Brympton Summer Wedding

Brympton d'Evercy vintage wedding

All this snow has made me want to think ahead to all the lovely summer weddings we are now organizing with our 2011 brides. Quintessential english summer weddings are Renaissance Grace's love and I can't wait to recreate this one from last year at Brympton for my summer brides this year. Plates and cakes and fresh flowers are all it takes to create the perfect summer backdrop to the perfect wedding day. What can be more delicious than this!!

July 10th 2010 Suzy and Charles Brympton Wedding

The weather glorious, the bride stunning, the groom handsome, it can only happen at the fairytale wedding venue, Brympton d'Evercy.

To be the Wedding Planner for Suzy and charles has been a pleasure from day one of introduction right through until the actual glorious wedding day.

Suzy and Charles arrived with their entourage of friends and family the night before the big day and made the most of the delights of Brympton House by settling their guests into the many guest rooms within the exquiste historical house itself and the adjoining Home farm which house The D'evercy Tower rooms beautifully decorated with Toile de Jouy fabrics and matching wallpapers. selected by yours truly.

After a rehearsal with the groom, best man, master of ceremonies (a close friend of Charles who was nothing short of a star on the day!) we let the lads escape for a planned pub last night of freedom and a pamper session for the bride-to-be and her bridesmaids.

The morning arrived quick enough and I found Cornelius the hair and make-up specialist from London applying his magic to Suzy (not that she needed much help!) in the bridal suite.

My helper for the day, Melanie the art student, had her skills called upon as Suzy needed a last minute wedding table plan produced, Mel went into the creative zone and turned around a fantastic last minute masterpiece admired by all.

The day flowed like a dream with a romantic civil ceremony in The Medieval Dower House with flowers by the Brympyon in-house florist to die for and a string quartet from Bath.

The sun shone mercilessly and luckily for the guests deck chairs had thoughtfully been set out in the shade of a giant tree, and with croquet set up on the lawn and a quintessential English lazy summer afternoon wedding drinks reception was enjoyed by one and all.

The photographer Ed was amazing and the perfect gentleman throughout the process of capturing the perfect picture unfolding infront of us.

The Wedding Breakfast was my chance to grab a rest and hand over the wedding party to the in-house chef Jane Parker and her fabulous team, they all make serving 100 guests simultaneously look so easy!

Night fell and my final hand over to the Brympton Evening team, Johnathan and Anita who served the evening guests and oversaw the local Morris dancers performing before the commencement of the evening live band.

I made my way home leaving a beautiful sunset over Brympton that lasted until I reached

Stonehenge.

What a fantastic wedding to have been a small part of, Renaissance Grace wish Suzy and Charles all the very best for the Future.

Falling down another Rabbit hole

As if falling down the Brympton d'Evercy rabbit hole wasn't big enough I now find I've popped up at The Warren!

The Warren is A fabulous golf course in Woodham Walter matched with a membership to die for, set in 400 acres with a traditional 1744 Essex Barn as part of the club house that hasn't been tampered with so remains as an historical record of the development of the course and it's various owners history since the Edwardian age what more can I say other than I think I've died and gone to Heaven!!

5 mins from home as well, Brympton is 390 miles round trip pure dedication!

Being commissioned on the refurbishment of The Warren along with my creative partner Linda Treacy is exciting enough, however, the icing on my cake has come from my engagement as Wedding Designer assisting all Warren brides on the organizing of their most important day, their wedding day.

Renaissance Grace Wedding Design launched on Valentine's day this year has gone from strength to strength.

I have been on such a whirl wind experience my feet need to touch the ground to allow me to post some of my Brympton brides wedding photo's taken at Brympton House Somerset. I promise to give you plenty of wedding eye candy a.s.a.p.

Take care Susan

Brympton Library

    I thought I'd show you how the refurbishment of the state rooms are going. The original oak panelling from 1680 is really shown at it's best in the Library.

 Gainsborough silk weaving company in Suffolk were chosen for their expertise in weaving archive silk fabrics. Brympton d'Evercy shares their fabric maker with the Queen who also selects fabrics by Gainsborough. They were heavily involved in the reconstruction of fabrics at Windsor castle after the fire.

We agreed on a vibrant mix of red and gold to compliment the stained oak panels.

Swags and tails were decided on for maximum impact, as you can see the tails were as tall as me.

It took two of us to make them over 4 days with another day to fit them. Using the floor of the green drawing room next door we hand sewed for England! 

The curtains were soon immortalized by featuring in The Turn Of The Screw an updated version of Henry James's novel which was filmed at Brympton House by and shown on B.B.C.

                     

                    

                         

             

                          

                           

             

                         

                              

   

Rehearsal over

  What a week! Guests arriving for the run through of the course, meetings with potential suppliers, fires to light and meals to prepare! Just another hectic exciting week at Brympton.

 Everyone that came fell in love with the house it just wraps it's arms around you and wants you to stay.

 Well I'm completely up to speed now on all things historic thanks to our guest speaker Lindy Treacy, the research that she has undertaken has inspired us all to do our own homework and I really should have paid more attention at school to all those dates I was miles out with my kings and Queens!!

   Back home the memory of the magical dinner party with guests and the family in the candlelit 1680 dining room transports me back to another era.

 Next week I'm meeting Mulberry Home to set up the Wedding Gift List and a lovely gentleman from English looking glass a company that makes exquisite carved antique style mirrors and furniture, I can't wait.

 If anybody knows of any person that may have bought furniture from Brympton in the Fifties during a big sale to raise money let me know. We would like to document any piece if poss. We do know that a mirror was purchased by Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon who then came on a flying visit to see the house the Lovely mirror came from. This info came from one of the lovely ladies that came on our practise course. Let me know any more snippets.

  Bye for now Susanxx

Brympton D'Evercy Historical Courses

Everything has now been put in place for the start of the courses at Brympton.

I feel completely at peace for the first time this year! 

 Spent a fantastic week alternating between Somerset and Chelsea as all the trade shows have been on. Every supplier bar none has been lovely and as excited as me about the possibilities at Brympton.

 Invitations to visit me at Brympton are being accepted starting with the owners of Fromental a fantastic English based company creating works of art on silk wallpapers. Followed by Gainsborough silk coming to see the delicious drapes, swags and tails made by my fair hand (and a lot of other fair hands!!!) hanging proudly on display in the Oak Library  made from one of their beautiful archive influenced Silks.

 

The Historical House courses will start from January and include 2 nights at Brympton. For more info please e-mail me, there will be the opportunity for my lucky bloggers to get involved in a giveaway so keep posted!!

Love to you all.

 

The B.B.C. leave us

 The B.B.C packed away all it's props and carefully wrapped all it's breakables

 Cups of tea and encouragement to hurry was my job,very nice guys they had the job of returning all the props to the various suppliers of items in London. Caught sight of a box marked 'Midsomer Murders' little things please me!

 Well there is work to be done and ladders to be climbed so see you all later,Thanks for popping in.