A little background...the reason for my title to this post is this bookstore has many faces. It's a bookstore, true, but it's also a nick-knack store, a jewelry store, an art gallery and much, much more!
Here you see books! What I love is that the employees that work here have this store super organized. They have signs posted above each section that says whether it's Fiction, Non-Fiction, Education, Health, Parenting, Religious, Cooking, etc, etc...you get the idea, right? The books are all alphabetized by author in each section!
And in little nooks and crannies, like on the shelf at the bottom of this photo, they tuck little treasures, like dolls, candle sticks, looks like there is even a Santa Claus cookie jar down there! Darn, wish I had seen that!
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And I forgot to put in my title that this is also a Hallmark Store!! Well not really, but see that nice, neat little section of different greeting cards? Nothing goes to waste once donated to Goodwill!
Also look carefully and you will see lots of other goodies, see some purses hanging on the wall behind the cashier? They also have some vintage jewelry back there too!
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The store has regular customers that come in and sit on weekends and just pass the time, just like a Barnes and Noble Bookstore...except without a Starbucks.
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I thought this was an interesting little corner to share because this is all their vintage books. I've been looking for a first edition copy of the book, The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney. It was a book I read over and over as a child until it fell apart. I always check out this section and hope that one day I will come upon it. That will be a happy-happy, joy-joy day!
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Here's a shot from the entrance, this room is located at the back of the store and there's lots of natural light which is perfect to show off all this cool artwork you can buy. It's all for sale! Someone that really loved ballet must have recently donated!
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I probably should have started with this photo as this is the front of the store.
Where to start! Ok, so on the shelves to the left you see magazines. Yes, they even salvage magazines, lots of Oprah's and Southern Living and others. More artwork of course, probably their newest arrivals! And lots of little nick-knacks on the shelves and even on the floor! You can see in the background what appears to be jewelry, it is!
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This is a very cute section too. They don't sell the little bookshelf itself, trust me I've asked because I love it, but it is always filled with lots of cute little treasures!
And because I was so busy taking photos I wasn't really paying much attention to what was on the shelf and now I see that little angel blowing a kiss!! Love it! Shoulda bought it!
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And now...my favorite section in the whole store...oh c'mon....who am I kidding, the whole store is my favorite. But you know how you save the best for last? Well I always save looking at the jewelry for last because it is my favorite part.
I have found tons of cute bracelets and necklaces here for great prices! And the great thing is the pieces I find here are unique one of a kind items that no one else has!
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I think that book in the front is one my mom or sister threw into my cart because I just looked around here at home and I don't have that book and I know it's not a book I would have been interested in. But the low-carb cookbook and the Atkins book behind it I will love going through.
So this is why I don't own a Kindle. Owning a kindle would keep me from the pleasure of visiting this great place filled with books and treasures and jewels and artwork and would probably put Goodwill out of business considering that I visit this place almost every weekend...but wouldn't you if you had it in your home town?
That is a cool store, and I was thinking that I wished ours was like that, then it occurred to me, I have no idea what ours is like. I have never been in it. I have made plenty of donations at the drive through, but I have never been in the store. We are great crap collectors so it is probably a good idea not to go in.
ReplyDeleteI could see myself coming out with a cart full of books and my wife having a cart full of clothes and knickknacks. The books I would never read because I do have a Kindle. When I read a regular book, it rudely wakes me up when it hits the floor. The kindle I tuck into my lap with a small pillow and I can sleep in peace. Reading has become a nap interrupted by paragraphs. With the convenient size, I am reading a 1000 page novel at the moment in comfort, the storage...1100 books at my fingertips with search capability, an easy to read screen and the ability to change font size to gigantic if needed, the Kindle is one of the great advances in old man dufferdom. I have spent many a pleasant hour sleeping with my Kindle.
I know my brother LOVES his Kindle and he can't imagine reading a regular book. But this bookstore gets me out of the house....lol. Didn't I tell ya it was a super nice place to visit? The employees are great as are the customers as we are all birds of a feather. You never know, I may meet my rock here...stranger things have been known to happen. At least I would know he either loved books or art right?
DeleteWow, that is the nicest thrift store I have seen! I love books too.
ReplyDeleteMy sister asked me if I called ahead to have them stage it nice and neat...lol. Nope, it is always like that. I love it there.
DeleteLovely, well-organized store! In fact the book section looks more like a library in my part of the world.
ReplyDeleteGlad you've got a place besides your home, that gives you so much joy and pleasure.