Worth It! Gilchrist-Gilchrist

     I'm sure that many of you are just like me. We read magazines, tearing out projects we want to make, recipes to try and places we'd love to visit. Often, the projects are never completed, the recipes never prepared and the trip never taken. Sometimes, if you actually follow through...you many find it was worth the effort!

     We generally stay in Nashville, TN on our way home from Florida. Last week, we didn't make it that far. A morning migraine and the traffic from hell slowed us down. We ended up spending the night south of Atlanta, arriving in Nashville around noon the second day. I generally stop at my favorite place to buy loose tea while in Nashville and that was already in the plans for the day. I also was armed with a torn out page from the December issue of Southern Living Magazine. The issue had featured the Nashville home of Genia and Glenn Gilchrist. It also talked about Genia's shop (she runs it with her mom) Gilchrist-Gilchrist...I knew I had to check it out.

     Lucky for me, the shop was only 2 miles from my "tea stop" and it was my wedding anniversary, so my husband wouldn't tell me we didn't have time. We pulled onto a cute little street of what obviously had been residential, to find Genia's shop and a few others. Genia was chatting with a friend when we entered and I immediately knew that she was the kind of woman who could easily be a friend. All I could think about when I walked in was how so many of my friends from Blogland would go crazy in this great little store. It was a sea of whites...both vintage and new. I don't even decorate with the shabby chic look and I wanted everything. Genia was very generous in letting me take a few pictures to share with all of you.

     Of course I didn't leave empty handed. I seemed to focus on trees, and was lucky it was after Christmas...so my tree purchases were half price. The other item I forgot to take a picture of was delicious Lip Balm from Tokyomilk in Opera Mint. If you have never seen this line of soap, lip balms and perfumes...check it out. The packaging alone is worth the price and the lip balm is wonderful.

     Gilchrist-Gilchrist is located at 2825 Bransford Avenue in Nashville, TN. They aren't on the web, but you can call them at 615-385-2122.