European Linens, Food, Home Accessories and Home Decor

We spent a good bit of last week unpacking the pallets that have just arrived from Europe.

And we’re thrilled with what has arrived. Absolutely gorgeous linens, freshly washed and pressed and smelling heavenly. Some of the most beautiful shams and sheets we’ve seen in a good long while. Some very unusual feedsacks (grain bags), gorgeous homespun clothing, clothing covered in lace (beautiful trousseau nightdresses), and so much more.

The truck will be full (and it’s a 26 foot truck!), so don’t miss us right before Marburger starts, from Friday March 26 to Saturday April 3. None of these items have been seen before, we will bring only fresh merchandise and as always, the early bird……

The store is progressing slowly. It will be open to the public about a week after the Texas show, is the current plan. The furniture is in place for the most part, and we are excited about the look and feel it will have. We can’t wait, so hopefully neither can our customers!

See you in Texas!

Part of 2 of the move and all was well until 3 PM when the snow started. We ended up calling it a day at 8.30 PM and went home.

Woke up to this (view of our front door from the path)

Now this is Georgia. We don’t do snow. So everything fell behind schedule.

And this is what the warehouse and offices looked like yesterday – February 14

Luckily our great crew rallied up and by noon almost all were there.  And today more came, so we’re now about 30-40% unpacked.  We should be able to ship almost normally tomorrow.  A few mysteries, a few items we can’t seem to locate but these will show up.  More pictures of the progress, tomorrow or Tuesday.

This tutorial appeared on the blog written by Rachel at Smile and Wave.  It is the perfect way to use and display doilies in a new and fresh way – and it’s simple!  The results are just lovely and will fit in so many different types of home decor – see the result for yourself:

(Image used with permission from the Author)

Some of her really cool suggestions include using different colors, to get a variegated effect, or to try with colored doilies (and we’ve been itching to try our hand at dying linens since it’s such a huge thing in Europe right now).  She also recommends making sure the background fabric is a little bit different so the design shows up, but not too different, so it doesn’t steal the show.

I’m now going to go dig through doily boxes and make one too!