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Wedding Trends We Love in Our Venue

DFW Wedding Venue

DFW Wedding Venue

Our DFW Wedding Venue is the perfect blank canvas for any wedding! We have created our venue with white walls, soaring ceilings, and an open layout concept so that you can make our space what you want out of your wedding! Because of the ability to decorate however you’d like, we love looking through the wedding trends of each year to be able to see what we might have at our venue in the coming year! Here are some 2020 wedding trends that we think would look amazing in our wedding venue!

The maximalist trend is a newer trend that we started to see in 2019, but that is definitely carrying over. This trend includes everything from floral arches to hanging floral arrangements, giant balloons, greenery walls, neons, and lights. You can make this trend fit your style so easily. We love it for our space because of our open layout. Our large space will make it feel maximalist, but not cluttered.

Excessive string lighting is also in for this year! Whether you use Edison bulbs throughout your decor, a twinkle light wall, or any other extra lighting, this trend adds a pop to any wedding decor! This would look great inside or outside at our venue.

Modern twists on classic wedding cakes are also coming in hot for 2020! This can include using clear layers between layers of the cake to highlight the cake by using acrylic boxes or cylinders. Another modern twist on the classic cake is not having a real cake at all! Instead of a cake, have a grazing table with a stack of cheeses in the shape of a stacked cake. This is a unique option, but one that will be thoroughly loved. Charcuterie boards are so in and this is just the next step up.

Who Should Perform Your Wedding?

Downtown Dallas Venue

Downtown Dallas Venue

Your wedding at our Downtown Dallas Venue is an important day in your life, so you want to make sure that you choose the perfect officiant for you! There are many people that you can look to in your life to officiate your wedding, especially now that you can get your license to officiate online decently easily. Take a look at some potential ideas for your upcoming wedding.

If you’re religious, think about asking one of your childhood pastors that have known you for your entire life. You can also ask your current pastor that knows both of you well. This will make it so that no one is talked about more and your journey as a couple will be talked about in their speech.

If you went to premarital counseling and got close to your counselor, ask them! This is a normal practice and will mean a lot to you since you have just shared so much time and emotional energy with this person. It will be the perfect full-circle moment to your premarital counseling experience.

Want to go a little non-traditional? Ask a family member to officiate your wedding! Maybe one of you has always dreamed of having your aunt or cousin that is your best friend officiate your wedding, just make that dream a reality! The worst that a person can say is no, so just ask because more than likely they will be so happy for this honor.

Last but not least, ask a friend! If the two of you have a mutual friend that knows both of you really well and has been there throughout your relationship, ask this friend to officiate rather than having them in the wedding party! This will be incredibly special to all three of you in the moment and years down the line.

 

AV & Lighting at The Empire Room

The Empire Room

The Empire Room

The Empire Room is a modern Dallas wedding venue that is impressive in space design and aesthetics. We want to match this aesthetic and feel to our audiovisual products and services that we offer. For our AV services, we have partnered with one of the best AV companies in all of DFW: Astounding Sounds & Lighting. We love working with Astounding Sounds and Lighting so much that we have made them our exclusvie AV partner! They have installed many of the important technical aspect that nearly every event requires, including sound, lighting, and projection.

One thing that we love about Astounding Sounds & Lighting is that they work with you from the first day of being your vendor on in order to make sure that all of your needs are taken care of for your upcoming event! From awards banquets, weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, private school fundraisers to marketing research seminars, your AV needs are unique and require the utmost care and planning.

As a 15 year plsu veteran in the DFW area, Astounding Sounds & Lighting, is proud to offer a full suite of AV products and services which are fully customizable to fit your needs and vision. Some of these products and services include:

  • Permanently installed sound system inside and out (DJ ready!)
  • Portable staging and podiums
  • Wireless handheld and lapel mics
  • 2 ceiling mounted video projectors and 10’x10′ drop-down screen
  • LED wall washers
  • Custom monogram gobo and pattern projections
  • Pinspotting
  • Cafe lighting
  • Pipe and drape

We would love to talk to you and answer any and all questions that you might have about The Empire Room or our partnership with Astounding Sounds & Lighting! Contact us today to get the conversation started with our Dallas venue for your upcoming wedding or event. You will love working with them just as much as we do!

Spring Wedding Inspiration

Dallas Unique Wedding Venue

Unique Dallas Wedding Venue

Looking for inspiration for your spring wedding at our unique Dallas wedding venue? Here’s a couple of the trends that are coming up this season that you should not only be on a lookout for but use in your wedding!

