Monday, March 1, 2010

Can We Squeeze "Throne Rental" Into the Budget?

One of the fun things about living in the heart of Los Angeles is coming across random prop houses - basically warehouses that rent props to movies, TV, and events. There is a prop house near our place that peddles the weirdest gaggle of shit. Need a giant birdcage? CHECK. How about some life-size Simpsons statues? GOT YOUR ASS COVERED.  And trust me the odd doesn't stop there. Having walked past this place many many times, Mike and I decided to venture inside on one fateful Saturday morning after brunch.  And this is what we found:

A throne rental, bitches.
A six-foot tall monstrosity complete with lion-face carvings and a red velvet seat perfectly designed to cushion our royal asses.

Look. I know this is ridiculous. RUUUUH-DICULOUS. But it's also be amazing. AHH-MAZING.  And whenever I can describe something as "ridiculous and amazing" all in the same breath, you know it's gotta be a pretty rad idea. 

I know "throne rental" will be a last minute, do we have skrilla left in the budge, kinda decision. But I wanted to talk about wedding "fluff"... aka...Wedding related purchases that are ridiculously awesome and amazing but totally impractical.

Throne rental is mine. What are you "wedding fluff" desires?
Posted by Britt Hollenbrau at 9:51 AM
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7 comments:

  1. haha, that is great! my family owned (dad still works there) a party rental business, so i grew up seeing crazy stuff like this during their 'prop phase'. i'll never forget the enormous pink telephone in the warehouse! i also thought how cool it'd be to have at one of my birthday parties, haha!
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  3. OMG, do it! Wear crowns too!

    p.s. Random note - I visited the Burger King Office and it was full of weird props, a pantry styled like a diner, and all kinds of funny things (like a Burger Flash drive). This would definitely fit in that office.
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  4. A trampoline. A TRAMPOLINE!!! My kingdom for a trampoline. But alas. My venue would kick us out so hard our butts would be red for a week.

    Now *I* want to live in L.A.
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  5. I was recently at a wedding workshop and swapped some horror stories with the other ladies. Best wedding fluff request I heard: a petting zoo. Animals requested for said petting zoo: a llama, a donkey, and a goat. Not. even. joking.

    Leigh of "I Do Declare"
    http://leighpweddings.blogspot.com/
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  6. I looked into face-painters for our Vegas wedding. I put an ad up on craigslist. This one seemed really good:

    http://www.artsyfaces.blogspot.com

    How awesome would that be?! My ultimate goal is to see my Grandpa's face painted. classic.
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  7. I desperately want a jumping castle for our wedding.

    Pleeeeeeease.
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