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SPRING 2026

Callie and Trent celebrated their March wedding at The Arlo on March 6, 2026, welcoming 179 guests for a black-tie evening built around a palette of white, green, and warm neutral. The design carried a quiet residential quality throughout — table lamps and tapered candles on the banquet tables, sheer fabric draped from the chandeliers overhead, and florals that moved from the back lawn into the ballroom as the evening shifted.

The invitation suite offered an early signal of the design direction: a soft watercolor rendering of The Arlo lined the interior of the envelope, setting the tone before guests arrived. The dress code printed on the details card — cowboy hats and boots — was a preview of what the hat bar would make literal later in the evening.

The ceremony unfolded on the back lawn with the fireplace as a backdrop. White and green hydrangea, white roses, and trailing green amaranthus lined the aisle in dense, cloud-like arrangements, building into a lush floral installation at the altar. The wedding party processed down the aisle ahead of the couple, having run through the order during portrait hour — a practical move that kept the ceremony itself clean and unhurried. Guests were seated in Arizona chairs from Peak Events by KRD as the procession began, followed at the end by Mac, the couple’s golden retriever, dressed for the occasion in his own tuxedo.

While family remained on the lawn for portraits, the wedding party moved to the shaded patio and cocktail hour opened across the property. Live music from the courtyard, a vintage coffee cart from Peaches Coffee stationed in the circle drive, and passed appetizers and drinks from SoHo Event Co. set the tone. Inside Storie Hall, a round bar anchored the space alongside a custom G-shaped ice luge — serving a spicy margarita with specialty ice for all cocktails. The hat bar, set beneath Storie Hall’s 18-foot window, offered guests the chance to customize their own hat throughout the evening. A photo booth and seating chart display completed the activation. Sheer fabric softened the edges of Storie Hall, bringing the space into the evening’s aesthetic without overworking it.

As cocktail hour continued, the ceremony chairs moved inside and the ballroom was dressed for dinner. Aisle florals and the stage installation were redistributed to the banquet tables and bars — keeping the design continuous from lawn to reception. The ballroom read as layered and considered at the start of dinner service: long banquet tables anchored the center of the room, joined by a head table positioned beneath the west window and a mix of round, square, and rectangular tables filling the surrounding floor. Banquette seating ran alongside the long tables, softening the room and improving flow at full capacity. White and green hydrangea, roses, and amaranthus arrangements sat alongside brass table lamps and tapered candles in glass hurricanes. A white and light beige checkered glossy dance floor defined the far end of the room, with a large band stage beyond it. Overhead, sheer white fabric draped from the iron chandelier rings in billowing installations that transformed the ceiling and shifted the mood of the space entirely. The band wall received full draping as well, grounding the stage end of the room and sharpening the acoustics.

Intensity opened at 7:00 PM with a grand entrance and first dance, followed by a welcome and blessing from the officiant before dinner service began. Toasts followed at 8:00, and the dance floor opened at 8:20. At 9:30, the band opened their third set with a prop moment — light-up cowboy hats and bolo ties passed to guests as the floor filled. An espresso martini tower replaced the traditional champagne tower for cake cutting, with espresso martinis and late-night snacks passed through the final hours. At 10:45, guests lined both sides of the staircase for the send-off. Cold sparks lit the staircase as Callie and Trent made their exit.

Callie + Trent at The Arlo — reception details
The Arlo custom floor plan for Callie + Trent at The Arlo

LAYOUT SPOTLIGHT

The ballroom was configured with long banquet tables anchoring the center of the room, a head table beneath the west window, and a mix of round, square, and rectangular tables filling the surrounding floor — a varied configuration that kept the room feeling layered and visually dynamic at full capacity. Banquette seating integrated alongside the long tables improved circulation without sacrificing guest count. The band’s alcove room served as a dedicated green room, keeping the stage end of the ballroom production-ready through the evening. The checkered dance floor defined the transition between dining and dancing, adding a formal, graphic element to the room’s far end.

NOTABLE

The chandelier fabric installation — sheer white fabric draped from the iron chandelier rings — is one of the more transformative design moves the ballroom has seen. It pulled the full ceiling height into the design and shifted the room’s atmosphere in a way that reads distinctly in person and photographs well.

The cocktail hour activations across Storie Hall and the courtyard — live music, a round bar with a G-shaped ice luge, a hat bar, a photo booth, a coffee cart, and a seating chart display — made full use of the property during the ceremony-to-reception transition. By the time guests moved into the ballroom, the evening already had considerable momentum.

Redistributing the ceremony florals — aisle arrangements and the stage installation — directly onto the banquet tables and bars unified the design across both spaces without redundancy. The ballroom read as fully considered from the start of dinner service, with no visual gap between what guests experienced on the lawn and what they found inside.