A Rustic Barn Wedding at Ironstone Ranch in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

Two weeks into dating, Jessie (33 and a transitional living assistant) and Christopher (34 and an English/ESL teacher) knew they’d found the one—and were going engagement ring shopping. A few months later they exchanged vows in Ironstone Ranch’s barn chapel, a building with floor-to-ceiling wood paneling, which was charming enough to the couple on its own. “The simplicity of the barn has its own natural character and beauty that did not require extravagant decorations,” Christopher says of the minimal and rustic ceremony. The reception was held in a separate, larger barn also at Ironstone Ranch, in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania; the barn was decorated with white string lights, old whiskey barrels and neutral decorations like beige table runners and chairs. —Allie Volpe