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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.

The smaller of the two barns at the Monks' Barn in Hurley is normally used for dancing in the evening and sometimes also for the wedding ceremony itself.

Whether it sits behind the ceremony table or the DJ this huge backdrop of festoon lights on the back wall looks spectacular and it's a fab way to add some extra light to this otherwise quite dimly lit room.

Originally built for a photo shoot, our Edison bulb top table feature has had an upgrade!

We took a gorgeously rustic wooden ladder and added lots of chic Edison bulbs in wire cages with lush dangly green foliage. Here's the result in two different venues.

If you already know which songs you'd like on the playlist for the evening's dancing at your wedding, why not consider a DIY disco?

Plug your own music player into our speakers, press play and hit the dance floor!

One of the best features of the wonderful Monks' Barn in Hurley is the fact that you get two separate rooms to use for different purposes on your wedding day, and plenty of time to decorate them.

For this gloriously colourful wedding we were asked to install a large fairy light canopy in the Great Hall and a colour changing disco lantern canopy above the dance floor in the smaller barn.

The Monks Barn in Hurley is such brilliant blank canvas for lighting and decoration that there are lots of different combinations available to suit any taste.

This full lighting scheme included drapes, fairy lights, chandeliers and LED uplighters for a really gorgeous result.

This was a lovely lighting scheme for a really lovely couple holding their wedding reception at the Monks' Barn in Hurley, Berkshire.

We installed fairy lights, chandelier, paper lanterns, uplighting, outdoor lighting and a full length curtain over the barn doors. The transformation was amazing!

Disco lighting can be elegant too!

This is one of our favourite setups for the small barn at the Monks' Barn in Hurley.

This was one of our favourite weddings so far this year!

The theme was a mix of Disney and village fete. The couple and their families made so many thoughtful touches, the barn looked absolutely amazing…

We were recently approached by a bride with a vision of installing a canopy of vintage lampshades for her barn wedding.

The lampshades had already been sourced by scouring the local charity shops – our task was to assemble a custom lighting harness to light them and suspend them in the ceiling.

Our new wireless outdoor uplighters are fantastic for lighting up an outdoor space.

This gathered fairy light canopy at the Monks Barn in Hurley covered the full length of the main barn and featured a central 12-arm white chandelier as a focal point.

Festoon lights are perfect for lighting a barn wedding. They give an even coverage of flattering, warm white light and can be dimmed to set the mood just right.

This is one of our very favourite fairy light ceiling installations!

We’ve discovered an amazing unexpected feature of our white chandeliers. They glow in ultraviolet light!

We installed a pair of our new white chandeliers at a barn wedding last weekend. We think they looked amazing suspended from the beams.

Another chance to visit the fabulous Monks’ Barn in Hurley, this time installing chandeliers and fabric ceiling drapes in the main barn along with a giant mirror ball and disco equipment in the smaller dance barn.

We love the Monks’ Barn – always a pleasure to work there!

We firmly believe that the lighting for your evening entertainment deserves just the same care and attention to detail as the rest of your day. A few carefully chosen, coordinated effects can make the difference between a good party and a night to remember forever.

This beautiful photo was taken at a recent wedding where we supplied the DJ along with synchronised, colour-changing uplighting, a mirror ball suspended from the wooden beam above the dance floor, and a set of moving heads sweeping patterns and colours around the room.

A simple, elegant scheme of warm golds was the order of the day at the Monks’ Barn. We combined a huge fairy light canopy in the main barn with gold uplighting and a pair of crystal chandeliers in the smaller barn. Whatever the weather, using all gold lighting gave the barn a fantastic warm glow. Magic!

Fairy lights are fantastic but if you’re looking for something a little different, festoon lighting is worth considering. It provides good ambient light and the larger bulbs are a stylish touch to suit country fayre, vintage and elegant weddings.

Here are some photos of our festoon light canopy with gold uplighting at a wedding in the beautiful Monk’s Barn in Hurley.