Notes on the light
The building went up in 1890 as a citrus packing house and later spent forty years as a letter factory, and the inside still looks like it: exposed brick from grey to maroon, timber rafters and beams, and iron chandeliers hanging from a very high ceiling. Large windows in the north brick wall bring in soft daylight through the afternoon.
The spaces, and how they film
The Main Room. The great hall, with an upper mezzanine and a speakeasy bar below. The usual order is ceremony on the mezzanine and reception on the floor beneath it, which gives us a view down over the whole room from the mezzanine.
The Summerbell Room and garden patio. A more modern room with a granite bar, opening to a patio over a landscaped garden. The patio takes a ceremony of one hundred.
The film, so far
Hayley & Brandon married here in winter. Their film opens on the hall strung in pine garland and closes on portraits outside along the old loading docks.
Filming here
In December the building is dressed for the holidays in both rooms and the decor stays up. Hayley and Brandon’s film is that look, garland and trees and candlelight. Glitter, confetti, cold sparklers and loose wax are all banned, and candles must sit in water inside a vase or jar taller than the candle, so we plan the exit and the table details around those rules.
Have you filmed a wedding at The Mitten Building before?+
Yes. We made Hayley and Brandon’s film there, a winter wedding in the main hall.
Where does the ceremony usually happen?+
On the mezzanine for up to three hundred, with the reception on the floor below. Smaller ceremonies of up to one hundred can use the Summerbell garden patio.
Is the venue different in December?+
Yes. The building is decorated for the holidays in both rooms through December, and the decor cannot be removed.
Do you film in Redlands and the Inland Empire?+
Yes. The Inland Empire is part of our regular Southern California coverage.
Planning notes, room by room
Checked October 2026
The building publishes a current information packet with its numbers room by room. The packet’s headline figure, seven hundred, is every space combined.
- Main Room
- Five hundred for dinner with dancing, across the main floor, the mezzanine and the speakeasy level. Three hundred seated for a ceremony on the mezzanine. 2025-26 packet
- Summerbell Room
- Two hundred and thirty for dinner with dancing, with the garden patio. One hundred for a ceremony on the patio.
- Food and drink
- Catering and bar are in house only. Cakes and desserts may come from a licensed bakery.
- End time
- All music ends by half past eleven. Main Room events end at midnight, Summerbell events at eleven.
- Fees
- The packet lists a ceremony fee from one thousand to fifteen hundred dollars when paired with a reception. The packet does not list the building rental fee; ask the venue.
- Lighting the hall
- The brick absorbs light, so the evening needs its own. We light from where the candles and garland already are, so the hall keeps its warmth.
Capacities, rules and fees from The Mitten Building’s own 2025-26 information packet. Confirm all of it with the venue.
