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260: i see a brown couch and i want to paint it white

Yay!

Thank you all so much for your Yummy Goods love!
I wish you could come here and  hang out!
There is a "living room" area in the shop where we could sit and chat when you come over.

One of the many befores and afters:

Well, this one is more like a "before and during" because it will change shortly. I am going to make a bunch of pillows to display on the couch.

That is my Sugar Scrap quilt top draped on the seat of the couch. Vintage afghans that I had my mom wash and soften.

Old bench acting as a coffee table for the Rex Ray stuff.

I love this old cabinet in the corner:

It used to live on our back porch and house some of our gardening stuff. In this picture it holds some gorgeous soy candles, but they were getting lost in there so I redid the display. Now that's where the yoga stuff lives. 

I am still working on the best way to display the candles so they are as highlighted as they deserve to be. I'll show you when I do, of course!

I'm not sure if you know this about me, but I am prone to balancing things on my head. 

I might be a little silly.

This week, I have been working at my day job until about 3:30. Then I head over to Yummy Goods and put on my apron:

I stay open till 7. As long as the Village Store is open, people find their way in, so I try to keep the same hours. Last night, a woman came in, was looking around and said, "Finally, it's like a mini-Anthropologie on Cape Cod!"

That is a comparison that I will happily accept! I have never actually been to an Anthropologie, but I do like to use the catalog to catch my drool.

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Miscellaneous:

~Quilt Market is coming up! Who's going?!

~We are enjoying the new show Fringe.

~If you have the most recent issue of Quilter's Newsletter (November), grab it and turn to page 34!

~This week's shop music: Carla Bruni, Melody Gardot, Eilen Jewell, Michael Buble, Madelyn Peyroux.

xo, m


Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 01:15PM by Registered Commentermelissa in | Comments33 Comments

Reader Comments (33)

Its all eye candy to me. Starting with you...xxoo
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLTH
Oh, you'd be in heaven in an Anthropologie store. She's right, your shop is eclectic, just like Anthropologie. I love the displays, love the couch, the old worn cabinet. More pictures, more pictures!
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterPatti
This shop is getting so PRETTY that I'd hate to take anything out.....*L* That's not a good attitude for a customer, is it?
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterSequana
Oh!!! Your shop looks so sweet. Great job!
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered Commentercarrie
I WISH I was going to Market...shop looks great!
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterScott at Blue Nickel Studios
what a great transformation of that brown couch! I can't wait to see more of your Sugar Snap quilt and fabrics. Love your shop apron too! What a fun way to spend your evening.
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterTerriaw
Based on your posts and pics, you would LOVE Anthropologie. Love your store. I wish I were coming to Cape Cod soon!
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAbbie in CO
hey! i love your store! love everything about it! i can't wait for market and hope to see you there again. so exciting because it will be my 2nd time to go. whooohooo!
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterjonah
OMG - I was thinking the same exact thing! From the pictures your store looks like a brigher, softer version of Anthropologie.
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLisa G.
It looks fabulous! I wish I was closer to come hang out on the couch!
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterCaroline
I've said it before and I'll probably end up saying it several hundred more times . . . your shop looks amazing! Will you be able to sell your fabric there?
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterdana
I've said it before and I'm saying it again. It looks amazing! Just walking in your store would make me happy!

We are enjoying Fringe too!
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMichelle
Oh it looks amazing - and very Anthropologie-ish!! That couch looks way too cute to sit on :-)
I love how you have everything displayed - I hope it's going well!
My sister-in-law just told us about Fringe too - we'll have to check it out.
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAmber
oh everything looks woderful! i love what you did with that sofa! if i'm EVER within 100miles of your place, i will be making a pilgramige there. i will walk if i have to!
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterholly*
I saw yu in QN Magazine last night! Awesome ad, great pics!
Your shop looks absolutely beautiful - I'm gutted that I live the other side of the world and can't come to visit! It looks so cosy and welcoming, it makes me want to come and hang out with you and chat about sewing all day :)
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLouise
I'm loving the shop pics! The pink walls are gorgeous! I want to live there. :D
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterEmy
Looks great! So inviting. Great Job!
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterCarrie G
I love those pics of you! It's funny because when my little boy was a wee baby, I read somewhere that he would start to think things that were out of context were funny: a dog wearing a hat, etc. So I started putting all manner of things on my head to try to get him to laugh (he never did) but then when he got older, he started putting EVERYTHING on his head! Tupperware containers, my keys, blocks, pillows, bouncy balls, you name it, he wore it on his head.
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJulie @ Letter9
The shop looks STUNNING!!
I so wish I could visit...
September 25, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterkirsty

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