The mother-daughter team behind Brown Paper Package started their interior design business in the vendor-based antique shop Changing Times in Grandville back in 2012. Two years later, the pair took the leap and celebrated the grand opening of their new location at 1503 Plainfield NE on Dec. 6 under the motto, "Limited edition is not perfect!"
"We really try to find that unique item and make it one of a kind and price it so that it's affordable and not crazy expensive," says Alyssa Price, who co-owns the store with her mother, Holly Grondman.
Price says a while back, she and Grondman purchased an entire storage unit full of antiques ripe for refurbishing, but after pricing out storage units and storefronts, they fell in love with the latter, and were able to open a workspace and retail space for the same price as a storage unit in the Creston neighborhood.
"We actually had fallen in love with that spot awhile ago," says Price, who added that they jumped on the 1,200-square-foot storefront after finally getting the rental price down to fall within their budget. "We really got excited because we know that area is really coming up and we would just like to see something on that side of town. It wasn't necessarily the place for foot traffic, but it's more the area coming up and we would like to be somewhere where there isn't a hundred other places to compete with."
When it comes to their products, Price says they've got a little bit of everything.
"We've got the things that are typical classic antiques all of the way to the more contemporary, modern pieces," she says. "We have industrial, we have the really shabby chic stuff, we've got some bohemian stuff. So, it's definitely eclectic, I would think."
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Written by Anya Zentmeyer, Development News Editor
Images courtesy of Brown Paper Package
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