A Full-Property Buyout on Johns Island, Dressed in Yellow and Orange

Toler and Benny booked The Dunlin, the Auberge property on Johns Island, South Carolina, for the whole of their wedding, with the Kiawah River marsh as the backdrop. The couple's color story was built around citrus tones, with a soft yellow and a clear orange leading. That pairing is worth a bride's attention here because it photographs warm against water and reads as deliberate rather than themed. It also does a good deal of work on its own, which matters when the setting is flat, green, and open and the eye wants something to land on. Style Me Pretty framed the result as Slim Aarons territory, meaning poolside, sunlit, and composed. For anyone weighing a resort buyout over a single ballroom, this is the model: one property, one palette, and the landscape left to do the rest.

With reporting from Style Me Pretty.