Welcome to Gigi’s Backroads Furniture Blog! This is a mixture of decorating
projects, refurbishing and re-purposing of furniture. For years my friends and I sold our work
in an old barn that dates back to the mid 1860’s, the owner is a great friend of mine.
Many of our customers wonder how we do our projects and where we find the furniture. I hope to answer many of those questions in the coming post.
Come
along and follow my path, feel free to post questions and comments. Gigi’s Backroads Furniture would love
to hear from you.
I could
be labeled as a picker, antique dealer, garage sale junkie or a junk collector
whatever you call it, I love what I do. Located just outside big city life off a beaten path in
Michigan.
Having received so much positive feedback
from local customers has given me the inspiration for this blog. Our goal is to make what we do fun and enjoyable for our customers.
A huge amount of work goes into our projects and after
long hard days we stage completed projects on the old barn floor. Take a peek around the old
barn and you can judge for yourself the draw to it.
For those that
don’t quite know, this is not your typical barn sale that we do. Men walk in the door, hesitate, many
will turn around, and walk out. No tools for sale or boxes of junk lying around. We are more of a
“girls” barn sale and a bit girlie.
Many women bring their husbands but it’s the women that do most of the shopping here. The array of furniture is creatively staged so customers can visualize it for their homes.
Many women make it a girl’s day out. The
hype may be in part that we are open less then fifteen days per year. Those
that know what we do want to be the first in line to get in. It can get crazy.
We look at pottery barn to stay on top of what is
in with color and fabrics. We paint items and look to the awesome colors and color combinations from the
Annie Sloan Chalk Paint collection found at a local distributor or colorist. We offer
many styles of furniture from Vintage, cottage style, to urban
farmhouse, with a dash of primitive, but Shabby Chic is still our top seller.
I hope
you will come back to see the new projects we have been working on.
I’ve
enjoyed sharing some of my photos and I will be sharing more soon! Thanks again for coming by. Please leave your comments, I’d love to hear from you!
