How to create a trendy and sturdy wedding arch using copper pipe!
Copper may be no longer be trending in home decor but it lives on in wedding decor, and it’s having a prominent place, along with all shades of green, at my wedding. I fell in love with a copper stand covered in faux foliage with a neon sign hanging from it on Pinterest, but not the £200 cost to hire, and so I decided to have a go at making it myself. It’s so much cheaper to make these arches yourself, and my hope is to sell on everything that we’ve used or made afterwards, hopefully making it an absolute bargain.
I’ve yet to chose exactly what I’m going to use this for, there are so many options including signage, though having visited our venue the morning of me writing this, I am definitely leaning towards the neon sign/photo backdrop idea. I still need to chose the neon sign and order it, work out how to hang it and get some more faux foliage, however I’m pretty pleased with how this looks with just the one eucalyptus garland and a few sprigs of eucalyptus at the base. You’ve given me some great tips on how to polish and preserve the copper pipes over on Instagram so once I’ve done that I’ll also share how that went. In the meantime, you can find the materials and steps I took to make this arch below. I was a bit nervous about soldering but it was made so easy by the solder ring fittings I used and pretty quick, so I’d definitely recommend them!