March 17th, 2011
What a day today! talk about a challenge…
It has been in the planning for months but today saw the installation of one or our smaller marquees for the South West Baby Show at Bournemouth Pier where we hired a 6m clear span marquee for exhibitors and visitors to use. The first challenge was to get to site, after consulting lots of officials we slowly maneuvered our specialist vehicle around the back of the entrance to the pier and then with a few maneuvers lined up to go through between the turnstiles and the kiosk, a matter of inches either side. Creaking noises were to be heard as we drove along the pier to the very end where we finally got to where the marquee had to be installed.
The second challenge was how to install a marquee on a pier? – easy! use Marquee Elegance’s infamous flooring system to anchor the marquee safely in situ. Just to put some icing on the cake we fitted out the marquee in our corporate purple valances and the kind people of the show allowed us to leave our flag as well.
Thanks to Chris and Nick for once again keeping up the quality and relishing in this weeks challenge.
and, some action shots:
Tags: Bournemouth, corporate, Flooring, hire, Pier, Purple, South West Baby Show, valances
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March 14th, 2011
The Marquee Elegance exhibition team was out and about at Old Alresford Place in Hampshire where once again we supported the venue in their wedding fayre by installing our demonstration marquee for brides and grooms to come and see.
A bright day was had and a steady flurry of people came and saw the fayre and we were fortunate enough to take details of many brides and their future weddings.
Here is what they saw as they walked in:
Tags: Alresford, Hampshire, hire, Wedding
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March 6th, 2011
Upton House in Poole was the location of our most recent display of our demonstration marquee for its wedding fayre. The sun was shining and there was a steady flow of brides and their families throughout the day looking at local wedding exhibitors.
We also were informed today that we are finally allowed after six years of trying, to be allowed to install our superior structures and equipment at the house. Good news for all our clients!
Tags: Poole, upton house
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February 15th, 2011
Congratulations to Pauline and John on their wedding which happened last weekend. We all hope you had a lovely day and was nice and warm in the marquee which we hired at their home in Southborne, Dorset.
As the garden just outside the patio doors had an unlevel surface and a slight raised concrete area, we installed our hardwood flooring to provide a level surface. As well as ivory linings with vivid purple valances, we hired lighting and furniture.
Thanks to Nick and Chris who installed & striked this project.
Tags: Dorset, furniture, hardwood flooring, hire, ivory linings, lighting, Marquee, Southborne, Wedding
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February 7th, 2011
Wow what another amazing weekend we had at the BIC Wedding Show 2011 held in Bournemouth, DORSET. For this exhibition we had pride of place right at the front of the show and what a start we provided for the show! as soon as you walked through the doors everyone knew they were coming to the largest wedding exhibition in the south.
We installed our 9m demo marquee in our corporate purple and white colours, even the carpet was colour coordinated just showing what can be done when you hire a marquee from us coupled with your imagination.
Also making their debut was our purple and white spandex table covers, coupled with our lovely lime wash chavari banqueting chairs. Our squared crockery looked fantastic against this.
We even debuted for the first time our nightsky laser which really worked well creating an amazing array of moving patterns on the roof and wall linings.
It just goes to show that we can even do more next time, when another exhibitor, Southbourne Florists (www.southbourneflorist.co.uk), walked past and said that the tables could do with some flowers. The very next day, lovely table centres appeared matching our colour theme! – Thanks very much Tracy!
Well, thank you to all those who visited our stand, this is what they saw:
Tags: Banqueting Chairs, BIC, Bournemouth, Crockery, Dorset, exhibition, hire, laser, Marquee, spandex, table covers, Wedding
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January 30th, 2011
Just a quickie, we have now been able to stock an array of spandex table cloths to hire in lots of different colours!
We unveiled them in our demonstration marquee at the latest wedding exhibition in Burton Bradstock, near Bridport.
Tags: Bridport, Burton Bradstock, hire, Marquee, Spandex Table Cloths
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January 22nd, 2011
Lets get 2011 started and what better way than creating a venue for Melanie to celebrate her 40th Birthday Party.
Melanie asked us to install a marquee in her garden in Studland, Dorset which was on a slight slope, which is OK for the friendly pheasant but not so good for guests to dance on. No problem though, our lovely hardwood floor system once again proving invaluable. Once we had a level surface, we installed a 9m x 12m marquee complete with ivory linings throughout. Lighting was provided via black candelabras and LED colour washing up lighters. Other equipment that was hired was our new poseur tables (bar tables) and 4ft round tables & banqueting chairs; bar counters, coat rails and most importantly heating!
Tags: Banqueting Chairs, bar tables, candelabras, coat rails, Dorset, Hardwood Flooring System, heating, hire, Linings, party, posuer tables, studland, uplighters
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January 1st, 2011
Happy New Year firstly to everyone especially those who have helped us over the last year by providing us the opportunity to create venues; and our elegance boys and girls for their hard work in fulfilling our clients expectations.
We were asked by Andy, owner of Mai Tai in Ashley Cross, Poole and Brambles in Broadstone, Dorset to assist his company by hiring furniture at one of his establishments to enable more guests to be seated in the restaurant over this very busy festive period. At the same time at his other bar; to create an outdoor area over his decking so that an extra 60 + new years eve revellers could enjoy the party as well as those in the main bar!
The challenge of this marquee was the very complex different levels of the site, raised flowerbeds, being squeezed between two buildings and a bus shelter, not to mention the very strict Poole council officer who did not want us to encroach onto the pavement. Alas, after a few tense moments, we managed to install one of our 6m clear span marquees into position and everyone was happy!
Tags: 6m Marquee, Ashley Cross, Brambles, Broadstone, Dorset, furniture, hiring, Mai Tai, Marquee, New Year Eve Party, Poole, venues
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December 23rd, 2010
We were fortunate enough to assist a local entrepreneur to create two ice rinks, one outside his very own house in Southborne, Dorset and another in Fareham, Hampshire over this Christmas and new year period.
We achieved the outdoor ice rink in Dorset by hiring our wooden flooring system that was installed perfectly level across two front gardens, this was then later covered in ice to provide the surface of the rink. Making sure it was level was paramount and we used over 200 concrete blocks and hundreds of pieces of packing wood to achieve this.
The rink in Fareham was laid directly onto a leveled surface, so the only requirement was a marquee to be used as a temporary cafe, reception area and boot room. We installed a 12m x 30m marquee with panoramic windows facing the ice rink.
Tags: Dorset, Fareham, Hampshire, Hardwood Flooring System, hire, ice, Ice Rink, Marquee, Southborne, temporary
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December 2nd, 2010
What amazing temperatures we are having at the moment, -25 in some places!
That does not stop us though! - We had a job to do and a few flakes of snow are not going to stop us.
A local theme park in Christchurch, Dorset required some extra room for masses of children who will be coming to their Santa’s grotto this weekend and we hired our 6m x 12m clear span marquee to fulfill this requirement. Most importantly through, was the hire of our marquee heater to warm the children up!
Tags: Christchurch, Dorset, heater, hire, Marquee, santa, snow
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