The Shop, more pictures

The cold is good for me. Since it has been so cold in Texas this winter I have spend more time rearranging and getting merchandise out of boxes and drawers and into the showroom. I'm still awful about pricing, I will start merchandising and always forget to go back and price the stuff. I know how frustrating is to go to a store where nothing is price, believe me, I'm sure it is costing me business. It is just to hard to do it all and I don't want it any other way. I shop, Merchandise,paint, sort, clean, repair, do books and blog at night. The time is never enough. The shop owners out there know what I'm talking about. I love every minute of it, its the masochist in me. This little vignette is by the checkout when you first come in. Love the girls, anything sepia really.

This vignette is in the first room when you come in. I have done 3 different vignettes in 3 weeks. I sold the table and benches today so Saturday I will probably will have something new in there. I just purchase the most beautiful couch on my way home. Wait until you see this beauty. My mom will be sewing some altered pillows for me, just to go with that couch.

Ah... my green room. I will forever be a pink and green girl. I went down to only 2 pink rooms since is not selling as much as it did a couple of years ago.

                                                                           YUMMY

                      I love this cabinet, is huge and shabby to the max. Peeling green and white paint.

My kitchen is not making me money and I don't understand why. I love primary colors in the kitchen specially red, greens and yellows.

Pyrex is not selling, nor tin canisters or enamelware. My friends keep telling me to just let every go real cheap and start from scratch with monochromatic items. Easier said than done, just too much money invested in the stuff. (plus I still love it even if nobody else does)

Don't you love a little bit of color sometimes?. Yes! I love the whites and the creams but a girl have to have color, there is so much awesome colored stuff outhere.

Toy rooms. Can you believe I sell more toys than I do kitchen stuff. I guess it is the mommies buying for the little ones. Then again I got some grown men that collect toys too.

Red and pink room I decorated for Valentines. The tree with the valentines have been a hit.

Another Valentine vignette in the main room

Some people called it cozy I called it tight!. I started with 1500 sf, I'm up to 3500sf and I'm running out of space again! What I really want is 10000sf, that should keep me busy for a while. I do not have any vendors since so many people are intimidated by the decor. To my if you can't merchandise and make it appealing you should not be in retail. Nothing less inspiring than a room full of shelves with all sorts of stuff in it. So to keep an uniform look I decided to keep it all mine. Yes, it will be easier to let the vendors carry the rent and overhead expenses but not by sacrificing quality and ambiance. There are so many people super talented outhere but I think they are all at Winnie and Talulas. So for now is Me, Myself and I.
Well darlings, that is enough ramblings for a night, till tomorrow, blessings, Marta.