March SPACES with a spread of my home.
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Debbie Dusenberry is a Kansas City native.
For nearly 20 years, Debbie worked as a well respected photo stylist, hired by national and local photographers and directors for TV, film and photography. With a life-long passion for interior styling and antiquing, she eventually left that industry to open her first retail venture, Curious Sofa in 2000.
Debbie's eye for assembling a store with the unusual and her unorthodox way of display established Curious Sofa among the top small retailers in the U.S. Customers from across the country made their way to the store to attend seasonal events and see the latest in her distinctive shop style. Her website, blog, Facebook and Pinterest pages are among fan favorites for antique goods and artistic inspiration.
Dusenberry's store and home have been featured in national magazines such as Where Women Create, Country Living, Romantic Homes, Romantic Country, Elle and Travel & Leisure as well as many local Kansas City publications.
Debbie closed her brick & mortar store in 2011 to sell online at CuriousSofa.com only. In 2012 she opened a small booth at Lone Elm Antique Mall in Olathe, KS.
Today she can be seen producing magazine editorials, photo styling, graphic design, retail consulting and traveling to antique shows with her beloved Bichon, Pearl by her side.
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28 comments:
Congrats on your anniversary and even more so on being in the magazine! How exciting! Your store looks awesome and I can't wait to visit you. I understand what you are saying regarding the economy and being able to survive. I think there are so many of those cookie cutter stores that you need to be unique. But I think you already are most definitely!!! But you need to have that nitch that makes you truly unique. Here's to many more successful years!! Keep up the wonderful job you do!
Woohoo to you!! Congratulations on your annivesary and you got your magazine article!!!
On the other side of the world here we are awaiting Autumn and strangley we do the same colours that you do in Sprring, so I have started clling it upside down Spring. I know what you mean about having a little change but sticking to the sort of things that make your heart beat a little faster. We are moving away from our pretty pretty look to something a bit bolder and edgier...something I feel way more comfortable with, so I can not wait to see what you have in store for your 'new look'. It is bound to be wonderful and inspirational!
Kiss Noises Linda
Congratulations on your Anniversary!
The magazine spread looks beautiful, and the call out on the front is fantastic! Anxious to watch your store makeover - Spring is a great time to do something like that isn't it?
I'm not at all sure what I am most excited about. The new stuff coming in. The layout in the magazine. Or the fact that you are planning a new YOU look for the fall. Truly, I think I am most thrilled about the latter. When one embraces oneself, and one is already loved, how can it be a bad thing? Congrats! I'm excited to see the future with you. ~Mindy
I really wish I lived closer to your store! I think what you have in mind for the your direction sounds just lovely! I am also very excited that you are featuring a few things online. Just wanted you to know that you have supporters far away that love your ideas.
How Exciting about both of your pieces of news! Oh and I'm really excited about the opening of your new web site! Yipee!!!This is soooo cool for those of us that are a loooong way away :)
I really admire you for listening and following your heart!! We did some what of that when we moved here. We bought a 5'/8' trailer what fit in came! It has been so fun refurnishing our new lives here with things we truly love. The dining table that is an OLD plank door with the most amazing layers of pealing paint and hundreds of character marks :)
Deb I wish you all kinds of success and can't wait to see what emerges from your soul!!
Pattie ;)
The sometimes slightly crazed menopausal gal From
Mazatlan Mexico
Fantastic as always. I can't imagine more but I am sure Fall will be unbelievable. We need more stores like yours and less of the what I call "China does Tuscany". Congrats on 4 years in your location and keep on keeping on. kath
Congrats on you anniversary. Retail as fabulous as it is...is not easy. From what I can tell everything you do comes out pretty wonderful. Can't wait to see the revised CURIOUS SOFA.
I HAVE FOLLOWED YOUR BLOG FOR A LONG TIME AND HAVE ALWAYS LOVED WHAT YOU DO. I HAVE A LITTLE SHOP IN THE MIDWEST THAT IS ELECTIC, ONE OF A KIND FINDS AND DESIGNS MAINLY. I JUST BUY WHAT I LOVE, BUT NEVER AT A GIFT SHOW, I DON'T BUY LINES, JUST ITEMS TO UPCYCLE. IN OTHER WORDS, JUNK! BUT JUNK I CAN DO SOMETHING WITH. CONGRATS ON YOUR MAG ARTICLE! YOU DESERVE IT! IF I LIVED NEAR BY, I WOULD BE IN YOUR SHOP ALOT, SUPPORTING YOUR IDEAS. ALSO HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!
