Interior designers Cameron Billinghurst and Nolan Beck Rivera, founders of the interiors studio Studio Tarea, married on June 6, 2026, at Richmond’s Branch Museum of Design. The Tudor Revival mansion, originally built during the Gilded Age and now home to a design museum, provided the setting for a celebration centered on hospitality, culture, and community.
The couple first met on a Tinder date while visiting family in Northern Virginia. After losing touch, they reconnected on December 26, 2019, at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. They later moved in together in Richmond during the COVID-19 pandemic and eventually co-founded their design firm.
Their wedding planning was intentionally informal. Rather than a traditional proposal, the couple decided after several years of discussing marriage to set a date. They also prioritized the guest experience and relied on friends and members of Richmond’s creative community to help shape the event.
The weekend’s dress code ranged from white to beige, with both grooms and every guest following the same palette. Friends wore vintage pieces, self-designed outfits, and even their own wedding dresses. Cameron wore a wool-silk suit by Grand Le Mar with black Jacques Solovière loafers, a bracelet that belonged to his grandmother, and a vintage Seiko watch. Nolan wore a SuitSupply outfit completed shortly before the wedding after an earlier custom order proved unsuccessful. He accessorized with calla lily earrings, vintage cufflinks, his father’s watch, and Saint Laurent boots.
Food and cultural influences were central to the celebration. Chef Brittany Anderson, a James Beard Award semifinalist, created a menu combining Honduran and Black Southern traditions. Dinner included grilled chicken, mushroom risotto, vegetables, and ticucos, a Honduran dish similar to a tamale. Cheerwine cake by Chef Leah Branch followed.
The ceremony took place outdoors, where florist Meredith Wheeler of Secret Flowers created a circular chapel using corn stalks, grasses, and Spanish moss. A gospel choir sang a cappella, including a rendition of “Never Let Me Go” by Florence and the Machine as the grooms walked down the aisle. Their friend Lanecia Rouse officiated and spoke about the history and significance of jumping the broom in the Black community.
Inside the mansion, simple chrome stands topped with corn stalks kept the tables modern and practical for family-style dining. After dinner, the grooms opened the reception by breaking a disco-ball piñata filled with candy and novelty items. A hundred mylar balloons fell from the choir loft while a floral video played across the dance floor, and guests could receive tattoos from artist Vincent Riquier of The Ceremony Tattoo.
The celebration continued after the wedding with a sparkler exit and a ride on Nolan’s 1973 BMW R75/5. Many guests later gathered at Babe’s of Carytown, described as the oldest lesbian bar on the East Coast, before ending the night with Slurpees at a nearby 7-Eleven.
Sources: Vogue.