Opening Day

May 10, 2013 by carole 3 Comments

Some shots of opening day…grand opening with ribbon cutting on June 1st…details to follow…

store front bedazzled with cheap balloons….it was all I could find at 10:30 am

form and function raleigh nc — some greenery in our front window

a little eye candy for mother’s day, stylized by ML

close up on mama land

form and function raleigh nc store — she’s a little upset we opened early and didn’t have a new frock

fabulous newly covered dining chairs

form and function raleigh nc store — close-up on blue and white land with spider mums, courtesy of Bad Boy

Haitian art made from paper mache of old french book pages

“manscaping” by Bad Boy

fishing lures and all things fishing for the fisherman or fisherwoman in your life

living room land etagere with all things golden

gnarly reused Napa grapevine turned tealight candleabra

form and function raleigh nc store — recycled glass floats surrounded by beautiful books

sweet old spools outfitted with jute and new brass scissors; black coral under dome in front

old core spools from NC textile mills, now used as tea light holders

ram’s horn curling around tall spools

form and function raleigh nc store — frenchy table land

more Haitian art

boy’s land all decked out with maps and globes and pennants

spool daybed all decked out in new fabric…I almost took a nap there today:)

entrance to garden land

form and function raleigh nc store — shell land

close-up on shells

sunflower glasses for summertime

birdie prints with birdie cocktails

angelic decor

recycled hummingbird stake feeders

recycled glass floats and lab beakers as bud vases

table fashioned from recycled paper mache

ML and Bad Boy, toasting our success at opening early – yay us!

Comments

Kathleen says

May 11, 2013 at 2:15 am

Congratulations! You’ve done amazing work in the past week!

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- Carole says
  
  May 14, 2013 at 12:37 am
  
  Thanks, Kathleen – we didn’t sleep much:)
  
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Donna B says

May 27, 2013 at 10:58 am

Looks great, Carole. I hadn’t had a chance to look until today. Hope to get by before I go.

Thanks for your support last week. The store appears to be truly a masterpiece!

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My name is Carole and I'm an interior redesigner, working primarily with what people already own.

My ideal (I can dream big, can't I?): People will stop buying crap, refurbish and highlight their existing treasures, and if they absolutely need more "stuff", buy only resale items (vintage, antique, flea market or the like). And if it must be new "stuff," it would provide significant function, environmental sustainability, or support our artists and thereby feed our soul. I'm on a mission...please join me.