The DIY Wedding: An LA Designer's Boathouse Nuptials - Remodelista
Photography by Pascal Shirley. Faye McAuliffe, LA interior designer, blogger, and co-owner with her sister of Bread & Water Catering, planned her Inverness, California, wedding the way she approaches interiors projects: “I went on Pinterest and got super addicted. Then I created mood boards of looks that I liked.” Those pins paid off. “I wanted our wedding to be low key and to have a magical, woodsy vibe: sophisticated but comfortable and intimate,” says Faye, who recruited her aunts and mother for help with the flowers. It was so surreal that I kept asking him if he was sure between sobs. Faye and her bridesmaids got ready at the Wee Housie, a 1917 redwood cabin rented via VRBO “as a place to get away from the chaos of the wedding.” Guests lodged in area hotels, including Manka’s Inverness Lodge. “The ceremony took place in the meadow beside my aunt’s house which overlooks the bay. I ordered simple wood benches to tie in with the meadow, and my aunt made flower garlands that hung from the oak tree which served as the alter of sorts.” Arriving at the Launch for Hire, which dates to 1914. “Booking the Launch for Hire was extremely difficult. Fortunately my aunt and uncle are part of the Inverness community and were able to track down the owners, but it still took months of emails and calls to get a response. That being said, the persistence paid off because it was such an amazing space.” The cooking was done by her friend David Wilcox–like Faye’s sister, Maeve, Wilcox is an alum of Remodelista favorite Gjelina in LA. McAuliffe’s mother, a baker and French bakery owner, created the final course: a French genoise cake with vanilla pastry cream, French butter cream, lemon curd, and fruit and berries from the farmers’ market.