The biggest change I made was the overall vibe of the business. It had always been a very high end and luxurious company, but to the point where it felt very exclusionary to people who weren’t super wealthy or knowledgable about textiles. My goal was to make antique and vintage textiles more accessible to your average person.

I accomplished this by having lower priced items available and displayed in store. I also decorated in a more cozy, welcoming way. The old store felt like a gallery - lots of open space on the walls, WHITE, and only expensive items were hung up. This worked for the old store in Soho, but when moving it to Brooklyn, and to make it more true to my aesthetics, it had to change.