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Rishel Kidd poses for a photo while holding Bo at Our Favorite Things Resale Shop on Sept. 23.
Some items that are available at Our Favorite Things Resale Shop.
Our Favorite Things Resale shop is the one of the stores to open in a revamping of businesses along Railroad Avenue in Shelton.
Rishell Kidd, the owner, opened the store Feb. 14. She said her vision is to reinvent the second hand shopping experience.
"I provide new and very gently used items in a boutique-style environment," Kidd told the Journal. "It's not thrift and it's not vintage, it's everything in between."
Kidd said she's always had a good eye for buying nice stuff at a good price, and wants to pass it along to the community.
There's also Cottontail Baby and Kids Resale store she opened next to Our Favorite Things, which Kidd opened in March. She's working on getting a door installed to connect the two businesses.
Rishell said business has been great so far and that furniture is one of her most popular items.
"The community has been very welcoming. It's been exciting," Rishell said. "I have a hard time keeping anything large in the store. It generally goes. Side chairs, decorative side chairs, blanket ladders, large prints."
Rishell is a fifth-generation Shelton resident and said it's cool being multigenerational from Mason County.
She said her favorite thing about running the store is the people she meets.
"It's a different style store than I think anybody's ever seen before," Rishell said. "They're expecting a thrift store when they come in or they're expecting an antique store and they leave really satisfied with a nice, quality item at a good price and I love seeing that and interacting. I love that my store pup, Bo, people will stop by specifically to see him to bring him a treat. He has his own little following."
Rishell said it is great to see all the new businesses along the 400 block of Railroad Avenue. She has an event space in the back and is hiring her daughter, Emma Gordham, to manage the store and do more events in the back. Rishell dressed up as Elsa from "Frozen" to get customers to see her space.
Her favorite items in the store are distinctive items, such as a wearable ceramic mask that scared customers.
"It sold right away. It was like nothing anyone had ever seen before with Halloween coming up, I love getting the things that are just slightly different that you don't see in traditional stores," Rishell said.
For more information, go to the store's website at http://www.tinyurl.com/bd4bxft9.
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