“Vintage Indie” Hot Spot – Feather Your Nest Eureka Springs, Arkansas Interview & Store Tour
It’s been awhile since we’ve had a Vintage Hot Spot feature. Today I’m excited to bring you a Vintage Hot Spot interview and tour of Feather Your Nest Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Please welcome owner Gina Drennon to Vintage Indie.
When did you open?
Feather Your Nest opened in 2003.What is your shop
address?
512 Village Circle (in Pine Mountain Village), Eureka Springs,
Arkansas
72632
What are your
hours? We are open
10am-5pm M-Thurs, 10am-6pm Friday & Saturday, 10am-3pm on
Sunday. We are seasonal & closed in January
& February.
What kind of store is
Feather Your Nest? Feather Your
Nest features vintage and vintage-inspired home and garden decor and
accessories. We also have lots of great gifts and
treats: candles, lotions, soaps, jewelry, oilcloth
bags, cards, kids & baby, and
more.
(Photo left, Our red & white kitchen area. The Eat Sign is made by an Amish
man. We’re often sold out for weeks because they certainly do things on
their own time!)
Do you hold any
special events at your store? Because we
are located in a tourist resort, the majority of our customer base lives
outside of the area. So Feather Your Nest does not do special
events alone. We are located in a Victorian-themed shopping
village and as a whole we have in the past and plan to put on events such
as Victorian Fair, Ice Cream Social, Sidewalk Sale (to coincide with
city-wide yard sale weekend), and Christmas shopping
events.
(Photo left, Front table at entry. Currently decorated
with garden in blues & greens."
Is
shopping indie and small businesses important to you? If so,
why? Absolutely! Besides feeling like a total
hypocrite for not reciprocating by shopping with other indie businesses,
I just know that I’m going to have a better experience every time.
The quality of products and the customer service are always exceedingly
higher with an indie/small
business.
(Photo left, This is one of my favorite displays. Our Good Home Co.
and Sweetgrass Farms laundry products displayed on an old wooden ironing board
we found.)
(Photo left, An assortment of vintage goodies. Photo Right, Garden sign (imported from England) and other garden
goodies)
Anything else you
would like to add? In February 2008
we were honored to have our store featured in the "Shopkeeping" feature
of Romantic Homes magazine and in November 2005 our online store was listed in
the "Best of the Web" section of InStyle magazine. We’ve also had
numerous products featured in national magazines and prominent
web sites.
(Photo Left, French Olive Oil Soaps & container gardens
display)
Don’t live anywhere near Eureka Springs, Arkansa? Lucky you, can shop online at the Feather Your Nest website!
HEllo, I love your shop.. I will be in Eureka Springs in august. i go up there every august to the auditorium to play music at the bluegrass festival.. I hope to stop in your shop.. Wow what a great place to hae a business. it is such a unique place.. sheila at