Our Top 10

Ten is a very tiny number when it comes to listing our favorite things.  The true list is endless, but for now, we'll give you the abbreviated version.  Here are some items and or design concepts we're currently in love with.  Some of these you can find in the store now.  Others are things we have on our own wish list and will be looking for when we buy for the store.

*Please note, these are in no particular order.  Don't make us choose! 

Starting off the list is one of our all time favorites; silver! This is a staple in the store, and the older and unpolished, the better.  We love teapots & water pitchers for flowers, trays for serving, as well as displaying, and cream and sugar cups, just because!

Another constant favorite of ours are curtain crowns.  We get them in the store from time to time but they are hard to keep in stock!  Our customers share our love for these.  Great for little girls' rooms but can be transitioned into gorgeous master bedrooms.  Obviously you need the perfect curtain to go with them, but we can help you with that too!

Copper; a new favorite around TWR!  We haven't found much yet but we have our eyes out.  Use it similarly to silver; decorate and repurpose it for this and that.  But do not use it as a replacement for silver.  Number one rule at The White Rabbit: DO NOT BE AFRAID TO MIX!!

Okay, when I said not to ask us to pick our favorite of the 10, I wasn't thinking about this one.  This just might have to be at the top of our list.  And really, no description is necessary. 

There she is, in all her glory.  We found her a week ago and it took three days to clean.  It was worth every minute. 

The next of our favorites could be an underestimated gem.  Books.  It's as simple as that.  Old books can be used to create height within a display or bring color or texture to any nook in your home.  We have them around every corner at the store! 

Some may think this next one is seasonal, but we think shells can be used all year round.  Why wouldn't you want to?  It's that small reminder of the beach.  Who doesn't need that from time to time?  Currently, we are loving sea fans.  We will be ordering more due to the fact the first shipment sold out within the week.  In addition, we love coral, and obviously starfish. 

Now we want to make this clear, nothing will ever replace our beloved Cottage White paint.  It's been our most popular paint color for YEARS.  Lately, however Perfect Taupe by Behr has been a top seller around here.  The color is very neutral, with just a hint of gray.  It looks great next to unpainted hardware, like the pull of a drawer.  It also brought new life to one of our china cabinets.  Needless to say, both of these pieces are sold.  

Each employee at the store has their own unique style when it comes to home decor.  With one exception; we are OBSESSED with anything gilded.  I do not say this lightly.  "I saw it first" is a common statement heard at the store.  Mirrors are something we all collect, but any little trinket with a bow, heart or cherub will really get us going.  

Another item we are looking for lately has been rugs.  They are harder to find because the older ones are not in the best condition, but sometimes, when we're lucky, a perfect one will come our way.  Vibrant colors, intricate patterns; we can't say no.  And don't think for one second that you just need one rug per room.  NO! Layer, layer, LAYER! 

*PS: These pictures are from two of our employees houses.  Can you guess which employees?? 

Rounding out the list are peonies.  Both fresh and dried, we have no preference.  They are great in any arrangement, in any part of the house.  I mean really, what makes you happier than flowers??

We hope that our list brings you some inspiration.  Come into the store and we'll help you create your own Top 10 List! 

Tokyomilk Mother's Day Display Contest

Tokyomilk has been a staple at our store for a while now.  We are obsessed with all the scents, different products and adorable packaging.  Our customers love them as well. We can hardly keep the French Kiss and Dead Sexy scented items in stock! 

Around special occasions such as Christmas and Mothers' Day Tokyomilk will ask their distributers (boutiques like us) to participate in display competitions.  Needless to say we jumped at this recent chance.  

Take a look at what we put together for our Mothers' Day promotion! 

We already love the French inspired look of Tokyomilk but we wanted to add some of our own elements such as the shabby shutters, vintage chair and elegant chandelier. (Some of our favorite things) 

This particular contest theme was thought up by Margot Elena, a designer at Tokyomilk who has done some amazing things for the brand as well as others.  The image provided to us is one of a beautiful French woman which matched a French bust we already had in the store.  How perfect? 

