One of my all time Heros Of Styling is once again back in the brick and mortar side of doing biz. Debbie Dusenberry of Curious Sofa has reopened in the Old West Bottoms in a shop called Top Hat Mercantile.
I've always loved her whites, well, everything about her sense of display and style.
The store shows her attention to detail, what interesting signage.
I was happy to see my friend, Joyce there too. Some of the most favorite things in my home came from her in the past.
Beth, the Other Karla, and I decided we needed a day out. Beth is an accomplished shopper, and is serious about it. She likes to scour out the items fresh to the market, mostly from estate sales and auctions to offer her customers, not just buy something in a mall that someone else has already found and resell that. So first, we went to some estate sales, and snatched up some cool loot.
After restocking her inventory at the early morning estate sales, we took off for the Old West Bottoms for social shopping once her working portion of the day was done.
Not that we didn't purchase items at the vast warehouse style malls that Kansas City has to offer now, but usually the kinds of things we find at those places are for personal use or supplies for projects. And there are such pretty booths to look at that, it is always an inspirational trip too.
Gwen's store, French by Design is a great example of something drool-worthy and inspiring.
She and her sis, just got a container shipped back from France and have a giant sized, second spot at Bottoms Up filled up with old world beauty.
I could have dug through her piles of vintage French magazines for most of the morning. 
That is The Other Karla in the mirror.
We visited Sandee Millet too. Her rustic style and sunny smile always draws me into her booth.
Stopping to say hi to friends, makes the day trip even more fun.
Thanks for the post Karla!! Great pics. And so good to see you and Beth as always!!!