Round Top ANTIQUE WEEK{Spring 10}: Great Stuff
I have so many more pictures and people from our trip to Round Top a few weeks ago but I think it’s time to move on… so here’s my last bit, till the fall…
The best story I heard while at Marburger Farm during Round Top Antique Week was that of Kirk of Great Stuff Vintage Furnishings and Susan Wheeler. These two each own their own antique stores in Seattle, Washington. While their neighboring stores have no official ties, they work together seamlessly by offering Susan’s feminine twist on vintage design and Kirk’s deep, masculine spin on style, just next store. Customers are encouraged to shop in both stores to fill all of their needs for distinctive antiques & decor…
Thus, a partnership that works both in Seattle and Round Top, Texas, where Susan and Kirk shared a booth space at Marburger Farm. But it wasn’t their unique business partnership that made their story unique, although it is exceptional to see neighboring businesses work together and pull one another up, versus viewing one another as competitors.
What made their story interesting for me was the method in which they stocked their booth space at Marburger Farm. It’s expensive {ok, outlandish}to ship a truck load of antiques and vintage decor from Seattle to Texas; so, this duo went out on a limb and showed up in Texas ten days before the show began, with NOTHING. They spent the next ten days shopping, buying, styling, tweaking, and opening at Marburger with an exceptional assortment of inventory that looked wonderful, and frankly, sold like hot cakes.
Kirk and Susan’s buying extravaganza began by finding one unique painting that Kirk found particularly powerful. Every other purchase stemmed from it’s ability to be related to that original purchase. But outside the box in a very big way. There was a {working} mechanical bull & rhinestone saddle, exquisite vintage leather chair, a sculpture that made a great statement about life’s “Daily Grind” {BELOW}, plus vintage signs & quirky furniture that made you smile.
I adore the confidence of Kirk and Susan’s plan and even more, their boldness of pulling it off so expertly. It gives me inspiration, and a goal of some sort, to know that some adventures don’t have to be planned to a tee… and that success can in fact be born through methodical spontaneity.
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