Riverside South is one of Ottawa's newest communities, and its residents are largely young families holding first-time events.
Events by Faya is an Ottawa event décor studio serving Riverside South and the surrounding area. We handle wedding and nikah stages, mehndi and mayon setups, birthday and baby shower décor, floral design and event rentals — delivered, set up and taken down.
What events in Riverside South are actually like
Brand-new housing means clean, open, high-ceilinged interiors with no character to work with and no marks to worry about. It is easy space to build in and it takes a bold setup well, because there is nothing competing with it.
Venues and spaces we work in around Riverside South
Home events dominate here, with the nearby Riverside South recreation facilities and Barrhaven venues covering larger bookings.
We are most often booked in Riverside South for: First birthdays, baby showers, aqiqah gatherings, engagement parties and home mehndis.
The venues that define Riverside South
Riverside South is among Ottawa's newest communities, built out along Limebank, and almost everything we set up here is a home event. The nearby recreation facilities and Barrhaven venues carry anything larger.
The practical constraint in Riverside South
New-build homes usually have excellent access — wide doors, no stairs at entry, drivable driveways. The one recurring issue is that garages are often the only staging space, so we coordinate the build sequence with you in advance.
Travel: 25 minutes from downtown via Limebank.
Services available in Riverside South
Everything we do is available across the National Capital Region. The most requested in this area:
- Wedding décor — stages, backdrops and full-room styling
- Nikah décor — stage, divider curtain and Arsi Mushaf
- Mehndi and mayon décor — marigold, floor seating and Rajasthani umbrellas
- Birthday and baby shower décor
- Floral design — bouquets, garlands and floral jewellery
- Event rentals — backdrops, linens, centrepieces and lighting
Book your Riverside South event
Send your date, your address or venue in Riverside South, and roughly how many guests. Faya will come back to you on WhatsApp with what fits and what it costs.
Good to know
Questions we get asked
Access. Wide doors, no stairs at entry, a drivable driveway and clean unmarked walls — new builds are among the most straightforward spaces we work in.
The one recurring wrinkle is that the garage is often the only staging area, so we coordinate the build sequence with you in advance.
There is nothing to build against, and no character in the room to help you. Open great rooms are seen from three directions at once.
That means the setup has to be finished on both faces or placed against the single solid wall — and it usually needs to be bolder, because nothing else in the room is competing.
Yes. Riverside South is inside our regular service area and we deliver, set up and take down everything ourselves. 25 minutes from downtown via Limebank.
We do not charge Riverside South clients a premium for being outside the downtown core — travel within the National Capital Region is built into our normal quoting.
Yes — a large share of our Riverside South bookings are home events. Everything we bring is freestanding, so nothing is fixed to your walls, ceilings or floors, and the room is left exactly as we found it.
New-build homes usually have excellent access — wide doors, no stairs at entry, drivable driveways. The one recurring issue is that garages are often the only staging space, so we coordinate the build sequence with you in advance.