From owner Michael S. Novilla It was a pleasure meeting and working with the delightful Ashlea and (then) soon to be hubby James! They were looking for a unique wedding venue, not another beach hotel nor ballroom feel, and luckily for us all they found our historic venue NOVA 535. My team really handled most […]
From Owner Michael S Novilla: Kim and Alan have such a romantic story; they had their first date on Valentine’s Day, complementing their personal love story. It’s always a pleasure to have clients that are obviously in love, intelligently build a great team and work together to create their “perfectly unique vision” of their wedding […]
Green and Blue Non Beach Florida Destination Wedding From owner Michael S. Novilla: It was wonderful working with Jessica and Jacob as they both really appreciated all of the painstaking work and details that went into restoring and renovating NOVA 535. Their working in architecture enabled them to use our building as part of the […]
From the owner Michael S. Novilla: This photo below about sums up Randy and Abby, they are a beautifully spiritual couple, deeply in love and we we’re delighted that they found and trusted Team NOVA 535 for their especially special celebration – their commitment of marriage to each other. Their modern turquoise and tangerine themed downtown […]
From the owner Michael S. Novilla: We were so delighted that Glenne and Jordan had chosen NOVA 535 for their wedding reception! They were another shining example of our wonderful, unique, and lovely couples that find and appreciate NOVA for what we strive to be; that place in your heart that allows you to feel warm […]
From the owner Michael S. Novilla: Chris and Robyn were great to work with. Chris was trusting his soon to be wife with the overall design, which was fabulous, as Robyn, a fellow native from St. Petersburg, has excellent taste and terrific DIY skills. They both worked towards a specific look and feel which is so […]
From the owner Michael S. Novilla: Lindsey and Tyson exemplify that cute couple that everyone enjoys spending time with. Always warm, smiling and enjoying each other. Meeting here in downtown St. Petersburg to tour NOVA 535, that level of enjoyment got even a bit better for us all, knowing we are fellow Gator fans. They […]
Vintage, Gold, Black and Ivory Downtown St. Pete Wedding From the Owner Michael S. Novilla: Rebecca and Mike’s vintage downtown St. Pete wedding here at NOVA 535 was such a perfect match. They are such a cute, lovely couple and their wanting a 1920’s venue to fit their Gatsby theme helped draw them to us. NOVA […]
From the Owner Michael S. Novilla: How cool is it to celebrate a new beginning, your new life with your soul mate on the most appropriate night of the year for new beginnings? That’s exactly what Nicole and Lawrence did here in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida at NOVA 535 Unique Event Space with their spectacular New […]
From the owner Michael S. Novilla To start, Megan and Matt are deeply in love, and what a cute, adorable couple they make. Getting to know them a bit along the way revealed good people; appreciative and genuine. Megan’s father Marc and I had many conversations along the way, and the more I knew Marc, […]
From the Owner Michael S. Novilla: Jeff and Christine are a warm, sweet couple that we truly enjoyed working with. They were detail oriented, responsive and willing to listen and learn from our team. We made a unique beautiful wedding together that fit their vision. These are our favorite kind of clients, couples who know […]
From the Owner Michael S. Novilla: Not only are Kara and Christopher deeply in love, they are such an extraordinarily delightful couple. I mean just look at how spectacular these photos of this St. Petersburg Florida wedding by Marc Edwards Photographs are. WOW!! Planner Claudia from Event Design and Florist Northside Florist created a gorgeous, jaw-dropping atmosphere here at my historic wedding and event […]
Leonor and Margarito are such warm, fun, friendly couple, obviously deeply in love and smiling and laughing and truly enjoying themselves. They and several of their friends “warned me” that this was going to be a “Mexican Wedding.” (An obvious fact here that I am not Mexican, so I readied myself for quite a mucho […]