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A Vintage Industrial Chic Wedding in Baltimore, MD

Danielle and Casey coined the term “vintage-industrial-chic” to define their unique wedding day style.

Danielle and Casey coined the term “vintage-industrial-chic” to define their unique wedding day style.

“We didn’t have to do much to the location in terms of décor,” Danielle says. “It’s such a fun space. We’re far from traditional, and the Baltimore Museum of Industry just worked perfectly for us.”
The couple had a friend frame a vintage map, which was used as a seating chart. We pinned city and country names and used twine to hold each of the table names where guests were sitting, explains Danielle.
We always wanted to have a beer made for us for our wedding--and our friend Brian Strumke of Stillwater Ales was gracious enough to do that, says Danielle. We even got to name it--Hardly Barreto Ale.
Danielle carried a hand-tied bouquet filled with Quicksand roses, ivory roses and ranunculuses and gray brunia berries.
The couple stepped outside for a fun photo in front of the museum.
Chalkboards were used throughout the decor, including on the guest book table where everyone was invited to share a note with the newlyweds.
MLC Designs and Madeline were AMAZING, says Danielle. Madeline took my scattered thoughts and created the perfect suite--save-the-dates, invites, table names and numbers.
The couple invited guests to Instagram their wedding using hashtag #hardlybarrettowedding!
Soft candlelight glowed, flickering off the vintage-style glass bottles that were used in the centerpieces. Instead of table numbers, the couple named each table for a city.
The newlyweds took a spin on the dance floor to Jack Johnson's Better Together.
The couple tied the knot in front of the wall of windows in the museum's Decker Gallery, with the harbor as their backdrop.
I found the color that I wanted before the actual dress—and I was fortunate that J. Crew had the color ‘dusty shale’ in their chiffon dress line, says Danielle. I went with short—and gave the girls 4 styles to choose from.
We were in the middle of the museum and there were so many things going on, that we didn’t need much on the tables, says Danielle. Small groupings of blooms in vintage-style vases added just the right amount of color.
Danielle's WTOO gown was a lovely oatmeal color with a draped bodice, hand-beaded Swarovski crystal-embellished flowers and cascading layered overskirts.
We had my brother Chris do the chalkboard art for our Program, says Danielle. We didn’t want to hand out a formal program, since we knew that they would just be left behind--instead Mike built a large chalkboard and framed it and we had it at the entrance of the wedding. We LOVED IT and still trying to figure out how we can display it in our house.