HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Our open house was such fun! The food was delicious and prepared with love. The biggest compliment was a recurring one..."What a wonderful group of women!" Lucky for us, those are our customers!

Have a restful, peaceful holiday. Do something that helps someone and you will feel the joy of the season. May 2012 be good and kind to us all, and may we be good and kind to one another!

leather slip covers

How fabulous is this chair? Congratulations Cisco!

Holiday cheer and sale

Stop in for our semi annual sale. Select items 50% off from Thanksgiving to Christmas!

Good bye to our friend! Love your new home!

Market was fun!

Market report....VandM rocked....with an incredibly bright future just ahead. It just gets better and better! The Antique and Design center was the most exciting thing there...Hooray for Karen Luisana! The Clayton Oxford showroom had two new pieces to die for thanks to their wonderful designer and support, Trish and Scott. Roberta Schilling wowed in her new space (she is pretty wow herself!) and (drum roll, please...) Serge de Troyer was hands down the best collection again! Bravo! Thanks for introducing me to Thumprints, our new lamp line!

Love, Love!

To market we shall go!

Only one day at market and already facing tough decisions! So many beautiful things! Just wait!

InsideOut Home and Garden is launching!

Our new name is here! InsideOut Home and Garden. We love our outdoor spaces and have added to our family with Carolyn Carr of Vessel joining the fun. Carolyn has littered the parking lot and decorated the store and totally transformed the front of our shop with her gorgeous handmade clay pottery.

Philip showed up, worked the magic and no one can say anything except for "WOW!" We look good! Really good. You can, too. Let us help.

Our new website will be taking off in October at the same time as our name change. We are sprucing up in time for the holidays...that's a another story! But first the name change, next the art show, then the holidays!

Home and Garden

With all of the wild weather, you could be cautious to continue a garden upgrade. I say absolutely not! We are welcoming our newest addition to Absolute, Carolyn Carr, of Vessel. Stop in and see our beautiful new garden additions in the months to come! Philip will be here planting and creating a beautiful new outdoor space for us. Let Carolyn and Philip do that for you!

We are really excited about the buzz on our little island and from our friends at VandM.com! Thank you for your great support!

knock offs

I often see knock offs of original designs and my heart drops. I believe in paying people for their creativity and their efforts. Most of us don't even know if it is a knock off! Take the time and educate yourself. Read, look online if you must. Granted we can't all afford an original Van Gogh, but you can certainly strive for the best.

Once you see, touch, and experience the real thing, you'll know. Then if a "bargain" gets the better of you, remember, there is an attorney waiting in the wings and you have just been part of a crime, of the intellectual kind. Our resources are exploited and so are our imaginations.

Please buy local and please look for the real thing!

Still have some bargains

Our semi annual sale is finished, but we still have some old friends ready for a change of view. 50% off! Stop in and check them out

Our art show is Oct 6...save the date!

SALE SALE SALE

No time to talk....everything is 20% off, some things are evem 50% off! Until July 16th! Fill up your trunk!

Let's go shopping!

Our semi annual sale starts July 1 - 16th. Bring your wallet! The entire inventory is 20% off and there are specially marked 50% off items (lots!)

ENJOY!

shark attack

How perfect for a beach house or a specimen collector. Available now!

Rockstar Gardens

Check out Philip's new blog! Rockstar Gardens @ Gardenstar! So wonderful, so fresh, so ahead of your time!

We are all so proud of our celebrated horticulturalist!

HOME CHIC HOME

Home is all about sanctuary, not chaos. I know that my home is my refuge and when my house is in order, my world is better. My work is easier and life is a much smoother journey.

I cannot stress how important it is to organize your home. Once you've done that, the overwhelming desire to ignore that mountain of laundry and paperwork subsides. You feel confident that you can handle whatever.

After the "great clean", look for luxury items. Pieces of art and treasures that enhance your environment and add value to your home. Things that interest you. Maybe a wild chair that is sculptural or whimsical! A fabulous mirror or chandeleir that bounces light around the room. A wonderful painting that evokes a strong emotion. While you are debating what that fabulous new piece should be, enjoy the look. Browse your local shops and find out the story behind your favorite new item. Take it home and be chic!

Living Social likes us!

If you take time to join Living Social, You'll find a nice little surprise on Wednesday, April 27! Enjoy!

Our website is updated, market purchases are arriving and Spring is in full bloom! The garden's are tilled, planted and watered. New beauties abound.

