Me and My Style

Me and My Style

I guess if you took farmhouse style, shabby chic, french country, primitive, prairie style, and boho and threw it all in a room, shook it up and took a picture .... then you found my style.  I love it all!  One of my favorite quotes ever is ....

"One should never be the oldest thing in one's house."  - Patsy Stone

Each item I select for a sale is an item that I would gladly put in my home.  That's one reason I love what I do.  I don't have a large home.  It is less than 2000 square feet and that's plenty big for my family of 3.  But, with a small house and a teacher's salary, I can't buy everything I like ... unless ..... I buy it and then sell it to you.  

I pride myself on having very competitive prices.  I pass on over 50% of the pieces I really like, simply because I know I wouldn't be able to present the item to my customers at a price they could easily afford.  I want people to look at a price tag and be surprised because the item is less than what they thought it would be.  There is nothing worse than going into an antique store and seeing something I LOVE and then having to walk away because there is no way I can afford it.  

I heard someone say, "If your job is to do the things you loved as a child, then you will have happiness with your career."  What did I love to do as a child????  I loved to pretend to teach my stuffed animals and redecorate the house.  There is no telling how many times my mom came home from work and I had rearranged the living room or my room.  I also loved parties and planning parties.  By hosting my Carolina Moon Vintage sales I get to stage and decorate for a huge party and then my guests come and buy all the decorations, leaving me with a profit and enough money to run around like a chicken with my head cut off hunting, gathering, cleaning, painting, repurposing, creating and building new pieces for the next sale.

If you haven't come and been a part of a Carolina Moon sale, I hope you will.  It's a lot of fun!

Sincerely,

Regina