure ‘nough, that’s enough / You’re all, You’re All I need to get by. / I all, you’re all I want to strive for and do a little more / All, all the joys under the sun wrapped up into one
When You’re Smiling – Michael Buble
Oh, when you’re smiling, when you’re smiling / The whole world smiles with you, baby / Yes, when you’re laughing, when you’re laughing / Yes, the sun comes shining through
The Very Thought Of You – Nat King Cole
The mere idea of you, the longing here for you / You’ll never know how slow the moments go till I’m near to you / I see your face in every flower / Your eyes in stars above / It’s just the thought of you / The very thought of you, my love
You Send Me – Hailey Reinhart
At first I thought it was infatuation / But, woo, it’s lasted so long / Now I find myself wanting / To marry you and take you home, whoa
Crazy Love – Van Morrison
She got a fine sense of humor when I’m feeling low down / And when I come home to her when the sun goes down / Takes my troubles all away, take away my grief / Take away my heartache, in the night like a thief
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) – James Taylor
I close my eyes at night / Wondering where would I be without you in my life / Everything I did was just a bore / Everywhere I went it seems I’d been there before
You Belong To Me – Patsy Cline
Fly the ocean in a silver plane / See the jungle when it’s wet with rain / Just remember until you’re home again / You belong to me
Could make you smile, could make you sing / Just want to give back a little bit of what you give me / I could sing you a song, play you a tune / I know it’s just a little thing, but it’s something I can do
I’m With You – Vance Joy
I saw you standing there / Sandy blonde hair, the way it came tumbling down / Just like a waterfall / And if you need a light / I’ll be the match to your candle / My darling, I’m ready, to burst into flames for you
You & I – SYML
No I don’t need a heavenly home / A place beyond the clouds with everyone we’ve ever known / It don’t matter where we go / If you were born to run, I was made to run with you
Hung The Moon – Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors
I’ll put on that white dress for you, uh-huh / I told the preacher man “Well, yes I do”, uh-huh / And I’ll stay and I’ll grow grey with you, uh-huh / Yeah, I put on that white dress for you, uh-huh
I’m So In Love With You – Jill Andrews (feat. Seth Avett)
‘Cause I’m so, I’m so in love with you / You know I can’t control it / I’m acting like such a fool
Dancing Shoes – Green River Ordinance
Spent all week waiting / Now my mind’s on you / Hold my loving arms / My loving arms are for you / Yeah, yeah
On And On – Thirdstory
If I could write you a love song / It would go on and on and on and on / ‘Cause I see forever in your arms / So keep on holding on and on and on and on and on
Strawberries – Caamp
Be my lake / Summer sail down the strawberry milkshake / Be my pride / Stay under my skin / Don’t let me take what is not mine / Be my house / Strong and sturdy / Far from town, oh / Be my home / Just think of all the places we’ll go
Because I’m still in love with you / I want to see you dance again / Because I’m still in love with you / On this harvest moon
Can’t Help Falling In Love – Kacey Musgraves
Wise men say / Only fools rush in / But I can’t help falling in love with you / Shall I stay? / Would it be a sin / If I can’t help falling in love with you?