Come in and check out the display in person! As a promotion we are giving away a free umbrella with a purchase of $50 or more of Toykomilk products*. 

*While supplies last. 

******UPDATE!!!!!!  We won FIRST place!!!!!!!!  Whaaaaaat?!?!?!?  So exciting!  Here's what they posted on their site!!!!  We seriously have the best team of ladies at The White Rabbit.  I'm just so proud!

It's Spring!! Some pics of the store and a Spring Photo Contest!

Yippee!  It's officially Spring and we are so excited about what that means for decorating our homes!  It's time for bright colors, new paint, and fresh flowers!  We've been busy getting the store looking fresh and cheery for the beautiful weather ahead.  Here are a few pictures of what we've been doing for Spring.  Take a look and then read about a contest where we'd like to see what's in your home!

We've been experimenting with sort of a purple/gray color, yellow, and turquoise.  We are loving gold mirrors with the shabby chic look.  

We are STILL in love with the mint green color that was popular last Spring.

 We've been loving a few special items WITHOUT paint(GASP!)
Yep, that's a real first for us!  This is a bench made from an old headboard.

 Pretty, pretty turquoise is amazing on vintage pieces.  It gives them a whole new life!

Colorful curtains and pillows.

 Above all for Spring of 2014, we are using a lot more color in the store.  We still love white and it remains the best-selling color for vintage painted furniture but we've added a lot of colorful pillows, curtains and wall decor.

Now that you've seen a few pictures of The White Rabbit this Spring, we'd love to see what you've done with something you bought from us!  Send us a picture(1 pic only please!) of something from The White Rabbit in your home along with 2 or 3 sentences about why you love it.  I will post the pictures on the blog and then ask people to vote for their favorite photo.
The winner will get a $125 gift certificate to The White Rabbit!!

Send your photo to emailtwr@yahoo.com along with your 2-3 sentences and your name.  Deadline to enter is midnight on April 1st.  I will post the photos on the 3rd and count the votes on the 10th and announce the winner.  I'll also be promoting it on Facebook so you can link to it on there too.  Can't wait to see your picture!  

P.S. Sorry to our 7 employees but I think it would be unfair for you ladies to enter.  (I knew you'd ask, especially Emily...lol.)  

Market Trip 2013 Part 3

This is part 3 of my entries about our trip to market this January.  This part is about the things I ordered for the holidays.  Believe it or not, we order it in January and it starts shipping in July.  Yep, we're pretty much knee deep in Christmas all year round!  I feel really good about all the things I ordered this year and I definitely ordered more than I did last year! I also ordered some RED which is something we've never had during the holidays.  We've always gone with mostly white and silver but this year there will actually be color!

These prints are phenomenal.  I like them because they can be out all winter and they're really neutral.  This natural/pine theme is going to be a huge area in the store for 2013 holiday.

And on the other end of the spectrum, I also did some orders for a pastel Christmas area.  I wasn't sure if pastels would be a big deal in 2013 but I kept seeing it over and over in the showrooms so I ordered enough to make a really fun section of the store.

We had this angel last year and she kept flying out the door.  (tee hee, I couldn't resist)

These jars below are mercury glass and they're tiny.  I haven't seen little bitty ones like this yet so I had to get them.  Apparently mercury glass will still be around for this year's Christmas because I saw a lot of it.  The only difference is that there were a lot of colored pieces mixed in with the silver this year.

Here's an example of another color.  It's almost a rose gold.  Isn't it pretty?

Last year, we were lacking in Santas and snowmen so I made sure to order lots of different kinds like the one below.

Below are some ornaments I ordered.  Above all else for 2013, I ordered about A MILLION ornaments.  A lot of you were going to ornament exchanges and asking for unique ornaments this past season.  We had some great ones, but the selection for 2013 is going to be crazy.  My brother was helping me order and he said, "Do you think we have enough ornaments?!?!"

