The making of a tropical wedding….

Naw….The making of the making of a tropical wedding.

Nope….really….The crashing of a tropical wedding

The crashing of the making of a tropical wedding

There ya go.

It’s all about the honest quotient here at Lime in the Coconut.

coconuts were involved

So….Enter a STUNNING Old Vero homestead. Hidden away.

Guarded by ferocious, albeit, artsy cats

You may have met them and Archie  before… here

when I did a post on The Sugar Shack

So…where was I?

Yes. was at stunning property. seemingly miles of verdant foliage.

Palm lined drive…

Not  the pretentious, stuffy kind of stunning.

But the kind of stunning that is rare and real…and embroiled in a history of our town…

Authentic.

Old Florida. Real people. Warm and big hearted people that generously put on

a wedding for a friend.

On their sublime subtropical property

Under the guidance of talented local interior designer Jesse Nartker ,

Jann,  house owner and cat rescuer extrordinaire, and family

put together an evening of beauty for around 150 family and friends. 

The theme was citrus…in color…in feel

And in a big

silver bowl of oranges straight off the trees.

Indian River is known for their citrus far and wide….

orange blossom often perfumes the  night air of our small town

Huge paper lanterns  think grapefruit, orange, lemon were amassed in the ceiling of the 60 foot tent

…each individually lit for nightfall

Jann said….next time….she would double the amount.

she said “next time…” did you hear that?!

 

The tent was married to the existing 3  or was it 30   car garage

probably NOT like your garage….certainly not like mine…

with a fireplace….

Jesse and Jann reworked furniture and lighting to make it

the most classy and classic food serving station….and bar….

and hang out by the coconuts kinda spot

this is walking from the tent into the transformed garage

 

they were still working their magic setting up as I stealthly took pics.

No palm trees were killed in the making of this wedding

maimed? …..eh, perhaps.

Two things to note, ok three… cuz I did…The garage has sets of doors coming in from the north…and heading out  south, directly opposite,  to the pool area….So you would walk in to through the tent, into the garage and back out towards the pool. open open light and airy…ingenious use of filmy fabric to cover garage doors…

second..They used fabulous old and antique and thrifted vessels for the food

real….homestyle…

 
And THIRD...this really is a wedding of re-use...NOT over abundance. Re-working old furniture, dinnerware and lighting finds....using greens, coconuts...even citrus from the yard...using this GORGEOUS property over renting a place. It was clearly a work of many...and most likely a labor of love. BEST combination. Kudos to the team!

And while I was escorted out   chose not to stay for the food presentation

It was fun to see the sticky notes of what went with what antique and  oh so loved dish.

Ok…so we move out to the pool area….surrounded by huge candle lit wax pillars

and past that to a cool folly near a small pond with stepping stones

The wedding took place by the pond on the side of the property

 

It truly was a beautiful

tropical

citrus-full affair

Hope you enjoyed crashing it with me….

now… if you could spare a dime

to post bail.