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Our New Spring Offerings!!!

I've been busy at work giving several of our newest treasures their "makeover" which has become synonymous with Grace! The "back room" is filled to the brim with beautiful, more formal finds. Best of all... it's soon to undergo a transformation with the installtion of a large picture window!!! The light and brightness that it will bring will be a tremendous addition to our store.

Our "middle room" is home to Votivo candles, Elizabeth W lotions, fragrances and lavender bath sachets as well as DeShawn Marie organic soaps. And of our course.... our front area is as stunning as always! If you haven't been in lately... you MUST visit soon. Be sure to check out our online store as well via our website http://www.graceplace.biz/.

Thank you to all of my continued and loyal Grace Customers for the wonderful comments and excitement about our new location! As you can imagine... it has been a work in progress and I am so proud of all of our hard efforts. My design assistant team is complete with Heather, our veteran assistant who has been with me since the beginning, Jacquelyn (a very talented Interior Design student from Mizzou), Natalie (a wonderful "people person" who will be graduating from Mizzou in May), Dina (our soon to be European traveler for the summer), Becky (my customer service guru and superb welcoming face to the store) and last but not least... Meredith (my new right hand who will specialize in growing our online store presence. What fantastic, talented women who were so carefully chosen for their diverse talents which they bring to Grace!

Now that we're "moved in"... I'm finding that my creative juices are flowing and I am nearly overflowing with new and exciting ideas to bring to you at Grace. God continues to bless me so very much in awesomely surprising ways and I am thankful for his grace and blessings!

We're in!

Well, sometimes in life they say that if we have too long to think about something... perhaps we'd never do it! That being said... our "quick" decision to move to downtown Columbia is almost done! We opened our doors on January 24th and I must say that Columbians are greeting us with open arms and excitement that we're here!!! I've been diligently attempting to complete our second and third rooms only to find that we needed to have new flooring layed before we could do that. Snow, snow and more snow put some "kinks" into our schedule... but I'm happy to say that tomorrow we're told that the carpet layer's will be here at 8:00 a.m. to "knock it out"!!! I'm off to a buying trip, busily preparing to add to our current treasures.
Here's a glimpse of one of my favorite views of our front room. Be sure to stop by to say Hi! We're open Monday through Saturday 10 am to 6 pm
Blessings to all,
Karla

We're Moving...

Happy New Year to all of our customers! With the new year comes exciting changes... I am pleased to announce that Grace "A Place of Restoration" is MOVING to 918 E. Broadway in Downtown Columbia, Mo. (Former location of A la Campagne) Our location will be twice the size of our former Rocheport store enabling us to offer you twice the unique treasures as well as a Decorating and Design Center for Workshops and Decorating Consultation Services.

Join us for our GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION Monday, January 24th 10 am - 6 pm I look forward to our expansion, enhancement to our online store offerings and generous space to conduct our decorating workshops and design consultation.

Stay tuned for more! Thank you for your loyal patronage this past year as Grace was getting started. I look forward to welcoming you to my new location. Karla Winchester, Owner

Grace "A Place of Restoration"

918 E. Broadway Columbia, Mo. 65201

(573) 442-7466

(New store number as of 1/17/11)

Blessings and Growth...

Wow! It's hard to believe that this first year since opening Grace "A Place of Restoration" is almost over!! So many visitors, customers, conversations, creative ideas, yummy desserts and coffees..... such blessings that God has provided to me as well as all who have experienced a visit to our store in Rocheport.
As I reflect upon this past year, I am so thankful for having the opportunity to use my passion for design and creativity by creating such a beautiful place. My inspiration for doing so is my continued amazement at the magic of restoration, finding salvaged items, unique one-of-a-kind treasures, things that others might render "useless" and "taking them in for a make-over, a redo, a transformation of sorts.
My prayers and wishes for all of our customers and visitors for 2011 is that you may experience tiny transformations this coming year, recognize them, embrace them and see the beauty of all things possible.
Blessings,
Karla

Our Fall Offerings!

Our store has been transformed for the fall season! The beauty of oranges and blacks with green and cream colored accents lend themselves well to create bright displays! My current favorite treasure is the antique 7 foot mantle from southern missouri! I've added lots of new items under 30.00 as well as new architectural salvage creations.
Be sure to stop by and delight your "child within" as with a merchandise purchase.... you have the opportunity to choose from the great grab bag basket!!
Lots more to unpack... yesterday proved to be a great treasure hunting day!!!