Upcoming Baby and Shoes Peek

Coming to the Etsy DeluxaClothing store soon:

Upcoming Jewelry Peek

Got about half way through shooting jewelry that should be hitting the shop in the next few days. Some really nice shots that I thought I'd share:

Made It To The Front Page!

This is old news for Facebook fans--er--scratch that, what do I call them... "like"-ers? You know who I mean. Anyhow, my refinished fuchsia vanity desk and stool were featured on the front page of Etsy. Word.

1500+ views! Still available too!

Thank you Hailey!

Coming Soon to the Etsy Stores

Lots of cute shoes and a handful of housewares:

Etsy Home Updates

Been to the Etsy Home shop lately? Here's some of the new arrivals:

New Clothing Arrivals

New listings from some great dresses and tops in the Etsy Clothing store.

New listings on Market Publique as well!

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New Arrivals!

Just a few new arrivals in the Etsy clothing and Etsy home stores:

Lime green silver threaded dress with rhinestones and crystal pendants, $58.



Stone glazed trio of mushrooms, $65. (I'm actually not sure I can part with these...they look so cute with this guy.)



Authentic Girl Scout sash with Brooklyn badges and pins, $22.



Bakelite wall container, $22.



60's Girl with Pearlized Inlay Frame, $18.



Men's (or women's) Lacoste plaid button up, $24.

Some of the Latest

Powder blue polka dot dress, $42.

Two Way Two Tiered Shade Lamp, $120.

70's Leather Mahogany Colored Jacket, $48.

Large Blue Midcentury Vase, $70.

Pair of Sheer Curtain Panels, SOLD

A Word on Our Virtual Stores

So, as it looks as we're going internet only (there should be a better word for this, no?), it seems the old Etsy shop just wasn't going to quite cut it. We've made some great contacts there, some faithful customers, and have been favorited close to 350 times, but with the thought of putting our entire inventory online, it would seem that the store would become a glut of inventory all in one place. Some stores seem to thrive in this, having twenty, thirty pages of vintage goods. Me, when I see that, I turn tail and search more selective vintage pastures where I can cherry pick what I'm looking for. Thus, the decision to open two new stores.

The original store is going to linger on for a bit longer until the other stores are thriving a bit more. Oh, and of course, the new stores, which are, (drum roll.........) DeluxaHome and DeluxaClothing. I showed off the new banners a while back, which are indeed in place, along with more right and proper shop policies, more accurate shipping information and options, and more specialized categories for properly swimming through all that is Deluxa. At least on Etsy, that is.

If you've been watching our furniture from afar, good news! We're selling on eBay now, which I think I've mentioned, but here is an official temporary link to us as a "seller" (we've got to earn our wings before we can get a right and proper eBay store)--we are "DeluxaModern".

Oh yeah, and I did a new Twitter background. And I'm uploading current furniture to our Facebook account to keep up there as well.

New official phone number to be installed Thursday as well.

I think I need a nap.

Today's Pics

Koala wall hanging, $60. Monkeypod bowl, $22. Porcelain lamp, $34. Lampshades (one pictured, sold as pair), $55. Set of 4 calico place mats, sold. Set of 8 Bombay hors d'ouvres forks, $5 (several sets available). Pole lamp, with original box in near mint condition, sold. Transparent blue vase, $65. Log bowl, sold.

At this point, I've got my new Etsy stores finally lined up (thank you Etsy support!), the furniture starting to get up for sale/auction on eBay, and TONS of photo'ed listings needing to be added, going all the way back to the Aloft photo shoot, up through some of the newer things that have been popping up here on the blog.

Wish me luck with my slow (building provided) internet! Today was day three of the requisite hour-long phone calls with Verizon, looking to get an individual (and speedy! oh I miss you speed!) DSL account. They are going to "update" me on Wednesday as to why it is they can't seem to figure out how to give me service...

Official New Address, Start of Relaunch!

Whew! What a crazy long month, and it's not even the holidays yet. The good news though is that we've secured new location for Deluxa in East Williamsburg off the L at Morgan in the OfficeOps building on Thames Street.

If you're not familiar with the area, it is a bit debatable if this is still "technically" East Williamsburg, or Bushwick, and even some have nicknamed it "Morgantown" for the Morgan stop on the L train. Regardless, I'd describe the area as something like East-Village-meets-Soho-in-the-BK, with soaring industrial buildings, street level murals, great street fashion, and the feeling that something in the air is...happening. I love our area here in Carroll Gardens, but the something in the air here is maybe a bit more staid--not quite happening. There are also lots of new business opening, and it turns out more than a couple friends and acquaintances already call the area home.

In addition to powering down the store here (please come in and help me move what is left! lots of lovelies! at least 50% off almost everything--often more!), I'm starting to rev up our transition to internet based sales. While our final internet trajectory is still being debated (Etsy only? Etsy and direct sales? Direct sales only??? Look at those Three Potato Four people...HMMMMMmmmmm...Oy, and boy would I love to learn Flash and do something like that Supermarket Sarah)--for now, and for at first at least, furniture will be on Craigstlist and Ebay (listings to come), and then a stand alone Etsy stores for clothing and home. I designed/redesigned the store banners for the stores, and have decided the new deluxa design scheme will consist of our original "deluxa" typography logo, and Helvetica Thin, and in black and white as much as possible. Here we go...

Important Deluxa News

After going for a little over a year here in Carroll Gardens, Deluxa will be moving on to greener, more internet friendly pastures. Our last day in store will be sometime between Christmas and New Years. We are hoping in the up coming months to set up a photo studio and furniture show room in East Williamsburg, open by appointment, and will move all of our clothing and housewares sales exclusively online. It is a decision made with both sadness and excitement, as Deluxa enters a new phase.

With closing the store, we are sad to leave our local friends, John and Kirsten of Ilampe, all the kids at Naidre's, Eton Chang and his staff at Eton (who has also left the block for the higher traffic Smith Street area), Angelo and Rocco of General Nightmare, regular customers like Peter, Wendy, Tom, Bo and Kristen, Jen, and a bunch more who's names I forget, but whose faces I don't. I've also got to give a big thanks to our personal friends who have helped and supported us as we started this adventure: Gina and Meghan, John and Kim of Aloft, Lloyd, Ryan, Andrew, Dirk (who is soon to start a vintage and antiques business of his own), Amy of Tiburon, and of course most importantly our family who have been incredibly supportive in every way in getting us here so far.

But as this door closes, a new one will be opening, and for that, we are grateful. Here's looking forward to the future!

PS. COME TO OUR CLEARANCE SALE! TONS O' SCORES!

Etsy Photo Shoot at Aloft

Had a great day today at Aloft studio getting some fantastic shots of our clothing collection to launch in the Etsy shop. Here's a peek of the great studio, and a couple sneak peaks at the shots for the upcoming listings.

Mint Pole Tension Lamp with Box

Mint condition pole tension lamp in store with the original box it was stored in--not even the slightest layers of dust or wear! Casts gorgeous turquoise light... Available in store for $245 or on Etsy. Hoping to get a preview of our Pennsylvania finds up later today too!

Some of the Latest From Etsy

Here's just a peek at some of the latest from our Etsy postings--check them out if you're starting to think about Xmas!!!

Lots of New Arrivals in the Etsy Store

Kept up with the Etsy store lately? A bevy of new arrivals--more to come soon, too!

Red Plaid Umbrella

I just couldn't resist posting these pics I took yesterday. Should be hitting the Etsy store this afternoon, along with some other tasty goodies...

PS. That's our Alvar Aalto 65 chair--we've got two!