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Pergola Festoon Lights

Pergola Festoon Lights

The outdoor space at Ufton Court is simply beautiful day or night, and the chunky oak pergola just outside the Archer's Hall is the perfect place to sit for a bit of shelter while enjoying the view of the gardens.

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Widthways Fairy Light Canopy at Caswell House, Witney

Widthways Fairy Light Canopy at Caswell House, Witney

Here's the fairy light canopy that we showed at the Caswell House Spring Open Day. It's a widthways canopy, meaning that it runs from side to side across the width of the barn, creating a sparkly ceiling of lights.

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Edison Bulb Top Table Feature at Ufton Court

Edison Bulb Top Table Feature at Ufton Court

Our Edison bulb top table feature makes a stylish statement piece suspended over the top table. Here it is in front of the beautiful oak doors in the Tithe Barn at Ufton Court.

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Paper Lantern Canopy at Nether Winchendon House

Paper Lantern Canopy at Nether Winchendon House

A canopy of paper lanterns adding colour, light and texture in Carriage Barn at Nether Winchendon House.

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Dance Floor Lighting at Ufton Court

Dance Floor Lighting at Ufton Court

When it comes to the evening of your wedding day and it's time to hit the dance floor, our mirror ball and disco lights transform the Tithe Barn at Ufton Court at the flick of a switch!

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Monks Barn Custom Fairy Light Backdrop

Monks Barn Custom Fairy Light Backdrop

We like a challenge from time to time, and it's always good fun putting together a custom design for one of our lovely clients. One of our recent couples had fallen in love with the idea of a fairy light backdrop for their wedding at the Monks Barn in Hurley, but this was no ordinary fairy light backdrop.

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Fairy Light Star Canopy at Caswell House

Fairy Light Star Canopy at Caswell House

Oh my goodness it's been such a busy year of lovely weddings at Caswell House. We've lost count of how many times we've visited in the past few months, but safe to say it now feels like a second home!

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Digital Festoon Lights

Digital Festoon Lights

We've been having some fun putting together an exciting new lighting canopy design for one of our most visited venues, the wonderful Ufton Court in Berkshire.

This one is not for the faint of heart!

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Chandeliers and Drapes at Longbourn Barn

Chandeliers and Drapes at Longbourn Barn

This summer we had another trip to the absolutely gorgeous Longbourn Barn in Warwickshire. This time we installed what we think is one of our prettiest setups yet for this incredible venue.

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Drapes, Fairy Lights and Edison Bulbs

Drapes, Fairy Lights and Edison Bulbs

Here's a lovely wedding lighting canopy that incorporates multiple elements for an incredible effect.

The couple for this wedding at Ufton Court chose our fairy light star canopy (so called because of the star shape it makes if you look it from a bird-seye view) with white voile drapes and topped off with an Edison bulb cartwheel chandelier in the centre.

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Crystal Chandelier at Caswell House

Crystal Chandelier at Caswell House

We were so happy for the opportunity to help at Caswell House this week with lighting their new temporary marquee in the grounds. The marquee sits next to the barns with views over the water and picturesque bridge.

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Edison Bulb Manger Lighting

Edison Bulb Manger Lighting

Sometimes it's the little touches that make all the difference. Our Edison bulb display really makes a feature of the manger in Wenman's Barn at Caswell House.

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Ufton Court Festoon Random Loops with Lanterns

Ufton Court Festoon Random Loops with Lanterns

Here's our festoon random loops canopy at Ufton Court, this time with lit paper lanterns dotted around hanging on the festoons.

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Ribbons and Fairy Lights Canopy

Ribbons and Fairy Lights Canopy

Wow wow wow! Love a chance to try something new - here's a brand new canopy design mixing ribbons and fairy lights.

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Ufton Court Fairy Light Star and Paper Lanterns Video

Ufton Court Fairy Light Star and Paper Lanterns Video

Still a firm favourite, here's our fairy light star canopy with lit paper lanterns in Ufton Court's Tithe Barn.

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Crystal Chandelier with Fairy Light Canopy at Ufton Court

Crystal Chandelier with Fairy Light Canopy at Ufton Court

Our ever-popular fairy light star canopy was paired with a glittering crystal chandelier at its centre for this wintery wedding in the tithe barn at Ufton Court.

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Bix Manor Uplighting and Festoons

Bix Manor Uplighting and Festoons

Sometimes a few simple touches are all you need to transform the look of a room.

For this stylish party at Bix Manor near Henley we installed controllable LED uplighters and a canopy of criss-crossed festoons in the main barn...

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Caswell House Fairy Light Star Canopy Video

Caswell House Fairy Light Star Canopy Video

Here's another little video showing off one of our canopies.

This time it's the fairy light star canopy in Wenman's Barn at Caswell House. It's only a few short clips, but hopefully it helps to give an impression of how the canopy fits into the space.

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Ufton Court Fairy Light Backdrop on the Rear Doors

Ufton Court Fairy Light Backdrop on the Rear Doors

We added this shimmering backdrop of fairy lights to the rear doors behind the top table for a wintery wedding at Ufton Court, alongside a multi-swag fairy light canopy and LED uplighters.

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Caswell House Widthways Canopy Video

Caswell House Widthways Canopy Video

Sometimes it can be hard to visualise how a particular canopy looks in a venue but videos can really help by showing it from multiple angles.

So we've started putting together a few clips of some of our most popular canopies.

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