  • Use art as inspiration throughout your ceremony and reception. Choose your favorite painting or a series of paintings and use this color palette or patterns from it throughout your wedding. Whether that means that you use these as table runners, photo backdrops, or anything else, this will add a stunning touch to your wedding day. This trend is still gaining popularity, so you will be one of the first to do it at your spring 2020 wedding!
  • Ditch the pastel colors for spring and go for bold colors! Use bright yellows, deep purples, fuschias. Don’t be afraid to use color bravely throughout your wedding, whether it be in decor or in bridesmaids dresses.
  • Sustainability is in this season, and hopefully, will continue to stay in! Use sustainability throughout your wedding by reusing florals from your ceremony to your reception, using decor that you already own, or making your own decor! With florals, you can also choose in-season florals! This helps with lowering shipping throughout your wedding.
  • If sharing your own vows in front of everyone makes you nervous and you plan on doing traditional vows, think about exchanging private vows before the ceremony! This will create a special moment for you that you will always cherish. This can be done during your first look or if you don’t want a first look, you can do this on either side of a wall so you just hear the vows. The pictures that you will get from this will be special forever.

Contact us to talk about your big day!

Things to Ask Before Choosing Your Venue

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The Empire Room

When you are searching for a wedding venue, it is important to have questions to ask about on your tours at The Empire Room! Not only should you have questions ready, but you should know a few details that will make or break certain venues. This will automatically narrow your list down and make the search easier for you! As the best Dallas wedding venue, we wanted to share these questions with you!

Be sure to know an approximate headcount for your wedding so that when you ask about the number of guests the venue can hold, you know how that number matches up to your estimate! You don’t want to fall in love with a venue that only holds 150 guests when you have an approximate headcount of 300. to be upfront with our answers to these questions, The Empire Room Dallas, we hold up to 300 guests at our venue.

Be sure to ask what is included in the venue! Most venues include chairs, but some don’t. The same about tables is true. You’ll want to make sure that there are plenty of perks within your pricing at each venue that you tour. You don’t want to end up spending the same amount on a venue that has no amenities as one that would. Take a look at our Frequently Asked Questions to see what we include in the price of your wedding package.

Lastly, know your budget! for the same reason that you should know your estimated headcount, you should know your budget. You don’t want to take a look at a venue that you know is out of your price range to only fall in love then not be able to afford it. Feel free to contact us for our different pricing options so that you know what you are getting into at our venue.

Perks of An Indoor/Outdoor Venue

Dallas wedding venue

Dallas Wedding Venue

There are so many times that you only have one choice with a venue, inside or outside, but we have both at our Dallas wedding venue! There are pros to both types of venues, but nothing is better than having the choice to choose or even the choice to use both on your big day! We wanted to go over some of our perks of having an indoor/outdoor wedding venue, and why we love our venue.

  • The biggest perk of having an indoor/outdoor wedding venue is having the safety net to move your wedding, ceremony, or cocktail hour inside in the case of a weather change. If you have your wedding at an all outdoor venue, you don’t have the option to move it inside in the case of bad weather. No one wants to plan their whole wedding outdoors for it to rain the entire day.
  • On the other hand, you simply have the option of having any of your wedding events outside! If the weather is nice, it would be amazing to have your reception or cocktail hour on a beautiful patio with views overlooking Dallas. An outdoor space adds to any experience, weddings included.
  • The last perk that we want to share with you is only two words: outdoor ceremony! Outdoor ceremonies are stunning and unique! We love when couples opt to have their ceremonies outside because the decor is always unique and the pictures from your big day will be stunning! Trust us when we say that a golden hour ceremony is just as dreamy as it sounds it would be.

We would love to talk with you more about our venue and why an indoor/outdoor venue is the best option for your big day! Contact us today to learn more about our venue.

A Picture Perfect Venue – The Empire Room Dallas

Versatile Dallas Wedding Venue

The Empire Room Dallas

The Empire Room Dallas might just be the most picture-perfect venue in the Dallas area! Our versatile Dallas wedding venue has so many reasons why it is the most picture-perfect venue! We’re here to tell you why we think (and know) this.

Our venue has insane views of the Dallas skyline! As we all know, the skyline is one of the best perks of Dallas! These are visible from our patio and your guests are entering the venue. The skyline in the background makes for beautiful images from your big day that you will remember and cherish forever.

