Thank your for a beautiful and fabulous 2016

Oh my gosh you guys! What a year! We are beyond grateful and fortunate for all your support this year and the past 19 as well. So many of you are like family to us as you have shopped with us from day one and yet all of you, new and old, are part of our story. Which is the most humbling part. As we embark upon 2017, and our 20th anniversary year, we want to take a moment to reflect on this past year and share it all with you. 

In January, after only recently learning who Chip and Joanna were, we took a risk like we never had before and purchased the Magnolia Home Furniture line sight unseen.  Fixer Upper was so hot and we had the look already and people kept coming in and saying, "Your store looks like that Magnolia Market" or "They used that shelf on Fixer Upper last night". Honestly, Vic nor I had even seen one Fixer Upper episode until about March. We knew who they were but we were obviously oblivious to the magnitude of their awesomeness. When we finally did watch it we found ourselves overly excited and pointing at the screen over and over proclaiming,   "We carry that", "we carry that", "we know where she got that", "so and so vendor sells that", we finally got what the hype was all about.

Feeling feisty about our new big risk, we went off to our first trade show, of the year. With fire in our bellies, we took even more risks by changing our buying patterns of the past, including Christmas.

We are getting a wee bit daring and changing things up a bit for holiday 2016. But don't fret my little woodland friend, only a bit.

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In February we announced the coming of Magnolia to Purple Rose Home and you all could not have been more excited and supportive. We also welcomed some new items and looks into the shop and we got a new sign!

BIG DAY over here. New sign!!! What do you think?

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March was big cause, well, I met Joanna Freakin Gaines in the Dallas Airport on a layover to California. My gate was moved, I had my 3 year old in tow, and we needed to get food asap before our next flight left in 45 mins. Frantically pulling my son through the crowds, this familiar face is in my sites and I'm like "It's Joanna Gaines!" In my head of course. We were like 2 ships passing in the night. She was cool when I said hi. It was all so crazy and wild. No picture though. I was frozen and caught way of guard.

May is our Anniversary month and we celebrated 19 years. We hit up Brimfield for some fabulous vintage finds, received our first shipment of furniture from the Magnolia line and hosted our annual tent sale.

The loot. #brimfield2016

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And December continued to be magical with all the holiday hustle and bustle and all your beautiful and happy faces coming to visit us.