By the time I got to Fredericksburg, it was around the close of business, so most of the shops were closing down, but there was one in particular that caught my attention while cruising down the main road.
It is called “red” and their slogan is “Clean. Vintage. Home”. It is a way cool store, unlike any I have even been in. Original Art Work in the same space as Antique Furnishings in the same space as Repurposed Items (this is a term I got from my friends, Josh and Anthony of Dimlit Daylight) in the same space as New Cool Stuff and all of it Clean. To see this store is the only way to get it. You can see their webpage here. While I was there, I visited with Margo and she told me they just opened July 1.
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p class=”MsoNormal”>Back on the road again, it dawned on me why I felt drawn to this one store in particular of all the choices to choose from up and down the main street. The Entrepreneur gods swept down over me and said “Go back”. Yes, I had to make another u-turn! I am sure it was no accident that I help people get started in business for a living and they just opened a little over 2 months ago. Although, I must say they really seemed to have it all together. If I hadn’t asked I would have assumed they had been there forever. The store had that kind of presence about it.
The thing that impressed me the most was I think they may be onto something. They are paving new pathways in the way people shop for vintage stuff. They are not trying to peddle antiques, like so many shops I have been in. They are providing an atmosphere to explore. An atmosphere where past and present collide in an explosion of new. One word describes this place and sums up its attraction. SIMPLE.
It is also refreshing to experience the fruits of someone who has stepped out on that limb to try something different and possibly revolutionize they way people shop for vintage.
sounds right up your ally sweetie!
Must be nice to live the vida loca!