Boy, it’s no joke about summer being the slow retail season here in NYC! Everyone who can go away, does. Those who are left behind are either working or at the beach. We struggled through. I think there was an entire week that we did not sell one thing. Then, a couple of weeks ago, it just picked up again. Just like that. But dayum, we were nervous!

We are pleased to announce that the store is fairly empty right now. Once we do a big shopping trip tomorrow, we’ll have new fall merchandise! Well, that was a blessing that most of the big pieces that sat around all summer just sold within a week. Now we don’t have to hold any clearance sales.

We bid farewell to those items we’ve been looking at all summer. Hope their new owners are happy with them!

By far, the most emotional sale was the pair of cherub sconces that I priced NOT to sell. They were purchased for a house I was dressing up to the nines, but when I decided to put it on the market, I took the sconces with me. They didn’t work in my current home, so I hung them at the shop where they remained looking beautiful until a guy walked in one day and just bought them. Yes, I cried, but of course I was also happy to be able to pay my expenses after a dreadful summer. The buyer sent photos of the living room where they’ll hang and they will look great! He’s going to give us an update once they’re hung.

When we purchased this mid century hutch we priced it at $295 and thought it would sell immediately. We learned that not too many people have room for hutches in NYC where space is a luxury. It even sat there when we lowered the price to $195. Finally, someone in Astoria, Queens had the space for it!

Same spatial issues with this sideboard. You can’t quite use it as a dresser, so it’s more of a dining room piece and since dining rooms aren’t the norm in these parts, especially with apartment dwellers, it had to wait for the right person. 

Ah, the red desk. So much interest yet nobody took the plunge until another Queens person committed to the purchase online. Yeah, we don’t know why this credenza stayed with us as long as it did. All we can say is “summer”. Glad it’s over and this piece has finally found a new home.

Can’t wait to hit the “pickers” tomorrow!