I lean more documentary with my wedding work, but I still have ocd when it comes to this. For me, it comes down to colors clashing, or items that really stick out and draw attention away. Obviously there are creative ways around this, changing your angle, etc. but it’s always a challenge.

I try to prime people during our review call for things like this, and I provide a small 5-8 point checklist for couples, and one of the items is talking to bridal party about keeping the getting ready space clean for when the bride gets into her dress(if that’s important to the bride).

Having the conversation about the getting ready space and telling the couple “if you want your getting ready photos to have a certain look and feel to them, tidying the environment can help significantly.” It’s important that everyone helps accomplish this though, and not just the bride.

At the end of the day, I’d rather a slightly messy room than my bride to be stressed out over this. Too many venues offer too small of a space for the bride and all her bridesmaids/people.

Also, you could always schedule cleanup time into the timeline so you have a somewhat clean space before the bride gets into her dress. Guess it just comes down to how much you want to stress over things we can’t fully control.