Today we’d like to introduce you to Marcy Benson.
Marcy, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
Everyone always asks me if building a venue was a dream of ours! The answer may surprise you! But… NO, NO and NO, we actually own a real estate company and were extremely happy and busy with just that! In 2011, five years prior to building a friend from out of state contacted me and wanted to look at land (hopefully a barn already on it) here in a Texas to potentially live here and rent the barn out for weddings.
My friend flew into town and we did go out driving to look at land as far out as Pottsboro! She left and we never really talked about it to much after. A few years later we purchased this property as an investment property with no intentions of living here and for sure no intentions of opening a wedding venue. (buying this property has an entire story of its own that I will share another time) Well ironically, my friend (YES same Friend) calls me looking for a venue close to the Mckinney area because her daughter was getting married and wanted a central location between her fiancés family in Dallas and her family in Oklahoma AND wanted to get married in three months. After calling every place I could think of and getting a “not available” response every single time, I offered this property that we had bought the year before for her daughter’s wedding.
After tons and tons of RAIN that year, I had to call my friend and tell her that there was NO WAY we could have an outside wedding unless we were going to sit in row boats. (not sure if that’s what I really said) but, needless to say, we were in a desperate situation trying to find a last-minute venue. She was finally able to secure another venue and get change of address slips sent out in time for her daughter’s wedding. After we finally got through all of this, I knew we needed to entertain the idea of building a venue. We started sketching out plans around the old pole barn and started building in 2016 and finished in 2017.
Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
It’s been awesome!
The RoseMary Barn Wedding Venue – what should we know? What do you guys do best? What sets you apart from the competition?
The RoseMary Barn is an 8300 sq ft beautiful all white event and wedding venue that is conveniently located 5 miles from the Historic Downtown Mckinney and Hotels. The interior walls and ceilings are built with gorgeous white shiplap. The Venue offers a stunning large bridal suite complete with h/m stations, cable tv+mini fridge, a masculine grooms cabin with cable tv/hookups for a gaming center+mini fridge, a large outdoor ceremony space covered with a canopy of mature trees, a large covered porch for cocktail hour, a bar kitchen for the bartenders, a large catering prep kitchen, a 40×32 covered pavilion that can be used for ceremony in inclement weather and we have also have an indoor chapel and reception area. We have a generator for power outages and we are Uber friendly and will always allow cars to stay overnight if Uber service is needed. We have overnight lodging available in our gorgeous red barn. The RoseMary Barndominium definitely sets us apart from most!
What is “success” or “successful” for you?
Success isn’t about how much money you have or make! Success is about how happy you are and making others happy!
Pricing:
- Saturdays-$6500 12 rental
- Friday’s-$5750 12 rental
- Sundays-$5000 12 rental
Contact Info:
- Address: 1770 RoseMary Barn Lane
Mckinney Texas 75071 - Website: www.therosemarybarn.com
- Phone: 972-249-7218
- Email: therosemarybarn@gmail.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/therosemarybarn?utm_source=ig_profile_share&igshid=f8tla2vkr1bv
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/therosemarybarn/
Image Credit:
Cactus and Coast Photography, Hannah Hix Photography
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