Authentically French Secret Farmhouse Venue for a Relaxed Festival Influenced Wedding
I’m really excited to be sharing this with you today, an exclusive first look at a beautiful new farmhouse venue. Tania and Alex were married at Haute Caussine, a beautiful farmhouse venue for weddings nestled in the Midi Pyrenees, France last August. Siting on the top of a hill overlooking nothing but fields. It is a private residence owned by a fashion designer and this was the very first wedding there.
The area is very rural and off the busy tourist routes. Nothing but hilltop villages and fields of sunflowers for miles around, complete bliss! It makes no pretense to be opulent or polished, it’s rustic, rural, authentic and full of French charm.
These lovely images are courtesy of Mark from Mr and Mrs W and captures the wedding of his brother Alex to lovely Tania at the farmhouse.
Alex and Tania met at work at work in Tania’s words ‘over a crowed office desk’ . The pair got engaged on the Top Field while at Glastonbury in 2015, so having got engaged on top of a hill, getting married on a hillside too seems like a nice touch.
They chose Haute Caussine as it fitted the feel they were looking for and they could make it their own for the weekend, along with all their friends and family;
It was perfect, it is a 15th century farmhouse and has some outbuildings that have been converted into accommodation. It can sleep 11 people in total and with a few hotels in the neighbouring village where guests can stay. There is a pool on site and we found that this worked really well for a pool party following the wedding on the next day.
The inspiration for their day was a relaxed, festival vibe with sunshine and fun. Friends and family were an important part of the day too. As well as the photographer being family, the couple’s sister in law Kristin of Mr and Mrs W (married to Mark the photographer) is a wedding planner and helped the wedding run smoothly.
Kristin really helped keep us in check and didn’t let the bride get carried away with buying nonsense! She also kept everything running to plan during the the wedding, day and evening.
She came up with great ideas and the finer touches that we never would have thought of. You only get married once so having someone there that knew and had experience of wedding days was priceless!
Tania chose her dress from bridal boutique The Case of the Curious Bride in the town of Sale
It was by designer Johanna Hehir. I loved it as it was light, not too busy and fitted so well. It appealed to me as it didn’t look like a traditional wedding dress.
My friends got me a perfume to wear on the day as a pre-wedding gift. It was Jo Malone Pomegranate and Noir. I love it and still wear it now.
I am half Sri-Lankan so wanted a bit of a nod to my Asian heritage. I and the bridesmaids wore foot jewellery as opposed to shoes (which helped as I’m not one for heels and the venue was outdoors on grass) and I wore a beautiful jewel head piece that draped down my hair.
My best friend did my make up for me. I don’t usually wear much and I knew I could be honest with her and she’d do something I was comfortable with. We kept it subtle but it was enough to make me feel special.
I can’t pick a best bit from the day, just the full day!! I wouldn’t do anything differently, not one thing. The hick ups made the day!
We got the bridesmaids dresses from ASOS, we had them taken up and fitted prior to the wedding. We didn’t want anything too heavy due to the weather being so amazing. The pretty flower girl dresses were from a range at Tulip and Nettle.
Alex went for a smart short and shirt look with Hugo Boss Shorts and Shirt and Timberland Shoes.
A local French florist did all the dried bridal flowers and supplied the flowers that my mother in law then arranged at the venue. We had a cheese stacked cake, bought from the French market and catering on the day from a local French company.
For Entertainment we had Agence Mess, they were amazing and came complete with a brilliant DJ that played great music into the night.
We decided to do all the invites as an online app and the table plan was Polaroids of each guest, put together by me and my bridesmaids. Because we knew it would be warm, we had fans for the guests as favours, which we bought from Ebay.
Tania walked down the aisle to ‘Porcelain’ by Moby and was given away by her son and her Dad. The couple then chose Al Green – ‘Lets stay together’ for their first dance.
I can’t pick a best bit from the day, just the full day!! I wouldn’t do anything differently, not one thing. The hick ups made the day!
My advice to other couples would simply be to just enjoy the day!
Congratulations to Alex and Tania and thanks for sharing your wedding with us, it looks amazing. Thank also to Mark at Mr and Mrs W for these beautiful images.
You wont find a website for this secret french farmhouse ‘Haute Caussine’, if you’d like more information about this enchanting private residence get in touch with Kristin from Mr and Mrs W who is the coordinator for the venue. She’ll be happy to provide you with all the information you need and can arrange visits to check out the venue.
with love
Photographer – Mr and Mrs W | Venue – Haute Caussine | Wedding Planner – Kristin Mr and Mrs W| Bridal Designer – Johanna Herir | Bridal Boutique – Case of the Curious Bride | Bridesmaids Dresses – ASOS | Groom’s Attire – Next | Flower girls – Tulip and Nettle | Entertainment – Agence Mess | Marquee – La Bon Fete |