We are now open!! Click HERE to visit our new online store. I hope you enjoy the experience!!
xx
Anna
www.absolutelybeautifulthings.com.au
We Have Launched!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are now open!! Click HERE to visit our new online store. I hope you enjoy the experience!!
xx
Anna
www.absolutelybeautifulthings.com.au
How It Works...
In preparation for tomorrow's launch I thought I would give you a brief tutorial advising how the store is going to work and what my idea is behind the concept.
First and foremost I am a Designer and I really wanted that to be reflected in our online store. I wanted to create something which was different and exciting. Over the years we have had so many requests from overseas and interstate blog readers wanting to access our things which has really pushed me to open an online store so that everyone can have a piece of what we do.
One of the most important things I wanted to achieve with our online store was for our customers to have that same wonderful experience of entering our online store, as those who enter our bricks and mortar store.
In an attempt to make this succeed I thought it would be wonderful to present a series of seasonal vignettes which will showcase special things I have either found or had custom made. Items for sale will be put together in a room scene/vignette and basically each product which is for sale will have a number on it. You click on the number and then you will be directed to a full description of the item including the price, the size, how many we have available and see some more close-up images of the piece. You can then you can either add it to your cart or continue shopping in the room - it’s as simple as that.
The first vignette which we will be presenting in tomorrow's launch is for Winter 2011. Our next vignette after Winter will be for Spring and it will go live in around 8 weeks time.
Below, I have posted some images of our site structure using a dummy image. {This is just to give you an idea how the site will work...this is not the actual vignette}.
First Page {above} - Entry page into the store...
Second Page [above} - An image with some text describing our look for that season...
Third Page {above} - This page is the page you will be able to purchase from. You will basically be able to click on each product number which will then take you to a page similar to the page below which will give you full details about the product including the price, the size etc. And from that page below you can either add the item to your cart or continue shopping in the room...
The thing I will say is that we are not going to have a lot of stock of any particular item in an attempt to keep our things very special and exclusive. So, if you really want something then I suggest you go for it because it may not be there when you click back next time...
And yes, we are shipping our small goods internationally. It's just the furniture which we won't be shipping internationally at this time.
So, that's it. I hope you like my concept and I hope that each vignette we present will inspire you. If you've registered on our holding page over at http://www.absolutelybeautifulthings.com.au/ you will be one of the first to know tomorrow when the site goes live and then after that I will post about it here on the blog.
Thank you to everyone for your continued interest and support...
xo
Anna
Tomorrow...
We've got lots of lovely things all wrapped and ready to be shipped...
To celebrate our launch tomorrow, the first person to purchase something on our new site will be sent this wonderful vintage book as a gift from me...
The 1oth person to purchase something on our new site will receive this set of 8 vintage linen table napkins as a gift from me...
And the 20th person to purchase something on our new site will receive this very special vintage book as a gift from me which I have read. It is the most gorgeous story about a man who finds his ideal house and how he restores it's eighteenth-century simplicity and how he decorated and furnished it. It talks about the things he collects in the house and is just such a lovely read.
Later tonight I will be posting a guide as to how to use our site as it is a little different from other online stores you may have visited in the past. So make sure you check back for that later on...
In the meantime, if you would like to know a bit more behind the scenes info. head over to Will at Bright Bazaar HERE as he has the full exclusive scoop on our store which launches tomorrow!!
Words of Wisdom
I love these words of wisdom from architect Bill Ingram! I completely agree with him because if you delay that special thing will be gone and you will regret it forever!!
Artwork by Caroline Inge
Big Week Ahead...
It's a big week in this neck of the woods. Our online store goes live on Thursday...eeeekkkk!! Scary!! If you want to be one of the first to know when we actually go live on Thursday make sure you sign-up on our holding page over at http://www.absolutelybeautifulthings.com.au/
We are also very busy getting our back rooms at Black & Spiro ready to open again. Hopefully they will be ready to open by Friday.
So, lots happening and lots to do. Thank goodness I have lots of fresh flowers in the house which we picked from our garden over the weekend. They keep a smile on my face in busy times like these!!
White & Wander
Just wanted to give you all the heads up {if you don't already know} that the extremely talented and creative Emma Clements from White and Wander and her mum have launched their amazing online store. It is filled to the brim with antlers and globes and all sorts of amazing collected things. I really think their store fills a void in the market {here in Australia} for stylish vintage treasures and in their own words "it is a discovery of time worn treasures and imperfect luxuries."
Click HERE to start fossicking through their wonderful collection...
City Cottage
I thought I would share a few pictures of a very cute and tiny inner city cottage I recently worked on for a gorgeous young couple who are expecting their first baby in a few months time. We decided to leave the old kitchen in place instead of ripping it out. We painted it a fresh white and added the black and white checkerboard floor as there was a chipboard floor in that section. We also added a big cabinet to the the left of the kitchen which now houses food and other kitchen items as the little kitchen was just a bit too small. We made black and white ticking roman blinds which we installed on all the windows in the cottage and added pretty cushions and other quirky items to create a fun, happy space. Oh and this cottage just had to have a red door so we painted the back door bright glossy red!
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