A Private Cliffside Residence Wedding on the Malibu Coast

An Ocean-View Ceremony at the Cliffside Residence in Malibu

The ceremony was on the lawn, the wooden arch dressed with florals at the edge of the property and the open Pacific filling the view behind it. The wedding party came in first, in pairs. Kirk waited at the front, and Demi came last.

Maricela officiated, eighteen guests seated in the afternoon light, the wooden arch at the edge of the property and the ocean behind everything. By the time it wrapped, the sun was low enough over the water to head straight into portraits.

“A wooden arch at the edge of a Malibu cliff, the Pacific behind it, eighteen people in the chairs.”

Portraits Along the Coast at Sunset

While guests moved to the pool area for cocktails, Demi and Kirk slipped out with the photographer for family portraits and couple photos. This stretch of the Malibu coast sits at the northern edge of Santa Monica Bay, and on a clear day the view reaches all the way out to Catalina, the kind of view that earns its place in the frame without asking.

They worked through the groupings with the water dropping away below the bluff, then came back to the house as the sky went gold.

Dinner, Dances, and the Cake by the Pool

Nicu announced Demi and Kirk into the reception, and they went straight into their first dance to Defeater's "I Don't Mind." Kirk danced with his mom after, and then the toasts began, best man Sean, maid of honor Hope, and both sisters Steph and Brittany.

Monrose Catering served dinner at the long table on the pool patio, with tea lights in pink glasses on the runners and menus at each seat. They cut a two-tiered lemon cake with strawberry buttercream from Sweet Arleen's, and the party stayed on the property late, their own speaker carrying the music out over the water.