The Little Shop of Gorgeous
The Little Shop of Gorgeous was born indirectly out of my "disposition" as a multi-passionate creative and proud trash panda! Having many interests that are able to mingle with my paying job at French Finish as "professional apprentice"(pronounced Go-fer in all other professions), can get a little messy. Mess is especially problematic in the workroom of a master Artisan and Craftsman like my husband and partner Joe whose job it is is to achieve near perfection and ensure tight and tidy corners. After SEVERAL hints and cues, I took a smaller shop close by (it's literally across the hall!) where I could keep and create all of my passion projects and "finds". Each day we'd go to our respective shops, and by that I mean Joe would go to OUR French Finish workroom and I would go to MY little shop across the hall in which he was not allowed! It became a running joke when he would probe me for what I was doing in there and my response was always "Don't you worry about The Little Shop of Gorgeous. I'm making pretty happen!" And with a name like that, how could I not take it further? A mental, physical, and now virtual arena for me to create and offer inspiration for a well curated space.
The shop promotes in house creative concept development, unique textiles and details, and art prints as well as artworks and sculptures created by a collection of our amazingly talented friends from around the globe.
Hello Gorgeous!
Welcome to your opportunity. What opportunity?
Your opportunity to connect, to collaborate, to be inspired, to create!
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I am Tralona Boisne, or as I lovingly refer to myself; Wandering Wallflower. I am co-founder and co-owner of French Finish Wall Upholstery and Quarters Sur Mesure. Partnered with my husband Joe, we're a boutique wall upholstery workroom and installation company based in New York. If you're not familiar with
French Finish or QSM, please have a look-see. I promise you won't be disappointed.
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The reality is, I am not a professional anything, but I am a passionate everything! I've had a lot of professional turns on my walk of this life including but not limited to waiter, salesperson, merchandiser, retail buyer, warehouse manager, corporate sales assistant, etc! For the last 14 years I've held the position of wife, mama of 2, a small business owner, a professional apprentice, and most recently curator and textile designer! You may be able to surmise that, as a multi-passionate, endlessly creative soul; some parts of this employment history did not serve me to my liking! I have always been a fan of and attracted to the creative arts and expression. Be it music, dance, photography, illustration, painting, or making in general; if it takes curious ingenuity or colorful invention, I'm into it! I once stood on a pier in Sydney Australia watching a didgeridoo performer for 30 minutes! As such an enthusiast of so many things, I am constantly absorbing, learning. and "figuring out".
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Over the years of building our company; French Finish Wall Upholstery with Joe, I've had the opportunity to gain knowledge, understanding, and appreciation for the importance of the spaces we hang out in and the effects they can have on our emotional state of being. I've sort of developed an obsession for the work of interiors! I've enlisted myself to act as muse, supplier, creator, installer, hype-man or WHATEVER is needed to achieve a palpable visual translation of emotion in our work and living spaces!