{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Bridal BFF","title":"The Lumen House Story","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2164,"description":"Britt tells the story of The Lumen House in long form for the first time: how a career selling new construction homes, then developer finance, then boutique hotels and spas, turned into a wedding venue outside Charlotte with a greenhouse at the center of it.\n\nCheck your date at The Lumen House: https://thelumenhouseevents.com/inquiry?utm_source=bridal-bff&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=season-1&utm_content=ep01\n\nCHAPTERS\n\n00:00 Why couples always ask \"why did you build this?\"\n01:47 Selling new construction homes out of college\n04:06 Pivoting into boutique hotels and spas\n06:16 Designing so a five hour reception isn't one room\n07:09 Her first house, and Charlotte's third Airbnb\n09:08 A hammock, a skydiving field, and the greenhouse idea\n10:43 Meeting Jonathan and deciding it was now or never\n11:59 Two years hunting for land with no power lines\n13:05 Why banks decide what buildings look like\n14:54 The greenhouse never appraised\n15:36 \"Oh, like a barn?\"\n19:22 Building a business with your husband\n21:41 The arches everyone told her not to do\n23:10 What still scares her\n25:05 Why the drive is the point\n27:34 How to choose when you're touring five venues\n30:03 The moment in a wedding day that gets her every time\n31:56 If you're on the fence\n\nShe and venue manager Mikayla Tate get into meeting Jonathan, the two years they spent hunting for land with no power lines running through it, and the fight to keep the greenhouse and the arches when everyone kept asking whether she was building a barn.\n\n---\n\nBridal BFF comes from The Lumen House, a wedding venue just outside Charlotte. Each week, owner Britt Loukos and some of the top experts in the wedding industry tell you what they'd tell a friend over coffee: how the money works, what to ask before you sign anything, and the parts of planning nobody warns you about.\n\nNew episodes every Wednesday.\n\nthelumenhouseevents.com\n\nInstagram: @thelumenhouseevents\n\n#charlottewedding #northcarolinawedding #weddingvenue #weddingplanning...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/5StWOSeWeyGpsP89s-HRl_khejzP_E8PXkcD-zW31Ag/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMjdj/YjM4YzJhMDEwNzM4/NWFiMzU4ZTIzNjFm/N2JhOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}