Merry Christmas From Gatewood Hall

Merry Christmas! We hope you all had a wonderful and happy holiday with your loved ones! Tomorrow we will start our annual after Christmas sale. All holiday merchandise is 50% off and all regular priced merchandise is 20% off. YES THAT INCLUDES THE WHOLE STORE, FURNITURE, ART, AND LINENS!! There will also be some other surprise savings so please do come in and see us! (The Fine print- In store items only, no previous sales, no special orders, all sale items are final)

Last Minute Christmas Shopping!!

Happy Christmas Eve Day! Have any last minute holiday shopping left? Are you like me and always leave the toughest people on your list until the last?...If so please do come on in and see us! We have several great gift ideas to help you, many items are on sale and as always remember we offer free gift bags and wrapping to our customers. All holiday merchandise is now 30% off (woo hoo!) and there are still some great things available that would make very wonderful, thoughtful gifts. Please note we will close a little early today, probably around 1PM. If we don't get to see you today we want to wish you a very merry Christmas!! Enjoy your holidays!

Holiday Sale This Weekend!

This Friday, Saturday and Sunday all holiday merchandise is on sale 25% off! Great savings on all Christmas ornaments, napkins, books, CDs and candles! Come in early before all of the "good stuff" is gone. See you this weekend! We hope you are enjoying your holiday season!

Preferred Customer Holiday Open House

Just in case we don't have your mailing address and we missed sending you a "paper invite", I wanted to make sure that our blog readers knew about our preferred customer holiday open house tomorrow night 6-8 pm.

We will be open late (as will our neighbors The Little Shop and Love Dogs & Cats Too) with some great prizes, delicious refreshments and wonderful holiday savings just for you! Please try to make it...it won't be the same without you!

Gatewood Hall Is Moving To The Old Post Office!

Yes it's true! We are finally happy to announce that we are moving and expanding with more of what you love! (We actually signed the lease this time before making our announcement!) We are taking the old Blue Ridge Post Office on Depot Street, just next to the Blue Ridge Brewery. We are so excited as we will have nearly three times the square footage! We have a huge, private parking lot for our guests, no stairs for you to climb and an actual covered loading dock for our furniture (oh the simple pleasures)!!

We are already getting lots of questions like, "Will your new store have a post office theme?" or "How will you decorate around the post office boxes?"...and several folks have made the comment "Will it be the same look as your store now?" So here are the answers to those burning questions...No post office theme, no decorating around the PO boxes (they took those with them). Finally, while we have loved the space we are in now, and we are so proud that we originated our "setting or stage" in Blue Ridge it is no longer original because others have tried to recreate it. So- while we promise that we will not change our overall business model, we will maintain our desire for unique and special merchandise, and we will not get rid of any of our exclusive brands that you love. We will remain constant to our passion for gracious living and helping you create the lifestyle that reflects who you are by staying beyond "the trendy"...With that said we do have some exciting changes in store and the "look of our stage" will not be the same...it will be better! Most importantly we will strive to be original, and always bring you an exceptional shopping experience.

WE LOVE WHAT WE DO! Every day we feel so very fortunate that we get to run our little business, do what we do, and be able to share it with you! Thank you for helping make our dream a reality.

We'll keep you posted on our progress! We are thinking that it will be early 2010 when we open our new location. Go over and take a peak inside before we cover up the windows and get to work setting the stage of our new destination! (Hey and say a little prayer that Shawn and I don't drive each other crazy in the process!!)

Light Up Blue Ridge!

Gatewood Hall Gracious Home has been proud to be a sponsor of Light Up Blue Ridge as long as we have been in business. It is one of our favorite events, and one that you will not want to miss! You can't help but get into the wonderful holiday spirit, while strolling our historic downtown area. This year promises to be even better than last year and the volunteer committee has some wonderful activities planned.

The fun starts around 11:00 AM Saturday, November 28th, and continues throughout the day until 9:00 PM. Mr. & Mrs. Claus are expected to arrive on the train at 12:30 PM, there will be live music, face painting, free photos with Santa, a parade at 5:30 PM and the lighting of the great tree ceremony at 6:45. Don't forget that all of your favorite stores (like GH!!) will stay open late and many will be serving refreshments.

Please make it a tradition and come downtown for all of the fun. For more information regarding Light Up Blue Ridge please visit the website http://www.lightupblueridge.com/.

Happy Thanksgiving

We wish you a very happy Thanksgiving! Shawn and I are thankful for you our loyal customers, friends and family...as always we sincerely thank you for supporting us! And we couldn't miss this opportunity to say thank you to our GH gals Kelli and Rebecca for all of their hard work!

Stop in tomorrow for some great "black friday" savings throughout our store! (PS..You will also probably hear about some exciting news that is breaking for GH!! Stay tuned for details!!)