05/11/2026
DAY FIVE! 🎉✨🌿
We have a bar & venue! And it's beautiful! 😍
Today the dishwasher was picked up from Melbourne and plumbed in, the chairs are all stored away (other than what we need for the event), and the fairy lights are finally up!
I had Maddy visiting Beacon Lighting and Trav visiting two different stores, one all the way in Hoppers Crossing, just to piece together our three pendants. But they're brassy, rustic and absolutely gorgeous, so worth every bit of the pain! 😂
Five gorgeous new picnic tables arrived for the b**r garden, umbrellas are ready to go in tomorrow, one outdoor lounge is assembled (one more to go!), the pop-up kitchen is set up, the cardboard cleaning station is organised, and we even managed to get our street number up today so people can actually find us! 😂
But the BEST part of today?
Having our very first family meal on the new tables and chairs in this beautiful venue that we have worked so endlessly hard to bring together. The kids have seen us absolutely stressed and drained and they haven't seen us all week much.
Fish and chips with the kids, sitting around our new tables, then burning off cardboard by the fireplace. ❤️
It might sound like such a simple thing, but it was pretty special.
Family is everything. It's why we love weddings so much. That feeling of unity, love, bringing families together and finding your soulmate is what fills our cups. And today, we got to experience a little piece of that ourselves in the place we've poured so much into.
Being here in Geelong, being home, and having just an 8-minute distance between home and the venue is a completely new feeling for us. It's magic. ❤️
Tomorrow we get to show you the FINISHED venue before our first event as we dress the room, put the final touches in place and get everything ready to welcome our first guests!
Five days of absolute chaos, deliveries, trades, building, cleaning, unpacking, styling and a whole lot of hard work.
And we actually did it! Bring on Teags & Luke's Engagement!
IVORY BARN, WE ARE READY FOR YOU! 🎉🎉✨️✨️🌿🌿
