Sunday, January 19, 2014

we are family.....

{Salvage Sister Heather}
 We had an INCREDIBLE first weekend at Salvage Sisters.  A BIG thank you to our awesome customers who seemingly will follow us anywhere, park and walk a mile to get to us and no matter how many times we move, will show up on our first day with a smile. IT AMAZES AND HUMBLES US!
{Salvage Sister's Mama}
 Part of the mission of Salvage Sisters was to be able to have more family time.  I have so enjoyed the many hours spent working with my mom and Hannah preparing for our first show....laughing A LOT, fighting, arguing, all the wonderful things that families do!  One of my brothers and  my brother-in-law, his brother and my husband worked for free, loading and carrying furniture. My sister-in-law, Amy worked SOOO hard for two days straight while my youngest brother kept the kids.  I love being surrounded by my nieces and nephews....it gives me so much joy to hear them running around the shop together.
{Salvage Sister Heather}
 Hannah, the younger and much more organized Salvage Sister, kept things running in an orderly fashion while my scattered brain tried to remember how to use the cash register and what time we opened.
{Salvage Sister Hannah}
 We knew that we needed to make the equivalent of a month's income in two short days, and we met and exceeded it!
{Heather}

{Hannah}

{two of our three brothers~Heather holding Hannah...
proof that we were skinny once ;}

{favorite picture of my sweet Grandma who passed away when I was a teenager.
She would have been proud of us. She was the original SS...couldn't pass up
good junk for anything!}
 Thank you all, customers, family and friends who have supported us from day one...we love you!
A big thank you to our dear friends, Jennifer and her son Nathaneal who worked so hard all weekend and to Candace and Bill who came and sold their awesome Junkie Paint which was a BIG hit and will be available at our next show FOR SURE!
See you in February!


Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Salvage Sisters Grand Opening Friday and Saturday!! {Jan.17 &18}

Hello everyone! Well, after many many hours of hard work we are finally ready to open our new studio for our first vintage show!  We have been adding pictures on our FACEBOOK PAGE frequently and will post some more tomorrow if you want a sneak peek at some of our new merchandise!

Details:  Location: 1236 S. Church St. in Burlington.
                           {close to Williams High, Rich & Thompson
                            Funeral home, Pano's Cafe...}

             Date: January 17'th and 18'th

            Time: 9:00-5:00 both Friday and Saturday
     
            Payment: Cash or Check ONLY!

            Parking:   street parking, loading zone to pick up furniture
                           will be available. We will also be available
                           Sunday afternoon for furniture pickup.

            Entrance: front door closest to Church St.

We can't wait to show you our awesome new space!  Hope to see you there...

                                                              xoxo Hannah and Heather
                                                              secondhandrose@clearwire.net
         

Friday, December 20, 2013

our first official event at Salvage Sisters...


We christened our new studio last night with a fun family Christmas party!



{Salvage Mom and Dad}

{even Superman showed up}

{cute nieces and nephews everywhere}

We hope to use this space for party rentals, classes, ect. in between our show dates. Yep, that means you can have your party in our awesomely vintage new space!  Details coming soon...



{dessert table...yes please}


{all of these tables and chairs will be available for rent}









{Salvage Sister Hannah's 3 munchkins} 

{and my beautiful princess Olivia enjoying the festivities}
Merry Christmas from our family to yours! We can't wait for all the good things 2014 will bring! See you in January!

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

a new beginning...

the girls of "Nest" {Heather and Hannah}are starting a whole new chapter after 6+ years of keeping shop!  At the end of this year, we will be closing our sweet Mebane, NC shop and moving on...
This was a very difficult decision, as you can imagine, but we are ECSTATIC about the future!

As most of you know, Hannah and I are sisters...we love all the same things, chippy paint, rust, all things VINTAGE....!  Together we are starting a brand new business aptly named "Salvage Sisters".  I know, AWESOME name!

The CONCEPT:  "Salvage Sisters" will be housed in a large studio where we will have a monthly show every third Friday and Saturday. Our show will consist of the very same thing we've been doing at Nest all these years: selling incredible and fun vintage furniture, antiques and chic "junk"!  Each show will be filled with fresh merchandise at great prices and of course, displayed beautifully.  You have been asking us for years to paint your furniture...yep, custom painted furniture will be available starting in February! We will also be expanding our very popular line of vintage rentals. In addition, we are setting up a "shop" at THE BEST antique mall down south, The Depot at Gibson Mill in Concord, NC where you can shop our goods 7 days a week.

The WHY:  Running a shop is an extremely time-consuming job. We have loved every minute at Nest, but we are ready for some new adventures and challenges.  Having a monthly sale as opposed to running a shop will free up time for important things like: hunting for treasures, fixin' up junk, painting, floofing, more family time, free weekends, ect. ect.!  We will be able to bring you more great vintage finds at even better prices.

The WHERE:  Our new studio is located at 1236 S. Church St. in Burlington, NC.  For you locals we are very close to Williams High School on the opposite side of the street. Watch for signs and lots of activity in the next few months as we get the building ready...we have a LOT more space!  Why not stay in Mebane?  First our current building is just too small and the idea of a monthly sale does not embrace the purpose or enhance the social aspect of a downtown community. We found a building less than five minutes away from my {Heather's} home which will be an added bonus while raising a special-needs child.

The WHEN:  We will continue business as usual at our current Mebane location until the end of the year. We are so excited about this holiday season and celebrating our last Christmas as "Nest".  New merchandise will be arriving weekly as always. Our first Salvage Sisters show will be January 17'th and 18'th. Watch this blog and our FACEBOOK page for upcoming events and news!

THOUGHTS...you, our faithful customers and friends, have followed us since our very humble beginning and from the bottom of our hearts we thank you.  Hannah and I are just two raised-in-the-country-in-the-middle-of-a-cornfield-midwestern girls who discovered that our hearts belong in the south and happen to love old stuff and that love has taken us to this crazy place where we can follow our passion and do what we LOVE every day. Yes, we are blessed.

Mebane, our first {and last} year in this charming downtown has been incredible in every way. We were greeted and welcomed so warmly and have made lifetime friends. You will see us shopping and dining here very often, I can promise!