It seems such a crazy thing for me to blog about. I'm about to talk all my brides into getting chair covers or renting chivari chairs even though it probably means that things will get cut off my proposal to make room in the budget. Honestly--that's fine. So here's me hopping up on my soap box. PLEASE get chair covers or rent chivari chairs. Why? I do understand. When you're over budget and the stress is mounting and you're going over everything line by line, chair covers seem to be an easy cut. After all, if you cut them it's not like your guests won't have a place to sit. So what's the big deal? Well, here's the big deal. If you don't cover those ugly ballroom chairs, everything you just spent on linens, centerpieces, votives, décor, ambiance--is pretty much wasted. You will turn your glittering elegant affair into a bad business meeting just like that. 
It's what I call a "room killer." All these beautiful details and seriously ugly convention chairs. 
Here below are two samples of chivari chair setups. When you look at these, there's a sense of "ahhhh, that's so pretty!" Compared to the pictures above. The bottom picture was taken (badly by me) before the flowers were placed on top of their centerpiece vases and the room STILL looks beautiful.
So pretty please with a chair cover on top--pay attention to your chairs and make sure that when you're cutting your budget, you don't accidentally cut an artery and kill your gorgeous reception room.
