I am planning an outdoor ceremony, but it is on the grass. I want it to be on a hard surface so I was planning to rent tent flooring or an outdoor dance floor, to set the chairs up on. I found a company that charges per square foot, and I was just curious how many square feet should i allow per chair? also, how many feet do you think I will need to put in between the chairs for the aisle?
you should figure about 3 square feet per chair. it would depend upon how wide your dress is for the aisle. if it is not a ballroom type cinderella dress, then you could figure about 6 feet wide for the aisle. that would give each person walking side by side each 2 feet of space and have room on either side of them as well, but it your bridal party has someone large in it, you might want to add a little so that they don't brush against people in the aisle seats. you really should be able to tell your rental company how many guests you need to seat and they should be able to tell you how much flooring you need. this is going to be pretty expensive. people have outdoor weddings on grass all the time without using a floor.
Probably 2 feet wide x 3.5 deep per chair, at most, should suffice for comfort. That = 7 sqft per chair. You can set up a few kitchen chairs audience style to represent a small portion of seating. I used just 2 chairs and a tape measure. So, for instance, say 50 chairs on one side would require... 50 x 7 = 350 sqft. ... more if you want a hard outside aisle. That's to be discussed with the rental company. ... But 7 sqft per chair. Save a few bucks and squeeze it to 6 sqft. At least for the in-laws. ;-)
You can get any wood to match with the right stain. Also, make sure that it compliments the tone without being too dark, or your house will feel like a dungeon. Try going to Lowes and looking at their hard wood flooring, the website's good, but if you went to the store someone there could tell you about contractors, and reccommend what kind of wood, not just color, would be best for you.
