{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"The Suds Barn is making a splash in Williamsburg &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"n3emcyDOr2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/the-suds-barn-is-making-a-splash-in-williamsburg\/\">The Suds Barn is making a splash in Williamsburg<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/the-suds-barn-is-making-a-splash-in-williamsburg\/embed\/#?secret=n3emcyDOr2\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Suds Barn is making a splash in Williamsburg&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"n3emcyDOr2\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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When you find something you like, you really start doing it a lot. We were making soap every day,\u201d said Becky Warner, owner of one of Williamsburg\u2019s newest downtown stores, The Suds Barn. Warner graduated from Williamsburg in 1990 before moving away, getting married, and travelling. She moved to Corbin in 1998 before moving back to Williamsburg in 2019. \u201cWhen we started making soaps, my fianc\u00e9 and I, we just watched some videos on Youtube and stumbled across some videos about soap making,\u201d said Warner. \u201cI thought, \u2018hey, that would be something cool to try,\u2019 and he loves the chemistry of it. He loves figuring out which oils do what and what\u2019s good for your skin.\u201d Warner said that their pandemic hobby began to grow when they started giving their products to people to try. \u201cWe started giving them to people. My landlord, he is one of our biggest guinea pigs, my parents, my daughter, my son and then they started giving theirs to people to try because they liked it so well,\u201d said Warner. \u201cAll of a sudden, we were getting requests from people. \u2018Can you make me a little gift bag? I want to give a soap and whatever else you are making.\u2019 I started making the sugar scrubs and then I started making the body butters and the bath bombs and then before you knew it, I was making all these things, and everybody was loving everything.\u201d The Suds Barn, which is located at 430 Main Street in Williamsburg, opened in early July. Warner said that it was originally part of a larger umbrella company that Warner wanted to open. \u201cWe actually started out as Lifestyle to Labels and that was going to be an umbrella company,\u201d said Warner. Lifestyle to Labels was meant to contain a boutique, a cooking area, candles and bath stuff. Warner said that the problem with the name was that it didn\u2019t explain what the business was and was a bit too complicated. \u201cMy main thing is the bath and body stuff. This is what I do. I make everything in here,\u201d said Warner. \u201cI thought, \u2018I have got to come up with a better name that people will know what I have and then people will want to come and see what it is,\u2019 so I played around with some different names and then I started searching and the \u2018Suds Barn\u2019 sounded cool because it sounds kind of country and we are here in a little country town and so the \u2018Suds Barn\u2019 is what it became.\u201d Warner said that she didn\u2019t expect her hobby to become a brick-and-mortar store. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t like I really planned on doing it. I was doing it on the Internet and I knew I wanted to do it, but a brick-and-mortar store, you know, they are kind of on the outs because everybody can shop online,\u201d said Warner. Despite her fears, Warner said they proceeded to work with her landlord, who she credits as being one of her biggest supporters, and after six months of renovations and making products, The Suds Barn officially opened. \u201cIt was really scary when we talked about it, but I thought if we could just get people to come in those people will tell their friends and family and then those people will start coming in. When we opened, I was really nervous,\u201d said Warner. \u201cThe day we opened I thought, \u2018What if nobody comes? It is going to be devastating.\u2019 But, we had a huge turnout that first day and we have been steady ever since. We have not had a day without sales since we opened.\u201d The store has a variety of products ranging from soaps, toilet sprays and bath bombs to clothes, Rae Dunn\u00ae products, home decor, and more. Most, if not all of which, can be personalized. It is not just a place for people to go buy bath products because it also includes a boutique run by Warner\u2019s friend, Jennifer Taylor. Warner said she and Taylor have been friends since the third grade. \u201cWhen I started talking about opening the Suds Barn, she was like, \u2018Hey, would you consider having a boutique in there?\u2019,\u201d said Warner. From there, Warner said she couldn\u2019t run both the boutique and the soap portion and make the products, so it was decided that Taylor would run the boutique inside the Suds Barn. \u201cBeing in a small town, we were kind of like, \u2018We need to have a variety of things.\u2019\u201d \u201cPeople can come in and get a gift. You can come in and say I am going to get soap for myself and then I\u2019ll grab some soap for somebody else, and I\u2019ll get them a mug and I am going to get them a shirt,\u201d said Warner. \u201cWe want to be very diverse. We want everyone in the town to be able to come in and find something.\u201d Being within walking distance of the University of the Cumberlands, Warner said The Suds Barn offers Williamsburg top quality products. \u201cEverything in here is top quality. I would put it up against any other bath and body place that there is in the United States.\u201d All of the soaps have shea butter and\/or mango seed butter. There are six different soap recipes Warner and her fianc\u00e9 use to create their products. Because everything is made in-house, products can be personalized or customized for people with allergies or sensitivity. Warner said that she is licensed to make the products and her labels and kitchen are certified. The shop\u2019s kitchen features a hand sink where individuals can test products before purchasing them. Warner said they make new soaps daily because they let their soaps cure for 28 days before they are sold. \u201cIt has to cure for 28 days before we can sell it. Some places sell it after only three days, but to really [&hellip;]"}