Summer Inspiration

Long days, sunsets on the big lake, hanging out on the porch, digging in the garden...what inspires you? Visit us for a little Re-Treat "Summer Inspiration" for your home and cabin this weekend. We've mixed it up a bit with vignettes of bright colors contrasted with a black & white room. Lot's of new ideas and goods to explore. Visit us this weekend: Thursday (5pm-8pm), Friday (10am-6pm) and Saturday (10am-4pm).

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Oh la la, c'est pas possible. See you Thursday, Friday & Saturday (June 2, 3 & 4)

Yes it is possible...we are open again on Thursday! The theme this month is oh la la and if I could figure out how to add the accents above the "la" and "la" I would. But since I can't we'll just let you know that its a little french, a little 4th of July and of a lot of exciting new finds.

In case you looked closely at our postcard, you'll find the postcard is wrong! Sorry about that, we are open our regular Thursday evening from 5-8pm, Friday from 10am-6pm and Saturday from 10am-4pm.

Here's a couple sneak peaks, more pics on facebook!

"Garden Party" - May 5, 6 & 7

Not sure what we were thinking but yes we are ready for "Garden Party". Even though its cold, cloudy and snowing outside it's warm, bright and flowery inside at Re-Treat. This weekend we are featuring lots of items for summer and for mom - hint,hint: lovely vintage table cloths, fun aprons, interesting primitives, great "Inspired Robin" paintings and jewelry, a variety of soaps, birds, flowers and of course much, much more. Stop and visit us this weekend at our indoor "garden party".

"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." --Aristotle

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"Re-Imagine" - April 7, 8 & 9

It's our 1 Year Anniversary!

Definition of REIMAGINE:
verb: to imagine again or anew; especially : to form a new conception of : re-create

At Re-Treat, we are all about the "Re": re-use, re-cycle and re-purpose. What once was...is new again. While we try to offer up new ideas and new creations each month, it's also about encouraging our friends and customers to re-imagine the use of ordinary items. There may be ready to use items on our floor but there are also many things just sitting and waiting for someone to l-o-v-e their potential. So please, stop in, keep your minds open and remember to look for items just waiting for you to "re-imagine".

Visit us on Thursday from 5pm-8pm at our 1 year anniversary celebration, Friday 10am-6pm and Saturday 10am-4pm. Thanks to our friends, customers and artists for an inspiring first year! Here's a few sneak peaks of "re-imagine."

Think Spring - March 3, 4 & 5

~ "Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush." ~

Just last week we were towing the trailer through record snows in Minneapolis in an attempt to gather more goods for this month’s sale. Don’t worry, we survived the storm and managed to bring back some great chippy cabinets, metal baskets of all sorts, and miscellaneous fun. We want to tell you that spring is just around the corner, but the pessimist (actually optimist) in us thinks we've got many weeks of winter left. Here at Re-Treat, Christine and I both love snow, cold and winter fun but we also love all that is spring. So just for this week we’ll be bringing you a little spring love with birds, plants and flowers, vignetted with local art and vintage finds.

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Thousands of Pages Unfold in the Bitter Cold - It's Winter Carnival Time and We Will Be Open!

Well we broke our first weekend of the month rule again. Okay it is just a guideline as we adjust to our schedules and to the events around us. This month it's the Michigan Tech Winter Carnival. We will be open February 10th thru the 12th (Thursday night thru Saturday) so Winter Carnival visitors can also have some fun exploring Re-Treat.

Since the theme for Carnival is basically books, we've torn off covers, we've torn out pages and we've strategically placed them throughout the store along with all our new finds from the last couple months.

Of course it's also Valentine's Day time so we've got a few hearts laying around too for your special someone...

Did I mention great finds and new creations?

See you soon! Watch our facebook page for more pictures...

December 9, 10 & 11 - "More Please"

We weren't sure how we'd pull it off but we are ready for weekend #2 of December, "More Please." You asked for it and I hope we delivered. There's lots of new items including birch bark and twig arrangements, adorable cedar deer, winter scene bark cloth pillows, new jewelry and of course our usual fresh finds. We've put some extra hours in turning the store over so it is once again new to you if you visited last weekend.

This Saturday we will also have Angela Carter from Alternative Chic giving a trunk show with more of her original recycled copper jewelry. It's a trunk show you don't want to miss plus she'll be taking custom orders if she doesn't have what you are looking for.


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