Big House Studio

We had our wedding at Big House Studio a few weeks ago. J.K., who was first to review this venue, was our talented and lovely florist (see Shabby Chic Events). The space is quite beautiful and has a modern, urban vibe — we chose it for the converted warehouse/​art gallery atmosphere. It’s about 8,000 square feet total and has a big kitchen for your caterer to set up, a great audio system for your DJ to hook into, a huge «studio» that we used for the wedding ceremony and dinner, and an upstairs lounge area.
That said, I do not recommend booking an event here. The owner/​manager changed the insurance requirements the week of the wedding, and requested that we look for alternative wedding venues about a month before the wedding date (keep in mind we signed the lease about 10 months prior). This obviously caused us enormous stress and anxiety. Due to the last minute nature of the demand for a significant increase in insurance coverage far and above the lease requirements, I was almost unable to acquire a policy. We were then threatened with a cancellation of the lease, a WEEK before our wedding. I ended up incurring significant extra costs to purchase additional insurance coverage that was not contemplated in the original agreement. As an attorney who negotiates and drafts leases on a regular basis, it was patently obvious to me that the newly increased coverage requirements were unfair and not contractually imposed, but we had no other choice but to concede in light of the impending wedding date and their threats of last-​minute termination.
I am thus unable to endorse Big House Studio as an event venue.
I would like to note though that Cindy, who became our contact person for the venue on the week of the event, was very helpful and pleasant to work with.
Thus, while the space is well-​appointed and served us well as a wedding venue, I hesitate to recommend it to others.

Went there to set up flowers for a wedding this weeekend. It’s a real definition of «diamond in the rough». We followed the GPS direction to the front of the building;both of us were skeptic if the GPS took us to the right place so we had to call the planner. She opened the door, ok so it’s the right address…
We walked in the studio and wow, was I impressed. It was a very good size loft studio. There is a nice size kitchen, I saw the caterers were working there later on that evening, plenty of bathrooms. The couple utilized all sapces perfectly, cocktail upstair, ceremony/​reception downstair. Don’t let the neighborhood nor the front scare you. I will definitely check out if there’s art exhibition and stuff host there, I think it would be a nice venue for small events.
My review is only based on observation as a florist. I did not deal with the staff there.