furniture and homes... theory.

here are some recent pictures of our store....i think the pictures show THE KEY TO
WHAT OUR STORE IS ABOUT ~furniture and homes......we hope we can be a place where adventurous people can come and find good things for their houses.........A THING THAT JUST FEELS SO RIGHT TO THEM.....SOMETHING THEY CAN REALLY USE AND SAYS THIS IS ME...and at a friendly price....we hope...

IN A WAY .....WE SELL THE RAW MATERIALS.....

we get a huge variety of people...that sure keeps it interesting to me...we try not to specialize...why limit ourselves!!!!. one week a grand piano the next a prim workbench..... we dont want to be too predictable....boring would be so wrong...

.I LOVe hearing about the customers projects...from fun junk projects using the roughest stuff, to building projects working with our antique fireplace mantles, or big old porch parts....its kind of endless... . ...sometimes i get to see them... if they get around to sending me a picture i try and put it on our pin up page here http://www.greenoakantiques.com/.... lots of customers come tell me how many compliments they got from something they got here.....

just trying to say, i think the right recipe, if you can find it, can make us really valuable to our customers... either for a cheap thrill or a big serious purchase....or maybe both, on different days... ......

so.....GO WHOLE HOG FOR THEM....imho

on the web.... son jon has a new blog... put together by terri, his wife and our webmistress.....when he brings something great home he will say its decorator approved..usually referring to what hes learned by observing the decorators bidding at auction...his goal is to have very current pictures and prices...

..so here it is.... http://www.jonsdecoratorapprovedpicks.blogspot.com/

WORD ON THE STREET..... we had a big company owner in the store today..for PROPS AND DISPLAY PIECES......and her view was that its been a GOOD SEASON and her customers, mostly boutiques or high end shops, are doing well and reordering....

. also hearing GOOD REPORTS on a store forum im on.... we are sure feeling pretty healthy right now...WEVE HAD 3 GOOOD MONTHS IN A ROW... with this month beating last year by a lot......