Potpourri Post: My bathroom, mora clocks, stores opening and closing.

Maison Decor 

150 Main Street, Reading, MA

Life is so crazy right now! 

We are on speed dial with all the things that are going on in our 

shopkeeping lives. That includes running the Reading Mass store 

from Tuesdays through Saturdays while we close down our first retail 

location that we opened two years ago that evolved into our warehouse

when we moved business to Reading. 

 So we are open and closing and opening stores!

Maison Decor Warehouse

50 Summer Street, Malden, MA

I snapped this window shot after I left our "warehouse" location in Malden

this week. Getting it all sorted out~whats going to go into our new Boston

shop, Pioneer Goods Co, and what will go to Reading. 

Cleaning, sorting, and moving!

 So much harder than opening a new shop I think.

Pioneer Goods Co.

764 Tremont Street, Boston, MA

This is an Instagram post from our Boston shop.

If you follow along on IG @PioneerGoods,

 you will get to see the behind the scenes

in realtime updates on how Justin is doing.  

Of course business continues as usual with the selling of

Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan and our wonderful Mora clocks.

Available in both wall and floor models, these

painted reproductions are one of the most popular items we sell.

We sell so many that we don't have them in the shop for very long.

We recommend to call ahead if you want to see one in person,

because as soon as they are painted and hand finished,

 they are shipped out to their forever homes!

This antique white Deluxe Floor Mora is waiting to be picked

up by the owner who placed her order in person.

For those who order online, we offer a color selection

of the actual painted finishes on wooden samplers.

You can find these and the clocks on our website at 

shopmaisondecor.com

Decorating for clients and doing quick room makeovers

is part of our business too.  I use HomeGoods accessories, like

this padded storage bench, as part of my involvement 

with the Pinterest Happy by Design program,

as well as decorative items from Maison Decor to bring

rooms back to life and it makes for happy clients!

You might remember this room that I did recently for Anna.

I showed the before, during and after on the blog.

The last piece of the room installation was this gorgeous aqua colored

wool rug to tie it all together!  The pillows, wing chairs, garden stool 

and bookcase accessories were all items from HomeGoods!

The carpet and baskets were from Maison Decor.

I will be doing more room makeovers, and now I have my 

assistant, Gina, that will be helping me with these installations.

Last but not least has been trying to get things done in my own home.

I have several projects I am attempting to finish....

the last time I did a major project was about two years ago.

I did these closet doors in my bathroom.  Channeling a Paris Apartment,

I added appliques from Lowes and painted them pink, taupe and gold.

Now I carry the most delicious assortment of appliques, called Efex.

I would have loved to have them at my disposal when I did this project.

At any rate, two years ago in the middle of doing my bathroom over

I took a workshop from Annie Sloan herself in Boston. I planned to blog

about it and then get back to my bathroom project. 

Well that never happened, because she inspired me so much

that I decided to open a little shop selling her paint.

And that abruptly halted my home decor plans....!!!

But I hope to get a bit of my home life back and decorating and 

doing projects is one thing I dearly love.  

I spent my day off this week adding another shelf in the top of my closet so 

I could organize my shoe boxes and hats.  What a difference it made!

There is something wonderful about going into a neatly organized closet.

Its the little things that make me happy!  

Like spring finally arriving in Boston and planting some flowers.

Finally getting to enjoy a bit of gardening.

I wish all of your mothers out there a wonderful Mothers Day.

For those of you without moms in your lives, I will be thinking

of you too.  My own mom just came back from Florida as she is 

a "snow bird".  She is settling back into her home with my dad 

on Martha's Vineyard for the spring and summer.

Happy Mother's Day Mom!! 

I love you!

Note: Part of this post is sponsored by HomeGoods as I am a participating designer in their program on Pinterest, Happy By Design.