Cute house from Bethany Lowe.

This is one of the displays in the Bethany Lowe showroom.  Her style probably matches ours more than any of the other vendors.  We love all the artists that design pieces for her showroom!

More Bethany Lowe

Don't you love this Santa?  He's got a sack on his back with a bunch of goodies too!

One of our areas is going to be all cream and gold like these bottlebrush trees.

This is also Bethany Lowe.  I ordered a lot of these gold pieces.

These ornaments are made to look like they have snow inside.  It's not a great picture but they're really cool in person.

More Bethany Lowe displays.

I have a favorite showroom for holiday florals where I ordered garland, trees, picks, wreaths, branches, etc. I got the popular long needle pine garland that is so popular for us year after year again.  It's $26 for a 6ft strand and every year we go through nearly 200 of them.  I also got a version that is similar but has flocking on it.

This deer with pine is all one piece.  It's great to go above the mantel and we love him with ornaments hanging from the antlers.  We had him a couple of years ago but I decided to bring him back.

                                                    

They also had some really full looking silver garland and candlerings like the one below.  I love that it's silver without looking too shiny or cheap.  I have found that the shinier the florals, the more fake they look.  This company gets it right!

I took this picture just to show how crowded the showrooms get sometimes.  At times, you can't get through and have to wait for people to move before you can finish ordering.

Below are some pictures from the Cody Foster setup.  He's one of our favorite designers.

Little ship-in-a-bottle ornaments!

Ordered the doggies below.  If you know The White Rabbit family at all, you know that we ADORE dogs.

A whole wall of the little vintage inspired houses!!  I could sit and look at them for hours.

Here's a closeup of one with a little truck parked outside.  I got this one.

 The candle below actually clips onto a tree branch.  It's mercury glass.  I LOVE when you can clip ornaments on the tree branches instead of hanging them.

 There was something about these domes that I couldn't resist.  They are so rustic and yet they look really special and expensive somehow.  I'm intrigued by them.  Does that make sense??

This picture doesn't really show but this banner set is HUGE.  I think it's about 8 feet long and it's fabric so you can tack it onto anything.  You could even tuck it into a large Christmas tree.

 This is a hanger for pictures.  It works like a mobile because it rotates.

 My mom and I have looked every year for about 7 years now for snow globes that weren't cheesy looking. WE FINALLY FOUND ONE!  Woo HOO!!

 Number stockings were ordered.

I'm doing a script/paper section again this year and these cones go in it.

These frames also go in the paper area.

The only treetopper I ordered.  They're hard to sell but this one is great for our script/paper area and I had to have it for the store.

A cool display in the KD Vintage showroom.  She always incorporates old things in her displays and it's frustrating because I want to buy them all.  She also paints old furniture so it looks a little bit like our store.    

Below is an ornament shaped like wings that says, "Every time a bell rings."  I have a feeling there will be some fans of "It's a Wonderful Life" buying this one!

Below are several different santas you'll see in the store this year.

And some of the old fashioned houses and churches that have the light in the back.  These are so wonderful in the evenings with just the lights from the tree and a fire.

I got this cute snowman family.  They look like the really old ones that are kind of yellowed.

A lot of the showrooms actually set up trees and decorate them so you can see what everything looks like displayed.  I find it to be really helpful even though it's January and I don't really want to be looking at Christmas trees anymore.

That's all the pictures I have from Christmas at market.  I cannot stress enough that this is a teeny tiny fraction of what we will have in the store.  I just didn't have time to get photos of everything.  I think you guys will be really excited when you see everything though.  It is definitely going to be the BEST CHRISTMAS YET.  I'm calling it now, in January!!  Let me know what you think so far and if you haven't read the other two parts of the blog, please take the time to see what we ordered for Spring and Fall.  Thanks for reading! -Lindsay