Clean fresh linens are a great next step...lighten up and pop some fresh, white luxurious linens on that bed. Hint: Percale is a sturdy weave, and you can still get that high thread count! Is percale Turkish or French? I've heard both claim it. HUMM?

Bring a little green inside. Edit those out dated accessories that you don't really love and that don't really compliment your surroundings.

Buy some local, original art! You can't go wrong!

Check us out on VandM.com!

To market we will go!

We have our list and off to market we go...it's that time! It is early this year, as is Spring, so time to clean, rehab and redocorate! Let us help you find new accent pieces and unusual accessories to make your home current. Remember edit and organize. If you have issues parting with old friends, call a professional! It is so helpful to get a second opinion.

Clayton Oxford Designs

Please check out Clayton Oxford Designs @Claytonoxforddesigns.com. This is one of our many talented young designers. He is capable of many custom designs and the range of style is spectacular!

Garden Expert

Please check out our new space at 37th @ Abercorn in Savannah! Our garden designer resides there, too! It is time to prune, plant and enjoy! Philip has begun work on my yard and I am so pleased with the beginnings! I can't wait! He is traveling the east coast preping existing projects, ordering materials and creating incredible garden spaces! Call for your consultation. 904 491 1199

Wunderley Imports

Our Story

Part of the pleasure of travel is finding unique things that reflect the beauty of another culture. On a trip to Morocco in the early '90's, Glenn and Ellen Wunderley discovered classically beautiful wood boxes fashioned in tiny shops. These boxes, and the burled Thuja wood they were made from were so exquisite that we believed that people in the U.S., who would never have an opportunity to travel to Morocco to appreciate them, would be interested in purchasing them if they were available here.

For this reason, we formed Wunderley Imports. Since that time, we have made many additional trips to this exotic land where the souks are filled with artisans working with the most basic materials and tools. The art they create reflects the beauty of a culture that Europe knew as the Moors in Spain - a culture rich in Islamic art as it melded with other ideas at this crossroads of Africa, Arabia and Europe. We were fascinated by the ability of a poor people to create beauty from what we in America would consider nothing. We were happy to work with hardworking craftspeople to encourage quality control and to introduce some of their products and culture to the American market. This culture includes classic Moorish pottery designs, Moroccan tea accessories, henna designs and items fashioned of camel bone.

Our travels also led us to other treasures of the Mediterranean region that we had not seen in this country. In Damascus, another ancient crossroads, we found artisans skilled in the old art of Intarsia, or inlay of fine wood, shell and mother-of-pearl in wood boxes and furniture, as well as Damask and Damascene silk brocade.

It is our pleasure to continue our search for fine products new to the U.S. market. We receive personal satisfaction by being able to offer an outlet to a number of superb craftspeople. But, when we chose to put our name on the company, we made a commitment to quality, value and customer satisfaction. We are proud to stand behind our name, knowing that it stands for uniquely beautiful products and your satisfied customer.

NC Home sweet home!

Thank you to everyone at the installation housewarming. We should all have friends like that! HGTV eat your heart out.

JP and David, cudos on the headboards, chandeliers, shower curtains and wall brackets. What expertise and patience! Doreen, Pam and Leigh Anne, you are the best. Part of a successful house is the cleaning and taping and hauling and fluffing and making beds and on and on! Bygie and Mandy, the painting was perfect as was the "I Dream of Jeannies"! John, thanks for the muling and lifting and all around support. Anna the homemade soup was the best! Not to mention your endless energy!

Gin, thank you for trusting us to fill your home with beautiful things from our shop. Your mom's rehabilitated sofa and chair are incredible! The artwork is fabulous and Rick did a wonderful job on the cornices and drapery installations.

Gin, your eye is much better than you think. Now that your home is set, you'll be surprised how you settle into your style and know it when you see it! Enjoy your new home. It was filled with more love in one weekend than most homes after years of weekends!

New year, New space!

Our sale has ended and our store is empty! (if you've ever been in our stote, empty is relative!)

The New year holds many new changes for us! Our client's have been revamped and updated, with future projects coming to fruition. Our website is going into rehab, thank you, Max! And our Fernandina location is getting a sweet Georgian cousin from the beautiful city of Savannah! She is a belle and resides in a well lit space known as 37th @ Abercorn. Please visit and plan to have lunch at Cafe 37! Let the staff know you have made the trek. They will be so happy to see you!

Off to NC for a fabulous mid century install and then to GA for destruction, construction and a beautiful remodel! Added space and light included. Ah! Quality of Life!

Happy New Year! Live well.