How to Set a Realistic Wedding Guest List

How to Set a Realistic Wedding Guest List

Ask any couple which part of wedding planning caused the most arguments, and the guest list wins most of the time. It’s not about money, and it’s not about the music. It’s about who’s coming. That’s because the guest list affects almost...
Sri Lankan Poruwa at Selden Barns – Susie & Deshan

Sri Lankan Poruwa at Selden Barns – Susie & Deshan

Two ceremonies, one afternoon: Susie & Deshan at Selden Barns Guest post by Barrie Downie, wedding photographer. Susie and Deshan got married here in September, and they did it twice in an afternoon. A civil ceremony at three o’clock in the ceremony barn...
Winter Wedding Colour Palettes and Flowers

Winter Wedding Colour Palettes and Flowers

Summer weddings get their colours handed to them. Blue sky, green lawn, whatever’s blooming that month. A winter wedding asks you to make a few more decisions, and that’s the best part. With the doors closed, the candles lit and the light dropping by four...
What’s Included in Wedding Venue Hire? | Selden Barns

What’s Included in Wedding Venue Hire? | Selden Barns

What’s Actually Included in Your Selden Barns Venue Hire When you’re comparing wedding venues, “what’s actually included in the price” is usually the question that matters most — and the one that’s hardest to get a straight answer to. Every venue quotes a...
Selden Barns Open Evening — Thursday 17 September

Selden Barns Open Evening — Thursday 17 September

Selden Barns Open Evening — Thursday 17 September Choosing a wedding venue is one of the most significant decisions of your planning journey, and visiting in person is the only way to know whether a space is truly the right fit. On Thursday 17 September, from 5pm...
UK Marriage Law Reform: What It Means for Your Wedding

UK Marriage Law Reform: What It Means for Your Wedding

UK Marriage Law Reform: What the Government’s Consultation Means for Your Wedding If you’ve seen headlines this summer about the biggest shake-up of English and Welsh marriage law in almost 200 years, you’re not imagining it. On 16 July 2026 the Ministry of Justice...
Wedding Speeches: Order, Length and Delivery

Wedding Speeches: Order, Length and Delivery

Wedding Speeches: A Practical Guide to Order, Length and Delivery The speeches are the bit of the day most couples worry about, and the bit most guests quietly look forward to. Done well, they warm the room and set the tone for the evening. Done badly, they overrun...
Winter Wedding Colour Palettes and Flowers

Winter Barn Weddings in Sussex: December to February

Winter Barn Weddings in Sussex: The Case for December to February Ask most engaged couples when they’d like to get married and you’ll get roughly the same answer. May, June, July, August or September. The peak-summer default is so deeply set that a lot of...
Wedding Day Emergency Kit

Wedding Day Emergency Kit

The Wedding Day Emergency Kit You’ll Genuinely Use Search “wedding day emergency kit” and you’ll get roughly the same list twenty times over. Sewing kit. Painkillers. Baby wipes. It’s the kind of advice written by someone who has never...