In the 1990s, the Red Collection home-goods, consignment store was located on Merritt Drive. Next, this family-owned business moved a couple of miles down the road to Holden Road. Their consignment model has been so successful that they opened a second location on Mill Road just north of town. At over 30,000 sq. ft, the Mill St. location is twice the size of the other one. Red Collection resells everything from jewelry to couches to artificial Christmas trees. If you plan to start selling, please note, you need to take items to be evaluated about three months prior to the season. As an example, they stopped accepting Christmas consignments on October 14th.
Today's photo of the Mill St.store was taken from the parking lot of nearby Starbuck's. It was late afternoon, a time when colors fade. There is a certain calmness and beauty to a street scene at dusk when colors are muted, in the fall, when the leaves are gone, and at a time when there is no traffic on the street.
If you read about the Tiny REUSE house truck yesterday, you will appreciate the difference in square footage, one at 30,000 sq. ft. and the other at 98 sq. ft! However, both venues share the same mission of reusing items and keeping them out of landfills. This holiday season, as you are looking for gifts, don't rule out consigned, up- and recycled items.
I like the light in this shot.
Posted by: William Kendall | Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at 11:46 AM