About us
Over 30 years ago, my creative career adventure began with South House Designs. It allowed me to escape the Corporate Jungle and sprout my entrepreneurial wings while nurturing and guiding three amazing young people from their cribs into productive, happy young adults.
Initially, my home decor accessories were sold from four wholesale showrooms around the country.
This evolved into designing sewn textile products for mail-order catalogs (Victorian Papers, Horchow, Sugar Hill, Hall’s) and large traditional retailers. Generally, these retailers also hired me to act as the general contractor handling purchasing and production.
That was the essence of South House Designs.
That was all fine and good (and supplemented my dear hubby’s teaching salary), but I was still entwined in the Corporate Jungle. Once the youngest was in Middle School, it was finally my time to RAMP UP THE FUN FACTOR!
South House Boutique, my Etsy shop, was added to serve as my playground, my sandbox, a place where I could explore, play and flex some creative muscle. And like all good playgrounds it is So. Much. Fun.
I thought that Etsy Boutique would be my quirky little sidebar to my larger story; a place for me to experiment with techniques and materials to create products that come from my heart without the concern for “sale-ability” and “market reach.” Lo and behold, my quirky Etsy playground was not only feeding my soul and creative spirit, but also feeding the kids.
SouthHouseDesigns.com was conceived to support my customers and as the vehicle for sharing my obsession with creative thinking & making. Oh, and projects!
And now? Now, 20 years later, it’s on its fourth major evolution — melding blog, shop and support all together as one.
SouthHouseDesigns.com is now one space for all functions, and all intermingled — as life should be, and my brain always is.
Blog and shop together – no more switching back and forth. When you are looking at a product, there will be any associated blog posts appearing on that same page. When you are reading a blog post, if there is a South House product involved, it will appear on that same page.
The shop side will have everything that the Etsy shop, South House Boutique, has but also some Exclusives and Limited Editions. The cart is powered by Shopify using their excellent security. The only information South House can access is your email and your ship-to address.
This is the newest and most exciting evolution of the South House story. It is challenging and at times daunting. But we are learning, growing and evolving,
Please don’t hesitate to contact me [“contact me” links to contact form] with any comments and suggestions. Or if you’re a ‘grammer, feel free to DM me.