Le barn hotel · paris ·
120 guests · Multi-day celebration
JElyssa knew what she wanted: New York and rural France in the same weekend, without either feeling forced. A jazz club atmosphere for the wedding dinner. Ralph Lauren textures for the welcome night. And a final morning where nobody had to be anywhere except together.
Le Barn made it possible. The estate has the feel of a working countryside property, horses in the surrounding fields, a lake for rowing, banks of wellies by the door, but with the polish and comfort of a five star hotel. With every guest staying on site, the weekend took on a summer camp intimacy that you cannot manufacture. People arrived as two separate groups of friends and family from different countries and different lives, and by the second day they were one.
The first evening opened with a welcome reception and a gift market featuring the couple's favourite things from both sides of the Atlantic. Everything from Bonne Maman jams to Tide pens. It was playful, personal, and set the tone for a weekend that never took itself too seriously.
On the wedding day, guests gathered for a relaxed luncheon while the bridal party had their own version on the terrace of the suite.
The ceremony and cocktail reception followed, leading into the moment Elyssa had been building towards: dinner for 120 on a single long table on the terrace. The logistics of seating and serving that many guests on one table required close coordination with the venue's maître d'hôtel, but the result was exactly what she had envisioned, with every guest at one table, no one separated, the evening unfolding with the warmth and energy of an intimate jazz club despite the scale.
We also tracked down a magician Matt had seen every year as a child on family holidays in the mountains, and brought him to Le Barn for the evening. It is that kind of detail: deeply personal, impossible to find on a vendor list. That’s the kind of detail that turns a celebration into something only we could have planned for only them.
The morning after was deliberately undesigned. A long brunch, no schedule, no artistic direction. Just space for people to say their farewells before flying off to different corners of the world.
The moment that stays with us is not from the wedding day. It is from the brunch. Elyssa and Matt, completely relaxed, thanking us because the weekend had allowed them to simply be present with the people they love.
That is the whole point.
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