Insta-Store Love

"Sunburst"

"Lovebirds"

"Salute"

"Capture Nashville"

Instagram.  Love it.  Can't get enough of it.  It's helped capture some of my favorite items we have in the store right now.  

A vibrant Starburst mirror - perfect to energize a room.  Behind a sofa?  Above a mantle?  Or if you have high enough ceilings in your foyer, why not hang it above your front door?  

It will look gorgeous anywhere.

Peacock Lovebirds - These loveys will bring shocks of color and drama to any room.  

And peacocks are hot right now :>)

Salute! Toast friends and family using unexpected wine goblets.  

How fun to pull these out at your next party?  Not only do they look good, 

but wine tastes better out of them, too.

Capture Nashville - This piece is an homage to the city we all love.  It's big and bold and all Music City.

Clocking in at 7 feet tall, it's all you need to make a big statement in a room.  

And it's made by a local artist (free-hand!), so win-win, right?

If you hear the siren's call, please do stop in the store.  We're here for ya ;>)

-Kate

Risk-taking In The New Year

You could jump out of an airplane.  You could scale a sheer rock face.  

You could base jump.  You could swim with sharks.  

But if you're like most people, risk taking comes in smaller doses and on a more user-friendly scale.  

My opinion?  That's the risk taking that really counts.  That's the exciting stuff.   

I feel like a risk-taker everyday as the owner of a 3500 square foot furniture store, 

operating in a system of commerce that doesn't work anything like it used to, and oh yeah...

in the middle of a recession.  

What the heck am I doing?  Didn't I get the memo?  

What did I do with what my mother called, "enough sense to get out of a shower of rain?"  

Don't know.  Couldn't tell ya.  

I can only say that the opportunity to take a risk just fell into my lap...and I went for it.

So, stellar team by my side, fabulous customers and clients in and out of the doors everyday...I'm stretched, scared and stunningly satisfied:  the up-side of risk taking.

Join me.  Make your 2012 a year of scary, satisfying risk-taking: 

Buy a piece of art that moves you to tears, even though you have no idea why.

Get that short, sexy haircut you've always wished you had the guts to try.

Forgive someone. 

Book a flight to someplace you've never been.  

Tell him you love him. 

   

...or just throw a wild colored pillow on that creamy beige sofa.  Gotta start somewhere, right?

Here's to a stretchy, scary, risky...and satisfying 2012!

  - Amy