Whether you are looking to save money or simply love your space, at-home weddings are growing in popularity. They are intimate and easy to personalize to your unique taste. 

Hosting an informal wedding doesn’t mean you need to sacrifice your vision. There are many ways to ensure your special day is elegant and luxurious without breaking the bank. 

Here are some perfect at-home wedding ideas on a budget that offer beauty and savings! 

Up is a beautiful and touching story centering around love, adventure, loss, and true friendship.

This theme is a beautiful story to incorporate into a wedding since it touches on all the important elements of a marriage: fun, love, dedication, and adventure.

When looking into Up-themed wedding centerpieces, consider some of these ideas.

Winter is family and friends, cheer and new years, delicious treats, and celebration. And there’s no better celebration to behold than a wedding!

Winter offers various unique wedding ideas, decorations, and menu options to choose from. Continue on for a host of winter wedding ideas, themed menus, and more.

Whether you’re planning a rustic, romantic or eclectic celebration, there’s lots of venues to choose from in the Big Easy. For some affordable and unique ideas, check out these New Orleans wedding venues.

Whether you’re inviting 20, 50 or 100 guests, you can find lots of small wedding venues in Pittsburgh. As well as traditional venues, you can also check out smaller spaces like private rooms, lofts and restaurants.

Chicago is a great place to visit or to live. If you’re planning a wedding there, you’ll have lots of options for your ceremony and reception. If you’re on a budget, start with this list of the best affordable wedding venues in Chicago.

When you’re trying to plan an inexpensive wedding, the most common advice is to cut your guest list. Going from 200 to 25 guests can save a lot of money. In order to stay on budget, start by looking at the most affordable micro wedding venues.

If you don’t want the headache of a traditional wedding, but still want to celebrate, think about planning a micro wedding. A micro wedding can have all the romance of a typical wedding, just on a smaller scale.

Just like everything else, weddings seem to be getting more and more expensive. There’s lots of advice to save money, but does it actually work? Can you still save by planning a daytime wedding or is it an outdated idea?

If you’re looking for a unique way to serve a meal, consider renting a food truck for a wedding. Depending on the food you choose, hiring a food truck can help you stick to your budget. Plus, it’ll give your guests a fun experience and a cute photo op.

If you need wedding reception food ideas on a budget, try planning a unique and fun menu. Instead of a cheap version of a traditional wedding meal, plan an unusual or unexpected theme, at a different time of day.

If you’re looking for a simple and inexpensive celebration, it’s easy to plan a courthouse wedding on a budget. You can have a ceremony at your local city hall, then plan any type of reception afterwards.

If you’ve started to look at venues, you’ve probably already realized that $5K is a small wedding budget. You’ll need to cut expenses and do some DIY, but if you’re committed, you can definitely plan a great wedding under 5000.

By the time you’ve planned and paid for all your wedding expenses, your budget’s probably getting a bit tight. But there’s one last thing to pay for - your wedding rehearsal and dinner afterwards.

Sometimes the groom’s family will offer to pay for the rehearsal dinner, but many couples plan and pay for it themselves. If you’re paying yourselves, don’t worry, there’s lots of cheap rehearsal dinner ideas that are easy, delicious and fun.

If you’re looking for wedding ideas for spring on a budget, you can start by choosing a non traditional wedding venue or menu. You could plan a dinner dance at a church hall or community center. Or to save a ton of cash, consider a brunch, a cocktail party or even a desserts only wedding reception.

Once you’ve chosen your venue and menu, you can find spring wedding invitations, decorations and flowers to fit any size budget.

Everyone’s talking about the wedding boom this year. Ever since you-know-what, it seems like every single wedding venue is booked out, fully booked and overbooked. If you’re a couple trying to plan a wedding, finding a venue could be a real problem. Especially if you’re on a budget.

You could try waiting a year or two. You could plan an elopement wedding. Or you could look at non traditional wedding venues, or dates, in order to start planning your wedding this year.

If you've got a smaller budget for your wedding, you're probably looking for ways to save money. And by the time you get to the invitations, you've already paid for so much! Between the venue, the food, drinks, dresses and everything else, your budget's probably maxed out.

The invitations seem like a good place to save some money. Besides, everyone's just going to throw them out, anyway. So why not send cheap wedding invitations?

A fall wedding has so much going for it: beautiful colors, perfect weather and delicious food. Plus, there’s lots of fall wedding ideas on a budget to help your wedding feel special, without breaking the bank.

If you’re trying to plan an affordable wedding, the first thing to do is rethink the typical reception. If your budget isn’t big enough for one, you can plan your fall wedding at a different venue, or serve a different meal:

If you’re on a budget, DIY is a great way to save money and personalize your wedding. No matter what your skill level is, if you like making things, you can plan lots of fun projects for your wedding. You might want to design and create centerpieces, invitations and other decor. Or you can find tons of tutorial videos online and follow along for easy DIY wedding ideas on a budget.

If you want an evening reception, but don’t have the budget for a full dinner, you can plan a cocktail wedding reception instead. It’ll be a little shorter than a traditional wedding, but you’ll still have time for mingling, dancing and any wedding events you’d like to include.