A unique boutique for funky home furnishings and gifts
1932 Wake Forest Rd Raleigh, NC 27608 | 919-821-0363 (phone) | 919-821-0365 (fax) | Email Us | Mailing List
Hours: 10:00am-5:30pm Mon-Fri, 10:00pm-5:00pm Sat, Closed Sunday.
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DATES FOR PAINTING CLASSES & SUMMER HAITUS
Basic Furniture Painting Classes will be:
Class 1: Tues & Thurs, June 26 & 28, 7-9 pm
Class 2: Tuesdays, July 10 & 17, 7-9 pm
Class 3: Thursdays, July 12 & 19, 7-9 pm
Spaces Still Available so call us today! 821-0363 DO NOT EMAIL ON CLASSES
***WE WILL BE CLOSED Sunday July 1-Sunday July 8 for our Summer Haitus. ****
FURNITURE PAINTING CLASS…DATES SET!
Reserve your spot now! Our Basic Furniture Painting Classes start in June. You get 2 nights, 4 hours total, of down-to-earth instruction from veteran painter & shop owner Joyce Hawley. Bring a small piece of furniture (must sit up on a table, so bring a stool, magazine rack, single chair, small side table, etc) & let us teach you how to give it a new look for little cost! We supply all the materials you need (unless you choose a custom color, then ask us how to do that). Class fee is $80 plus tax ($75 plus tax for cash) & you are set! Call us or stop by to reserve your place….821-0363.
Classes have been set up to accommodate various schedules:
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Tue/Thurs Class (you are done in 1 week): June 26 & 28, 2007, 7-9:00 pm
Tuesday Class (takes 2 weeks): July 10 & 17, 2007, 7-9:00 pm
Thursday Class (takes 2 weeks): July 12 & 19, 2007, 7-9:00 pm
We are one of the only, if not the only, place to learn to paint furniture in the Triangle!
**JUNE SALE: 10% OFF EVERYTHING IN THE STORE!**
**Happy Birthday to The Eclectic Garden of Funky Home Furnishings!
We started in business on June 1, 2000!
Who is “The Eclectic Garden of Funky Home Furnishings”?
We are JOYCE, the mother (a longtime, local vocalist & real estate business woman)….
LIZ, the older daughter (the head buyer, designer & queen of style)….
& CHRISSY, the younger daughter (mistress of paperwork & marketing)…..
We chose the name “The Eclectic Garden” in 1998, because we were setting up our first “store” in a permanent space indoors at the NC State Flea Market at the NC State Fairgrounds. To decorate our space, which consisted solely of Joyce’s hand-painted furniture, we made the 16 x 20 area look like a GARDEN. White picket fence enclosed the space, ivy & greenery hung everywhere and green carpet softened the floors. The items for sale ranged from good, used furniture to repainted pieces, and small collectibles and odds & ends were scattered throughout. Thus, we were “eclectic” and it looked as if you were stepping into a “garden.” So we deemed ourself “The Eclectic Garden.”
In June 2000, we leased a 2600 sf free-standing building at 5221 Hillsborough Street, near the Fairgrounds. For four years, we learned the craft of maintaining a store, recruiting local artisans to enhance the consignment section of our store and Joyce perfected the art and labor of painting good used furniture into modern masterpieces for your home! We also tackled birthing 4 baby boys (Liz had 2 and Chrissy had 2) and recovering from 2 episodes of Lymphoma (Joyce is amazing!). Ready to be our own landlord, we purchased our own building on 1.5 acres at 1932 Wake Forest Road in January of 2004. Joyce’s lifelong real estate knowledge & side income made from rehabilitating houses enabled her to turn a run-down old pawn shop into this amazing, purple boutique! Today, we are all joyfully promoting our revised & improved business proudly called “THE ELECTIC GARDEN of FUNKY HOME FURNISHINGS.” Please come see what we have to offer!