On the topic of our patio, it is a beautiful, large space with string lights already up! The walls are all made up of brick and greenery. It is the perfect amount of space to decorate however you’d like, create lounge areas, and even just take your post-wedding pictures

Inside of our venue, we have high, white walls and open concept ceilings. The space is versatile so that you can decorate however you’d like for your ceremony or event! Not only is our main event space beautiful and picture-worthy, but so is our bridal suite! With movie-star mirrors and a modern look, this chic room will look amazing in all of your pictures with your best girlfriends as you’re getting ready! All of the beautiful shots of you getting ready and putting on your wedding dress will be perfect in our sophisticated room.

Contact us today to find out more about why we love our venue so much and why we believe it is the perfect venue for you. Our stunning venue is waiting for you to get married in it! We would love to talk with you about available dates and any other questions you may have!

Catering at The Empire Room Dallas

Dallas Venue Catering

Dallas Venue Catering

At our Dallas venue, catering is done by our exclusive caterer, Gil’s Elegant Catering. Gil’s is a phenomenal caterer that we know will make the food at your wedding or event as perfect as you have been imagining it being. They have so many options for great food to be served, as well as, packages for how it will be served to you and your guests!

We have four packages to choose from ranging from $60 to $82 per person. Through Gil’s, you can choose a silver buffet or a gold buffet; these are package options one and two, and are amazing choices if you are wanting a buffet. Package three is an action station package. This makes your guests have a more personalized food experience! Package four is a plated dinner!  If you don’t want your guests to have to do any work to get their food, a plated dinner is the best choice!

These all come with two passed canapés of your choosing during cocktail hour, coffee, and iced tea. The china, glassware, silverware, and napkins are also included in the cost per person! You won’t have to worry about any of the little things with our in-house, exclusive catering. Us and Gil’s Elegant Catering love being able to provide all of the details for your event.

We would love to have you and your event at our venue being served by our caterer! Have questions about our catering or venue? Contact us to ask any and all questions. We have all of the answers for you about our venue and catering! You can also take a look at all of Gil’s catering options that you can choose for your catering, here! We can’t wait to have you and all of your guests at our venue for your big event!

What to Expect on a Wedding Venue Tour

Unique Dallas Wedding Venue

Unique Dallas Wedding Venue

In preparation to find the perfect, unique Dallas wedding venue for your big day? You have to start with venue tours! Venue tours will help you find and know exactly what you want in a venue. They help to give you all the information at once so that you don’t have to do all the research yourself.

  • Some information that you will receive on a wedding venue tour is how the site can be used and the hours that you’ll be able to use the venue. These are the basics about a venue that will really help to hear in person so that you remember these details. You’ll also be able to hear about the access to set up and tear down. Pricing, preferred vendors, and our included services will be discussed. It is a lot of information at once, but it is necessary to hear and discuss.
  • Be ready to take notes and pictures! You won’t remember all of the information that we’ll be throwing at you. The best way to remember all of it will be to take notes! Taking pictures will help you to talk to your planner, parents, and friends about the venues you have been touring. Having pictures to show them helps that discussion.
  • Don’t be afraid to ask questions! No question is a dumb question and we have probably heard it before, anyways! We want to make sure that you walk away with all of your questions answered.
  • Lastly, keep any handouts! You’ll be able to compare venues easily with the information presented in all of this material.

If you are interested in taking a look at our venue, contact us to schedule a tour! We would love to walk you through our venue and answer all of your questions for you!

Questions to Ask Before Booking Your Venue

Downtown Dallas Venue 

Downtown Dallas Venue

What questions should you ask before booking your downtown Dallas venue and on your venue tour? There are plenty to ask, but we think these are some of the questions that you definitely shouldn’t forget about.

Is the venue available on my target date?

This is an important question because you need to be sure right away that the venue is available when you want it to be. You don’t want to fall in love with a venue then be told that it’s not available on the date that you have been planning on!

What is the capacity of the venue?

This one is so important, especially if you’ve always dreamed of a large wedding. You want to make sure that you won’t have to cut corners on your guests list if you don’t want to.

Do you have exclusive vendors?

Be sure to ask if there is a preferred vendors list, or even if the venue has exclusive vendors. This question is especially important if you want a specific caterer or vendor for your event. At The Empire Room, we have two preferred vendors: our caterer, Gil’s Elegant Catering and our AV friends, Astounding Sound & Lighting.

Do the rates change throughout the week and seasons?

Make sure that you ask if there are different rates throughout the year, and even throughout the week! If you are on more of a budget, take this tip into consideration. You can typically save a lot of money by having your wedding in an off season, or even just on a weekday.

We would love to answer all of these questions and more for you. Contact us or check out our frequently asked questions page to get all of the answers about our venue, and get on track for your big day.

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