Feel Good Events

When it comes to styling your wedding, these are the decorating budget traps many couples fall into:

1. Underestimating labour and setup costs: Decorating takes time and muscle. Professional setup, delivery, and pack down fees add up, especially for large installs.
2. Not asking your venue about restrictions: Some venues limit what can be hung, placed, or used (especially candles or hanging décor). Not checking early can mean costly last-minute changes.
3. Overcommitting to DIY: DIY is cheaper up front but expensive in time and stress. Plus, rushed setups often under deliver on your vision.
4. Choosing a style without pricing research: Luxe or high floral styles can cost more than rustic or minimalist ones. Lock in your wedding style/theme after you understand what it costs to bring it to life.
5. Assuming fewer guests = smaller décor bill: Even small weddings often need the same core items – ceremony décor, signage, lighting, feature table décor. Guest count doesn’t always cut costs every time.

Avoiding these missteps can easily save you thousands and protect your sanity leading up to the big day.

Not every couple needs a wedding designer, but every couple does need a clear plan. At Feel Good Events, we work with two types of clients.
 
One is those who just need to hire décor and have everything already figured out on where it will go.
 
The other type of client is those who want expert help pulling it all together and care about the overall wedding experience. Here’s how to know which one you are:

Option 1: You Already Know Exactly What You Want 

Hire Clients Only

If you’ve already made all the styling decisions, know exactly what décor items you want, how many, and are confident managing your venue logistics, you probably don’t need our wedding design service. You just need to hire the items and have our team deliver, set up, and pack them down. This is where you just need our wedding decorating service.

Here’s what a hire only client is responsible for: 

• Choosing all products and quantities yourself from our hire range
• Making sure everything fits within your venue’s layout and size
• Providing a detailed floor plan showing where each item goes
• Making sure all your items suit your venue’s rules e.g. no open flames, weight restrictions, anchoring limits, height restrictions etc
• Organising and managing all communication with your venue
• Confirming access times for delivery and pack down
• Ensuring bump in/out is possible within the venue’s timeframes
• Deciding on furniture and décor placement, spacing, and layout
• Coordinating how all your hire items will work with any other suppliers e.g. florist, caterer, band, photo booth, etc.
• Managing the overall look and making sure it all ties together
• Taking responsibility for how everything looks and feels on the day

This option works well if you’re confident, hands on, and have a clear styling plan. But if even a few of those things feel overwhelming, you’re likely better suited to our design service.

Option 2: You Have Ideas, But Need Help Bringing it All Together

Design Clients

If you’ve got plenty of inspiration but no clear direction, or you don’t want the pressure of working out all the details on your own then you’ll benefit from our wedding design service.

This is perfect for couples who:

• Have saved lots of images, but feel stuck translating it into a real plan
• Don’t know what hire items are actually needed to create the look
• Are unsure what will work in their venue or how much is too much or not enough
• Don’t want to create floor plans or manage item placement themselves
• Don’t want to liaise with the venue or solve logistics problems
• Feel overwhelmed and just want someone to take it off their plate

With our wedding design service, we help you develop a clear vision, create the plan, choose the right items, and handle all the setup, layout, and styling on the day. We charge a design fee based on complexity and scope, but it saves you hours of stress and ensures your wedding actually feels like you. 

At Feel Good Events, wedding design is about more than choosing décor. It’s about shaping the atmosphere and making sure your wedding works for the people in it from the couple, your families, and your guests. 

We start with our Feel Good Formula, built around one essential question: “How do you want people to feel at your wedding?”

From there, we design everything to match that vision from mood, layout, lighting, styling, and party energy. It might mean creating a dramatic first impression, transforming a blank venue into something intimate, or designing a feature that becomes a talking point.

This approach blends creativity with practicality. Every choice is made to suit your personality, your venue, and how you want the wedding day to unfold. This is so the whole day feels natural and connected from the first guest arrival to the last song.

To us, this is more than just styling. It’s the difference between a wedding that looks nice and a wedding that feels how you imagined it. 

The Feel Good Wedding Design Formula Involves:

• Designing a mood that matches your personality and wedding goals
• Stimulating the senses through sight, sound, texture, taste, and movement
• Creating custom layouts and installations that suit your venue
• Planning the guest experience from start to finish from the party energy, comfort and natural progression of the night
• Taking the mental load off you, so you can enjoy the process and the day

This approach allows us to build weddings that feel personal, purposeful, and completely unique. Whether that means creating a one-of-a-kind ceremony setup, or just ensuring your furniture, lighting, décor, and layout all work beautifully together.

At Feel Good Events, our design pricing is simple and transparent. We offer a base design fee of $990 (including GST), which covers everything needed to create your custom styling plan, including:

• A 30-minute discovery call
• Custom mood board and visual concept
• Tailored layout or venue floor plan
• Up to two design revisions
• All venue communication and logistics
• Full installation and pack down coordination

We call this the Feel Good Standard design fee which is the foundation that ensures your wedding looks and feels together, styled, and effortless.

Optional Design Service Add Ons

If your wedding requires extra work (like site visits, working with other wedding suppliers, or custom built decorations, we’ll quote these upfront. Some examples:

• Site visits: $150 per visit
• Coordination with external suppliers: $330 per supplier
• Custom décor builds: Price on application
• Extra design revisions: $110 per revision

You’ll only pay for what you actually need with no bundles full of stuff you don’t want. To get an accurate quote on your wedding design fee, contact our office with your requirements.

What Will the Total Cost Be?

The total decorating investment depends on three main components:

1. Design Fee (as above)
2. Décor Hire – the products and styling elements used for your wedding.
3. Delivery & Installation – professional setup, pack down, and transport

Most of our wedding design clients start at around $10,000 which includes the design fee, décor hire and installation.

Hiring items means you choose specific products from our hire website, and we deliver and set them up. Our full styling service includes design, mood boards, styling advice, and end to end decorating. This is perfect if you want a cohesive look without the stress.

Yes, we offer both artificial and fresh floral styling depending on your needs. We can create bridal tables, arbour arrangements, and more. We have our own in house florist so that you only need to deal with one wedding styling company in Melbourne

Definitely. You don’t need to have a plan. In our Discovery Session, we’ll guide you through questions about your vibe, venue, and preferences to help uncover a style that feels right for you.

We recommend booking our decorating services as early as possible to ensure availability. Ideally at least 2-3 months prior to your event date.