I've always had an eye for hidden treasures.
My very first memory is at the age of six, when I saw an abandoned baby doll crib home tossed on my neighbor's curb for trash pick-up. While one of the fellow little girls in my neighborhood had only seen trash, I saw treasure. After giving the home some love with clean-up and minor repair, I had an rare, exquisite bed for my beloved dolls.

This feeling of synchronicity repeated itself when I was 14. I saw an amazing pair of wicker chairs!!, My mom looked at the wicker chairs at the garage sale we were strolling through and all she saw were pieces of junk!!! I looked at the chairs and saw a vision come to life in my mind - how those chairs would look after a clean-up and a canary yellow paint coat. I begged her to let me purchase them, and when I did, I was able to breathe life and love into those chairs, which turned out to be the perfect vintage edition to my teenage bedroom, decked out in a yellow canary shag carpet and "Peter Max" wall mural.

These finds meant more to me just than purchasing a store bought doll bed or chair like all of the other girls had. There's something so special and heart-driven in finding the possibility and beauty in what others overlook.

One day, I was driving through town and saw a "For Lease" sign. Something within me stirred, like I was stumbling across another abandoned doll bed, another neglected wicker chair. It was just an empty room, but I could see a flicker of diamond in the rough, a vision forming within my mind. I wanted to create a place where I could use my eye to curate special finds for others. A boutique where patrons could step into and escape into a lavender day dream. An oasis where you can find unique gifts and furniture that have a genuine charm to them.

Creating a boutique calls for being in the right place, right time, with the right eye to see the flicker of gold hidden within.