Second Hand Rose: Costumes and Leaves - First day of the October Sale!!

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Costumes and Leaves - First day of the October Sale!!

The October sale started today - one of my very favorite sales of the year! The colors and textures and mums and pumpkins and gourds - and an entire week of GORGEOUS weather - Life just doesn't get any better. And look at the parking areas - absolutely packed!!! When we opened the doors at 9am we were just about stampeded!

One of my favorite things about the October sale is that we cover the floors with leaves - this year they were all from Barb's yard!

We have such great customers - they come in and laugh about the leaves, laugh at the thought of us cleaning it all up, don't mind the dust it involves, and crunch their way thru the shop!

I think the youngest customers love it best - the kids stop dead and their eyes get big and then they all enjoy crunching and playing in the leaves - and of course that just gives us an excuse to do the same!!

Meet Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater - our official greeter on the deck!

Rose - our fearless leader, Grand Poobah, and probably one of the best looking scarecrows I've ever seen!

My husband Mike - our official Thursday morning "shop lifter" and Rose - hmmmmmmm, do you think I should be worried!?!?

And Mike with Gail - one hot witch!!! Mike doesn't like to be photographed usually - guess it is different with a pretty gal at his side!

Cindy C - our Ma Ingalls!!!

Me - a member of Junk Hunters Anonymous!

Ima Bee - usually known as Barb!

And our witch Gail!

A shot of the deck, a great pumpkin, some wonderful cages - and a perfectly blue sky!

A look into Bonnie's area - gotta love her pumpkin paintings!

Mary Ann had these great blue bins - and her watch crow!

LOVE the colors Cindy K used in her area!

Rose's great screen - what an awesome idea huh? Her photos were all attached permanently - but a corkboard screen would work great to display family photos that you want to keep updating!

Mike's center island - the top is made from salvaged bowling alley!!

Gail's chair and a half - it was so pretty and gorgeous - and Sold!!

1 comment:

red.neck chicOctober 8, 2010 at 12:13 PM
I'd so be laid out on that floor making leaf angels...

seriously. LOL

and I NEED the table that Mike worked his magic on - as well as the bar stools!!! It all looks like some festive fun!!!

;-D robelyn
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SECOND HAND ROSE was brought to life 27 years ago by Rosalie Darden. Most people thought that opening the doors of a shop only 4 days a month was ridiculous – and yet SECOND HAND ROSE is still thriving all these years later and has inspired occasional sales all across the country, nine in Buffalo alone.

Rose decided to retire in the fall of 2010. The news hit everyone hard – no more Second Hand Rose????? So she decided to see if she could find some buyers for the business.

BRAD and AMY JOHNSON to the rescue!!!!! Brad and Amy Johnson have been customers of SHR for years and say that much of their home, offices and cabin are furnished with items purchased from SHR. They are a young, ambitious, dedicated, creative, enthusiastic, hard working couple with three wonderful boys (Carter, Parker and Hunter) and a very supportive extended family to help them in this new endeavor. Their goal is to take all the best parts of SHR that set us apart from other shops and build on that - they won’t fix what ain’t broke – but will add wonderful new ideas, items, and dealers to make SECOND HAND ROSE bigger and better! Our goals are still to keep up to date with the latest color trends, seasonal ideas, usable and unusual furnishings and incredible one-of-a-kind funky pieces that add up to the “Unexpected” that make SECOND HAND ROSE second to none!

Many of the dealers you have known for years are still there and will continue to be a part of the NEW SHR and you will soon meet some wonderful new creative faces as well!! So keep on coming out and watch us grow! You won’t want to miss a moment of the New SECOND HAND ROSE!!