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) – Sleeping At Last
And I would roll 500 miles / And I would roll 500 more / Just to be the man who rolls a thousand miles/ To fall down at your door
You Are My Sunshine – Jasmine Thompson
You are my sunshine / My only sunshine / You make me happy / When skies are gray / You’ll never know, dear / How much I love you
At Last – Beyoncé
At last, my love has come along / My lonely days are over / And life is like a song
Your Song – Ellie Goulding
And you can tell everybody this is your song / It may be quite simple, but now that it’s done / I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mind / That I put down in words / How wonderful life is while you’re in the world
How Long Will I Love You – Canyon City
How long will I want you? / As long as you want me to / And longer by far
Stand By Me – Florence + The Machine
When the night has come / And the land is dark / And the moon is the only light we’ll see / No, I won’t be afraid / Oh, I won’t be afraid / Just as long as you stand, stand by me
Don’t Worry Baby – The Brook & The Bluff
She told me “Baby, when you race today / Just take along my love with you / And if you knew how much I loved you / Baby nothing could go wrong with you”
Whatever may come, somewhere deep inside / There’s always this version of you and I / So just kiss me the way that you would / If we died tonight, if we died tonight, yeah
Latch (Acoustic) – Sam Smith
You lift my heart up / When the rest of me is down / You, you enchant me, even when you’re not around / If there are boundaries, I will try to knock them down / I’m latching on babe / Now I know what I have found
It’s You – MAX (feat. keshi)
Can we stay like this forever? / White dress or whatever / I keep dreaming there’s a somewhere / That we grow old together
Anyone – Justin Bieber
You are the only one I’ll ever love (I gotta tell ya, gotta tell ya) / Yeah, you, if it’s not you, it’s not anyone (I gotta tell ya, gotta tell ya) / Looking back on my life / You’re the only good I’ve ever done
Best Part of Me – Ed Sheeran
Baby, the best part of me is you / Lately, everything’s makin’ sense, too / Oh, baby, I’m so in love with you
Butterflies – Abe Parker
Am I the only one that’s catchin’ butterflies? / Am I a moth in your flame? / Do you burn the same when I / Look in your eyes / Do you get butterflies?
Alternative/Indie First Dance Songs
For All You Give – Paper Kites
I wanna take you everywhere I go / Have you by my side / Take a walk round in every town / Drive across state lines / Like the sun sends a golden stream / Into our front room / I could be the same old light for you
Fade Into You – Mazzy Star
I want to hold the hand inside you / I want to take the breath that’s true / I look to you, and I see nothing / I look to you to see the truth
Happy Accidents – Saint Motel
Freckles form a line around your face / And I get lost when I try to find my way / And I start to tumble down / Pick me back up off the ground
Real Love Baby – Father John Misty
So tell me what’s wrong with the feeling / I’m a flower, you’re my bee / It’s much older than you and me / I’m in love, I’m alive / I belong to the stars and sky
I Will Follow You Into The Dark – Death Cab for Cutie
If Heaven and Hell decide that they both are satisfied / Illuminate the no’s on their vacancy signs / If there’s no one beside you when your soul embarks / Then I’ll follow you into the dark
The Only Exception – Paramore
And my momma swore / That she would never let herself forget / And that was the day that I promised / I’d never sing of love / If it does not exist, but darlin’ / You are, the only exception
You’re rolling one for two / And I’m still picking out my shoes / I’m never late to the party / If I’m late to the party with you
When You Say Nothing At All – Alison Krauss
The smile on your face lets me know that you need me / There’s a truth in your eyes saying you’ll never leave me / The touch of your hand says you’ll catch me where ever I fall / You say it best, when you say nothing at all.
Tennessee Whiskey – Chris Stapleton
You’re as smooth as Tennessee whiskey / You’re as sweet as strawberry wine / You’re as warm as a glass of brandy / And honey, I stay stoned on your love all the time
Yours – Russell Dickerson
But I came to life when I first kissed you / The best me has his arms around you / You make me better than I was before / Thank God I’m yours
Feet Don’t Touch the Ground – Stoney LaRue
We got moonlight, all night / Lord I pray on the next star I see tonight, we’d never lose this thing we found / With you by my side, I can do without the city lights / I fly so high when you’re around / But my feet don’t touch the ground
Growing Old With You – Restless Roads
Girl, you stole my heart and changed it / Took all of my plans and rearranged them / Now I finally know what amazing grace is / When I look into your eyes / Baby, I see my whole life
Forever After All – Luke Combs
