11 Dazzling Dance Floors for Your Reception

Give your guests a focal point to bust a move on!

11 Dazzling Dance Floors for Your Reception

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Photo: Nancy Cohn Photography

It’s where guests will spend most of the time at your wedding, and will host one of the most-watched moments during your celebration. And yet, the dance floor is often ignored when designing picture-perfect nuptials. What are you more likely to frame in your home: a photo of your centerpieces or one of you and your spouse having your first dance? While the standard tiled hardwood is certainly not an unattractive feature at a reception, we must say we are smitten with the idea of a special, custom dance floor. But perhaps that’s because we’ve seen so many great ones from the real weddings featured both online and in the magazine.

Below you will see examples of some of our favorites, which include the popular black-and-white checkered style, a light-up dance floor, and even a plexiglass cover on an Olympic-sized swimming pool! Even a crisp, clean white dance floor can add to the overall theme of your big day, or you could use the blank slate to decorate with light projections. 

See how the rest of these celebrations looked by clicking on each photo. 

black and white zebra print dance floor wedding reception

Photo by 
Nancy Cohn Photography & Lauren and Abby Ross Weddings

purple flower patterned dance floor wedding reception

Photo by Sheri Whitko Photography; Consulting by Paulette Wolf Events

black and white striped dance floor wedding reception

Photo by Paige Jones; Consulting by Bluebell Events; Venue: Fairmont Hotel & Bungalows

white dance floor at wedding reception

Photo by Ira Lippke Studios; C
onsulting by Paulette Wolf Events; Floral Design by HMR Designs

light-up dance floor wedding reception

Photo by Asia Pimental Photography

light projection of leaf pattern and monogram on dance floor at wedding reception

Photo by Tim Otto Photography

black rose dance floor wedding reception

Photo by KingenSmith

red intitals and design on white dance floor wedding reception

Photo by Vallentyne Photography; Venue: The Lodge at Torrey Pines

pool covered with plexiglass dance floor wedding reception

Photo by Chrisman Studios

Find more wedding reception ideas here, discover some of our favorite checkered dance floors, and listen to the most popular first dance songs from this year!