Are you ready? Today I’m sharing my impromptu visit to Simply Iowa, in Fairfax, Iowa. I recently shared about my visit to my friend Jacey’’s shop, A Beautiful Purpose. I made a detour before heading to my youngest football game in the area. While visiting Jacey, she said I should also visit our friend Barb, …
Do you ever see an antique shop on social media and thank oh my goodness this place looks amazing!!! And then you just never get there? Maybe it’s a few hours away, maybe it’s another state away, but you just don’t make the trip. Well my friend Jacey’s shop, A Beautiful Purpose, is that shop …
I wanted to convert our Morton building into a shop and one way I created the look was with this grain bin awning! I’m not sure when exactly I came up with the idea, but I wanted to make the front more unique, more like a storefront and less like a Morton building or barn. …
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Checkout how I converted our Morton building barn into a retail space for my antique shop, The Junk Parlor! In 2019 I was selling antiques out of a little brick church in Centerville, Iowa. I opened 4 days a month as an occasional shop and everytime I opened, the shop would be transformed to look …
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Due to stay home orders I had canceled my Grand Opening at the new location and decided on doing a virtual one. Then, we got the approval to be open with some restrictions, so we decided to have a Covid soft opening at the new location. I don’t know about you, but having a deadline …