Good for you! I must say, when I am in a store and I KNOW that the quantities are limited, I am more apt to buy. Sometimes because I know it won't be there when I come back, but also because I love being and having the unique and one of a kind. Now, if only I lived closer, because that love seat and those vintage rings! Good luck!
I would love to see home accessories in your online store. I am a lover of old and tarnished items that are beautiful as they are or can be updated. Great store...wish I lived nearer.
Good luck on following your heart.
Kris
Congratulations on the anniversary and on the magazine spread, Debbie. Cheers to you for calling out YOUR customers by name--they know who they are. The thoughts of all shopkeepers who want their stores to reflect something authentic are with you!
The vintage rings and the the chippy white paint really caught my eye...GOOD FOR YOU for staying true to what you want your store o be...EMBRACE IT, I say...Ithink you're right to be unqiue- cause mass merchandisers can beat independents at "shop fillers" on price anyday...Keep your niche and hopefully, as I saw on Fern Hill's blog, need to rememberto "shop local stores that matter to you...."
Hoping to head your way soon!
Anita
iowajunkgypsies.blogspot.com
So loved the bunnies & the picture of the girl in the red dress laying on the sofa. Congratulations on your 4 years.
Congratulations! I am thrilled and can't wait to see more - I am definately planning a trip to visit and shop this summer. By the way, thank you for your great advice on how I can create your beautiful look in my own home. I am working on it and lately I just seem to find exactly what I am looking for. A thought - I would like to paint my dining room a romantic light shade of gray. Do you know of a shade/color? I'm having a tough time finding the right color without it looking like a jail cell or too blue. Loved all the pictures and can't wait to see more of your home and shop with all the updates.
Sarah
I painted my ceiling and guest bedroom Sherwin Williams Dorian Gray. Maybe a bit dark for you but you can go with a lighter shade on the color swatch.
Deb:
Congratulations on a fabulous article in the magazine! Even the pix here make it look spectacular. And your shop looks amazing, too. LOVE the slipcovered and upholstered pieces!
May this spring bring lots of new business your way.
Hold onto your courage with both hands, my grandma used to say!
Your fan,
Joan
Cottage-Farm-Chic Bev Norris-
Congrats on your anniversary and the spread in the magazine. Wish I lived closer your store is such an inspiration to me. Everything is unique and beautiful and I am sure that fall will be just as beautiful!
We visited last year and will be there again this year..unfortunately not until June :( We live in the suburbs of Chicago and just loved visiting your shop. I bought the cutest chair ever while visting you. The girls might remember us as we had a UHaul on our Suburban :) Looking forward to your ever changing creativity and thank you for sharing with all of us!
Janet Doherty
http://itisanevolution.blogspot.com/
Happy aniversary Debbie. I just celebrated my two year! It's been a tough road to be sure. I think your new plan is wonderful. Been following you for quite a while now and this is my first time commenting. Your blog is beautiful!
Carol
gatheringshome.com
good for you planning to be really "YOU". Sounds good. I so hope to visit in person one day! Kelly
i can wait to get the magazine! you are unique... i don't know how you can improve on perfection, but i'm anxious to see!! Happy Spring...
Sounds very exciting!!! Also, congrats on the magazine!!! That's awesome
best of luck!!
You have already exceded most girl's goals and it is only March! Hard work, dedication and honesty are so hard to find in this world. Good for you! Always enjoy the site. Brenda from JBKnacker sent me here. Thanx Brenda too!
OMG! Congratulations on your mag article!!! Isn't that just great! :) :)
Your new plan is right up my alley! I love that you are thinking more individually rather than cookie cutter for the goods you will offering. I like one of a kind unique and I think you may have a hit on your hands!
Since I'm MILES away, I ordered a copy of the magazine. It's like going to a fabulous art gallery and looking at the beautiful stuff I could NEVER create myself! Thank you SO much for your generosity of spirit and for sharing your talents with all of us!
Really....your home is just stunning.
Love that slipcovered sofa! Hope to visit your store one day...
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