Paige & Austin — A Spring Wedding at Villa Catignano
A two-day spring wedding at a working seventeenth-century Tuscan estate — rehearsal dinner under the loggia, chapel ceremony in the property's deconsecrated church, full estate buy-out across the villa and its annexes.
Plan a Celebration Like ThisPaige & Austin, a Tuscan estate, the first weekend of spring
"We wanted Tuscany before the season started — when the estate was still ours alone, the olive trees were waking up, and the chapel was ours for the afternoon."
Paige & Austin chose Villa Catignano specifically for its private chapel and its full estate buy-out. The wedding date — late March — was deliberately off-season: the Tuscan landscape was still soft and quiet, the working vineyards were just beginning their spring cycle, and the property could be held in entirety with no other events sharing the grounds.
The format compressed into two consecutive days: a rehearsal dinner the evening before, the wedding day itself the following day with a Catholic ceremony in the villa's chapel and reception in the main loggia. ELLEFFEVENTS handled full creative direction, vendor coordination and on-the-day production across both days.
Tuscan ivory, chapel gold, March green
The colour direction was anchored in the warm tones of the villa's seventeenth-century stonework. Tuscan ivory for the linens, ceramics and bridal florals — a palette that lets the chapel's marble floor and the estate's stone walls do the heavy visual work. Warm chapel gold for the candle-light moments — the ceremony itself, the dinner reception in the loggia after sunset.
Florals stayed strictly seasonal. Late March in Tuscany meant ranunculus and anemones, garden roses just opening, olive branches from the estate's own grove, herbs and sprigs from the kitchen garden. No imported flowers, no off-season tricks. Olive green threaded through every floral installation as the colour-anchor between the chapel and the loggia.
Floral design was led in-house by our atelier Lada Fiori — every petal, candle and ceramic sourced and styled by our team. Stationery by Esmé Creation. Photography and film by Garvana and filmsdiary.
Villa Catignano
Villa Catignano sits ten kilometres east of Siena, on a working wine estate that has been producing Chianti Colli Senesi since the early seventeenth century. The villa itself — built in 1729 and restored without violence to the original structure — overlooks a valley of olive groves and vineyards that runs all the way to the medieval walls of Siena.
For a wedding with both a Catholic ceremony requirement and a full-estate buy-out request, Catignano offered an exact fit: a private deconsecrated chapel on the property, full estate buy-out across the villa and its two annexes, and a kitchen capable of hosting a multi-course tasting menu without external catering. Accommodation for guests was held within twenty minutes of the estate, with a private shuttle running for the duration of the wedding weekend.
How the celebration unfolded
A relaxed Tuscan rehearsal dinner the evening before, a chapel ceremony and long dinner the following day.
The Rehearsal Dinner
The rehearsal dinner was held the evening before the wedding under the villa's loggia — a long, family-style table set for the immediate wedding party and the closest friends. A six-course menu by the estate's own kitchen, paired with the Catignano Chianti Colli Senesi from the estate's vineyards just below the villa.
The format was deliberately informal. No speeches, no programme, no formal seating. By the end of the evening, both families had spent four hours together at the same table — and the wedding-day pressure had already done most of its work the night before.
Rehearsal dinner · 21 March 2025 · Villa loggia, Catignano
The Chapel Ceremony & Loggia Reception
The wedding day opened with the Catholic Mass in the villa's private chapel — a deconsecrated seventeenth-century structure on the property, with an original marble floor that bears the chair-marks of forty generations of Tuscan families. The Mass was conducted in Italian and English, with the bride walked down the short aisle by family.
Reception followed in the villa's main loggia at sunset. A multi-course tasting menu by the estate kitchen, paired with five wines from the property and the surrounding Chianti Colli Senesi region. Floral installations by Lada Fiori ran the length of the long-table dinner; ceramic and stationery details by Esmé Creation; photography by Garvana and film by filmsdiary.
The dance floor was open in the courtyard until late, with a brief firework moment closing the evening.
Catholic Mass · 22 March 2025 · Reception · Loggia & courtyard, Villa Catignano
The Vendors Who Made It Possible
ELLEFFEVENTS
Natalie Damaschin — full creative direction, vendor coordination, day-of execution.
Lada Fiori
In-house floral atelier — chapel altar, loggia long-table installation, courtyard florals.
Villa Catignano
Full estate buy-out two days — villa, chapel, loggia, courtyard, annexes.
Catignano Estate Kitchen
Multi-course tasting menu paired with the estate's own Chianti Colli Senesi.
Garvana
Two-day documentary photography across rehearsal dinner and wedding day.
filmsdiary
Wedding film by Danilo — full-day cinematic coverage and trailer.
Esmé Creation
Bespoke menu cards, ceremony booklet, table numbers, place cards.
In Photographs
Click any image to enlarge. Photography by Garvana, film by filmsdiary.
Plan Your Tuscan Celebration
Spring weddings in Tuscany — March, April, May — are the most underrated season in the Italian wedding calendar. Lower visitor density, full estate buy-outs more readily available, and the landscape at its softest.
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