They say nothing lasts forever / But they ain’t seen us together / Or the way the moonlight dances in your eyes / Just a t-shirt in the kitchen / With no make-up and a million / Other things that I could look at my whole life
Forever To Go – Chase Rice
Another year down / And baby, somehow / Our song never gets old / The honeymoon phase / And butterflies fade / But I’ll never let you go / We were just kids / Stealin’ a kiss / And it feels like forever ago / But I love you more than yesterday
Then (Piano Mix) – Brad Paisley
And now you’re my whole life / Now you’re my whole world / I just can’t believe the way I feel about you, girl / Like a river meets the sea / Stronger than it’s ever been
All Your’n – Tyler Childers
So I’ll love ya ’til my lungs give out / I ain’t lying / I’m all your’n and you’re all mine / There ain’t two ways around it / There ain’t no trying ’bout it / I’m all your’n and you’re all mine
Me and you are built like armor / Nothing can’t stop love from loving on us / And I’m not asking for much / Just a couple of forevers
Sweetest Thing On This Side of Heaven – Papa Bear & His Cubs
I don’t need much monеy / I don’t need no big fine car / Other temptations don’t bother me no more / Cause you’re my only pride and joy
Set of 2 – Brandon Lake
We’re my favorite set of two / It’s like heaven knew I needed you / What would a king be without a queen? / What would a storm be without a sea? / Baby, we’re my favorite recipe
If I Ain’t Got You – Alicia Keys
Some people want diamond rings / Some just want everything / But everything means nothing / If I ain’t got you, yeah
Like a Star – Corinne Bailey Rae
Just like a star across my sky / Just like an angel off the page / You have appeared to my life / Feel like I’ll never be the same
Coming Home – Leon Bridges
Baby, baby, baby / I’m coming home / To your tender sweet loving / You’re my one and only woman
I Do – Aloe Blacc
Never understood why / People always say love chooses you / But now I do / Now I do
Is This Love – Allen Stone
I wanna love you / And treat you right / I wanna love you / Every day and every night
Why I Love You – MAJOR
I found love in you (I did, yeah I do) / And no other love will do / Every moment that you smile chases all of the pain away / Forever and a while in my heart is where you’ll stay
Conversations In The Dark – John Legend
I will never try to change you, change you / I will always want the same you, same you / Swear on everything I pray to / That I won’t break your heart
By Your Side – Sade
When you’re on the outside, baby / And you can’t get in / I will show you / You’re so much better than you know
That I’d have all I need / If you were standing right in front of me / I’ll finally see what it means to be complete / Don’t need to spend our lives chasing gold / Anywhere with you, I’ll call my home
Beyond Me (Acoustic) – Leon Bridges
She might just be my everything and beyond (beyond) / Space and time in the afterlife / Will she have my kids? Will she be my wife? / She might just be my everything and beyond
I Guess I’m In Love – Clinton Kane
Oh, I’m obsessed / With the way your head is layin’ on my chest / How you love the things I hate about myself / That no one knows, but with you, I see hope again
Sweet Symphony – Joy Oladokun
Loving you’s a sweet, sweet symphony / That all of heaven and earth join to sing / My heart trembles at the sound / Even if the world that we built falls at our feet / We’re still right where we’re supposed to be
I Got You – Jack Johnson
This weight’s too much alone / Some days I can’t hold it at all / You take it on for me / When tomorrow’s too much / I’ll carry it all / I Got You
Hold You In My Arms – Ray Lamontagne
I could hold you in my arms / I could hold you forever / And I could hold you in my arms / Oh I could hold you forever
Grow Old With Me – Tom Odell
Grow old with me / Let us share what we see / And oh the best it could be / Just you and I
Us – Regina Spektor
They made a statue of us / And then put it on a mountain top / Now tourists come and stare at us / Blow bubbles with their gum / Take photographs of fun, have fun
And Then There Was You – Norah Jones
And then there was you / And then there was you, my dear / I thought love was a game one would win or would lose / Until I found you
Found – Jacob Banks
So what do I do with this love I saved for you? / What do I move to the space I held for two? / Can you taste the choir? / Can you feel the whisper? / Oh, the love I found, ohh
The Luckiest – Ben Folds
And where was I before the day / That I first saw your lovely face? / Now I see it everyday / And I know /That I am / I am / I am / The luckiest
Forever Like That (Acoustic) – Ben Rector
Well, I wanna love you forever, I do / I wanna spend all of my days with you / I’ll carry your burden and be the wind at your back / I wanna spend my forever / Forever like that
I Am Yours – Andy Grammar
I am yours / Now and always / Wouldn’t dream to be anything more / You take my breath away every night / Still can’t believe it when you say your mine and / I am yours, I am yours, I am yours
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