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Updated Oct 14, 2024Turns Out 'Love Is Blind' Couples Get Married at Venues You Can Book Too
We have the inside scoop on how the season 10 weddings came to life—and how that luxe barn can be yours.
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For 10 seasons, each tumultuous installment of Love Is Blind culminates with couples deciding whether or not to commit to marriage, merely three weeks after getting engaged sight unseen. Love Is Blind weddings have become a pop culture phenomenon, not only for the unpredictable dramatics, but also because of their undeniable intrigue: Can you really marry someone you met behind a wall? As a result, the Love Is Blind wedding episodes deliver the most anticipated moments of each season. But did you know that the Love Is Blind wedding venues are typically ones real couples can book?
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Ahead of the season 10 LIB finale, we caught up with Angela Norman, founder of White Willow Meadows: the luxury barn venue in central Ohio that served as the backdrop for the Love Is Blind weddings. And, believe it or not, it's available for couples to book on The Knot Vendor Marketplace. (In fact, the Love Is Blind producers *used* The Knot to find Norman's business.) Get an inside peek at the Love Is Blind season 10 wedding venue here, along with a behind-the-scenes look at what it was like bringing each celebration to life.
In this article:
- Inside the Love Is Blind Ohio Wedding Venue
- How the Love Is Blind Weddings Came to Life
- Love Is Blind Season 10 Wedding Vendors
Inside the Love Is Blind Ohio Wedding Venue
Angela Norman's career in the wedding industry began in 2019. "I had an 'a-ha' moment when my best friend's daughter reached out to me and said she wanted to plan her mom's cancer anniversary party at a luxury barn," she says. Since she was unfamiliar with that specific venue style, Norman began investigating options in the area. "At the time, I had never seen them. My husband and I have been married for 25 years, so I had no reason to look into them," she recalls. "Once I started looking into it, I thought, 'This is amazing, but I could do this better."
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Thus, White Willow Meadows was born. Nestled within the rolling hills of Orient, Ohio, just south of Columbus, Norman's wedding venue features multiple structures for special events. The main gathering space is a sun-soaked barn with a 35-foot tall cathedral ceiling and walls of glass windows. The modern-yet-elegant venue can accommodate 350 guests.
Outside the barn is a covered porch, which serves as a three-season open-air ceremony space. It can hold up to 250 guests under the canopy, and a 24-foot stone fireplace brings warmth to cool evenings.
Elsewhere on the property is the lounge: a sleek and contemporary space with a 25-foot black fireplace that couples often use for cocktail hour ahead of dinner and dancing. White Willow Meadows also features an onsite dairy barn, which was converted into a rustic Airbnb rental that can accommodate an after-party of up to 50 guests or 14 overnight guests.
How the Love Is Blind Weddings Came to Life
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When production began for season 10 of Love Is Blind, Norman was contacted by producers who wanted to scout White Willow Meadows as a potential wedding venue. (And yes, they used The Knot Vendor Marketplace to find her.) As a longtime viewer of the show, she was ecstatic to be considered—and ultimately, selected. "Being on Love Is Blind was a tremendous opportunity," she says. "I still pinch myself that I was selected out of the hundreds of wedding venues located in the Columbus, Ohio market to be on season 10. The cast, the producers, everyone was so gracious and kind, and they were so hospitable inside our venue. They truly treated it as their home, and that's what made it special."
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And for those wondering, Norman confirms: the Love Is Blind weddings really *are* real weddings. The key difference, though, is the tight turnaround time required to film each couple's ceremony in less than a week. "We worked 12- to 14-hour days to crank out these weddings," Norman explains. "Just like you see on the show, every single day is a different wedding. We had to tear down flowers that were set up for the day before, clip them, rehydrate them, redesign them and be ready the very next morning. This went on for five days straight. It was so labor-intensive."
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While Norman and her team didn't meet the couples before their weddings, they received mood boards from each, which the to-be-weds curated with wedding planner Slomique Hawrylo of Carpe Diem Events. Then, in collaboration with local vendors like Grace K Designs, the interior of White Willow Meadows was tailored for each pair. "We really wanted to take this into account when the designer gave us feedback, because we wanted it to be special for the couples," she says.
For example, Amber Morrison and Jordan Faeth's wedding had a garden vibe, complete with meadows of flowers, two floral installations and a sage green backdrop with a white fountain. "When Amber came down the staircase, it was like she was walking through a garden," Norman recalls.
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Ashley Carpenter and Alex Henderson opted for a modern black-and-white theme, complete with thousands of hydrangeas, anemones, gerber daisies and white roses adorning the staircase and puddling onto the floor. Dramatic draping added an elegant touch to the design. Emma Betsinger and Mike Gibney's wedding featured clusters of greenery and white florals, which was largely driven by the bride's vision for her big day.
Christine Hamilton and Victor St. John selected a "modern glam" mood board, which the team brought to life through crushed velvet draping on the staircase, clusters of candelabras, arrangements of anemones and orchids and romantic candle-lit vases.
Norman and her team also dreamed up a Love Is Blind first: a dramatic ceiling installation of cloud-like cherry blossoms that were shipped in from China. "Our ceilings are about 35 feet tall, and Love Is Blind never had a ceiling installation before," she said. "The show is extremely fast-paced, and it's hard to coordinate all the details. In order for us to do a ceiling installation, we had to bring in a rigger so he could install them." The final result was worth the labor: "It was absolutely beautiful," she says.
Looking back, Norman acknowledges how extraordinary the experience was. "Behind the scenes, it was nothing short of insane," she says. "Lights were strung throughout the rafters, there were 150 people running around. Every square inch of the venue was used."
Although hosting the Love Is Blind season 10 weddings was unlike anything Norman experienced with clients before, she says it was worth every moment. "When they first started showing clips of the venue all decked out [in previews], we were screaming," she says. "It's crazy to think that White Willow Meadows was selected as one of the venues. Seeing these weddings come to life on air is amazing."
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What made it even better, she says, was sharing the joy with the two couples who said yes: Christine and Vic and Amber and Jordan. "We got to see the emotion and meet the families," Norman says. "When we saw Christine and Vic dancing the night away, I took it all in. I couldn't believe I was there."
Love Is Blind Season 10 Wedding Vendors
Creative Director & Designer: Slomique Hawrylo, Carpe Diem Events; Venue: White Willow Meadows; Florals: Willow Floral Design Co., Kennicott Dayton; Photographer; Queen Anne's Lace Photography; Draping: Serendipity Designs; Custom Builds & Installations: Grace K Designs; Specialty Event Rentals: Dahlia Vintage Rentals, Sage Hill Rentals; Branding and Signage: J Char Designs; Wedding Cake: Sweet and Shiny; Balloon Design: Young and Wild Balloon Co.; Entertainment: Josh Staley Productions; Catering: Milano Creative Catering
