Built in the 1930's the home for Brisbane's most enchanting new retail store has been lovingly brought to life by Michelle Gillies and her partner Jules over the past few months. The house and neighbouring boarding house are steeped in history with 3 generations of Jules family breathing new life into them over the years.nook is the end product of Michelle and Jules vision to bring some eco friendly, vintage and handmade uniqueness to Brisbane's West End - in fact they have really tapped into their own brand of contemporary cool style - warm and open with a distinctive vintage vibe.
Michelle is of course famous for bringing "Pedrosprout" felt booties to the world. Her gorgeous designs are constantly in demand worldwide and so she has set up her sewing machine behind the counter so she can create away til her hearts delight
Not so tonight as the people tumbled in to celebrate nook's official launch. Michelle was busy wrapping up the constant flow of purchases while Jules played the consummate host.
Seen proudly sporting new purchases in nook's signature eco friendly carry bags were Thea from Thea and Sami, Eleni from Curly head Design, Em and Bel from EmBelish, Ali from Jellygnite and Little Jellygnite, Teneale from Wicked Child Designs
Sylve and Ellie from Red Seed Studio , Miss Ruby and Jade from BeckybeanOoh what a lovely night it was to catch up!
During the week nook aquired some Ruby goodness with a collection of one of a kind Vintage Fabric covered button rings made from original buttons from the 50's, 60's and 70's. They look pretty fabbo nestled in with all the handmade creations from Brisbane and beyond.There is so much to discover in this lil' nook so pop on down and do a little exploring of your own. In the meantime you can check out all the amazing eco, vintage and handmade designers at the nook blogspot here
Happy nooking .... once you've discovered it you'll be entranced forever.
xh
7 comments:
I may have remembered my camera, but glad to see someone remembered to take photos!
What a lovely little store.
Nook looks like such a great shop - I will have to get up to Brissy and check it out
I am very jaleous ;))You all looked fabulous on that photo great!
I had so much fun, but so little time. Will have to visit the store again soon. I purchased a 'fit as a fiddle' badge which Tim loved. He wore it all day yesterday with pride. You can see it on my blog if you like.
Hope to see you next weekend Helen, and thanks for the photos. Our camera died as we entered the store :( Your rings looked awesome in the shop xoxo
Great photo's Helen! Thanks so much for being at the Launch. Jules was extremely excited when I told him he got a mention on your blog - 'What did she say, what did she say??!' he hee.
Wow, this place looks great and with so many talented people's stuff in stock its sure to do well.
Looking forward to the visit soon ... I missed seeing you on Sun at SBYDM, being by myself gets tricky sometimes ... so I didn;t get any Frida Love ... do you have pics of your new stuff somewhere? I looked in your shop :( no Frida, I can't see you this weekend as we'll both be at seperate markets. guess I'll have to wait until Racecourse rd ... i-m-p-a-t-i-e-n-t
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