Low Budget Indian Wedding Decoration Ideas

What is an Indian Wedding without glaring decor? A wedding without decor is just like a flower without fragrance. However, the bigger the wedding the more decorations it requires. And to adorn the entire venue with decorations can be an expensive option that can affect your wedding budget.

What if we tell you there are some simple yet amazing options for your Indian Wedding decor that adds colour, intensity, and beauty to your wedding without deepening your pockets?

We have curated this list of cost-effective contemporary Indian wedding decor items that will stick to your limited budget.

1. In-season Flowers

Flowers are the most prominent element in wedding decorations and any Indian wedding decor — big or small — is incomplete without them. Choosing in-season flowers such as blushing bride, roses, freesia, orchids, and calla lilies adds natural beauty to the wedding venue.

There are beautiful flowers available according to the season that you can use for your Wedding venue and Mandap. However, you can also use artificial silk flowers as they are very economical. They can be reused for different functions, unlike natural flowers that droop over a period of time — thus saving more against your budget.

Just don’t ignore flowery adornment for your wedding, because that will turn out to be a bland setting!

2. Candles

Candles are the symbol of brightness and love. Don’t you remember your first candlelit dinner?

Well, why not use candles as a decorative element for your wedding. Candles give a vintage and romantic touch to Indian wedding decor. Just that you need to perch them at the right places in your wedding setting.

You can set them up at a stage, place them on tables as centrepieces, or fix them on candle holders hanging them by the roof (Just like the dining hall in Harry Potter movies). So, spruce your wedding decorations with bright candles for an effervescent effect.

To make the wedding setting more aesthete and lure your guests with an everlasting impression you can use tea lights and votive candles that adds an upbeat adornment.

3. Paper Lanterns

Paper Lanterns are the most economical option to include in your Indian wedding decor with a constraining budget. It is, no doubt, also the most versatile option out there. It is because they look as lovely in the day as in the night.

Blending and hanging these paper lanterns in the air along with scintillating candles and tea lights and flowers will surely take your breath.

Your guests would not forget this idea for many years to come, and also might ask your suggestion for their next event.

4. Colourful Balloons

This could be the most economical or cheapest option when planning for Indian wedding decor on a low budget. Balloons however big or small in size, varying in shape and colours will add the charm that you were looking for.

Choose balloons that are in tandem with your wedding theme in terms of colour and size. Tie alternate or same colour ribbons at the end of each balloon, and suspend them from walls or chairs. This would make the entire wedding setting look fluffy and pretty.

5. Colourful Umbrellas

The best low budget-maintaining idea is when you use inexpensive or common things available at your easy disposal. And using colourful umbrellas at your home can be the prettiest thing to add on. You can even ask your friends and relatives if they have any colourful umbrellas to adorn the wedding setting.

Even if you don’t have colourful umbrellas, adding just the plain black umbrellas would give a classy touch to your wedding. You can use these umbrellas for wedding photobooth decors or stage decors.

Whatever you do with umbrellas, it will definitely beautify and add quirkiness to your wedding. And that can happen not spending even a penny or under a tiny budget.

6. Bulbs

We wanted to have the simplest and most ordinary things available at home to create this list of wedding decoration ideas on a low budget. So, we have added the most common thing everyone will have at their homes — Bulbs.

Whether it is a Tungsten filament bulb or a modern LED Bulb, they will look good when suspended. You can hang them at entrances, inside banquet halls from ceilings, or any gauged roof adorned with flowers. Bulbs when light up, are destined to add a dazzling spark to your wedding decor setting.

One additional perk of suspending a bulb is they illuminate the whole place and makes it the most happening area.

These were some of the quirky and creative ideas. It can make contemporary Indian wedding decoration boil down into a cost-effective adornment. How fascinating is that?

After all, a wedding is a one time place to show your creativity while staying grounded to the budget.

Are you going to make use of these creative ideas in your wedding decor? Tell us how and where did you use them!