Home Decor & Gift Shop
Okay, it is really going to happen! There is still a lot of work to get done but I plan to be open in time for the Christmas festival on December 7th. So mark your calendars and plan on visiting Brownville Dec 7th for the Christmas festivities and to check out the Lone Tree Saloon Home Décor & Gift Shop!
Fall is officially here and you can kick off this harvest season in historic Brownville, NE at the annual fall flea market. Search for a special, one-of-a-kind treasure at the many vendors along Main Street. Brownville’s unique shops will also be open so check them out too! Have a glass of wine at Whiskey Run Creek Winery & Distillery, have lunch at the Lyceum, eat ice cream at The Blue Bird, and stop to have a beer at The Market Beer Garden. It’s going to be a fun weekend, folks!
As the building renovations are wrapping up, I want to share some of the fun things I got to see at the Las Vegas Market this year. It was exciting, overwhelming, fun and tiring at the same time. I’m thankful to have my mother join me on this trip and we had a blast seeing some amazing merchandise and meeting new people in the business. I planned out my budget and came up with a plan for the type of merchandise I was looking for. I had a list of companies that I wanted to visit but I was also hoping to find new merchandise and just see what is out there. The Las Vegas Market did not disappoint.
When I first looked at this building, I was blown away by all the stuff that was left in it. It was full of furniture, equipment & commercial size coolers left from the long-running business, Brownville Mills. It also had been used as storage for a number of other items as well as some junk sitting around. It was fascinating and overwhelming at the same time. Here are a few pics before we moved stuff out.
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As the new year is getting started, I would like to send out a quick greeting and wish everyone happiness and health in the new year! I enjoyed a little time off work over the holidays and now I am back into the swing of things again . Looking back, it’s amazing how quickly a year seems to pass. I’d like to share a couple of things that I hope to see happen this year with LTS.
This year will be busy trying to get the building renovated enough to open a shop on the first floor. There is so much to do yet before it is ready for a shop. It might be an optimistic target but I am hoping to have my shop open by Memorial weekend this year. In order for this to happen, I have a huge list of things to complete in the building. Can it happen in time? We will see.
In addition to the building renovations, I am also learning so much on what it takes to open a Home Décor & Gift Shop. It has been fun going through this new experience, reading books on retail shops & small business as well as talking with folks who own and run their own businesses. It is definitely different from the corporate world. I have been scoping out other shops, dreaming up ideas for my own shop, and starting to plan for the type of inventory I will need to have. I will go to Market later this month and hopefully find just the right items to sell in my store.
One last thing I want to mention is that I am thankful for my friends and family who have supported me in this journey. I am very grateful. The people in Brownville have also been so welcoming and supportive. As everyone is very busy with their own families, projects and work, I want to return the same kind of help and support in the coming year.
Cheers to 2019 and God’s blessings to you all!
Whenever you come across an old building, you always want to know its story, right? What businesses have been here? Who were the customers? Was it successful? Are there any pictures from ‘back in the day’? And of course, is it haunted? 🙂 If the walls could only talk. When I first saw Lone Tree Saloon (LTS), I wanted to know more.
Join us in Brownville on Saturday, December 1st for Olde Time Brownville Christmas Tour of Lights. The shops, museums, galleries & winery will be open. Do the cookie walk, bake sale, soup supper & visit with Santa. Christmas carols with the Auburn Church Choir and top the day off with “It’s a Wonderful Life” Live Radio Play at the Brownville Village Theatre. It’s going to be a fun day, you won’t want to miss it!
Welcome to the Lone Tree Saloon website. It’s official now. I’m obsessed with this cool building and will be renovating it in the near future. I have always loved old buildings and houses and this particular building was just calling my name to bring it to life. My own family (great-great grandfather & his brother) signed their land claims under the homestead act just across the street from this saloon and I would like to think that they stopped in at the Lone Tree Saloon for a cold one while in Brownville. Other than enthusiasm, I don’t have any experience renovating old buildings so feel free to send me ideas/suggestions/tips! I am so looking forward to sharing this experience with you all!
