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Hilly Horton Home had its Grand
Opening on Saturday 19th March. Set up by Hilly
Horton and Sarah Whiteside, the shop offers
offers two floors and three rooms of home-ware,
furniture, gifts, cards, prints, soft furnishings and
home accessories, and Hilly and Sarah work
hard to ensure that there is an eclectic mix of
fresh beautiful products, which are not replicated
anywhere else on the High Street.
Following a lengthy career in the Home
Improvement Industry and having relocated to
East Northamptonshire in 2010, Hilly Horton
decided to set up her own business centred
around design & textiles. With an eye for interiors
and a passion for home-ware, home furnishings
& accessories, Hilly’s little venture grew from
strength to strength and she found herself
sourcing beautiful items to accompany her own
designs as she took part in local Gift Fairs,
Country Fairs and Pop-Up events.
A result of positive customer feedback and a
desire to take the venture forward, it became
clear that Hilly needed a base from which to
offer her items, and after meeting Sarah, owner
of Tasty Bite Tea Shoppe in Thrapston, in 2014,
Hilly arranged to sell her items from a number of
shelves and a window display at the Tea Shoppe.
The response was so encouraging with many
customers returning again and again. Having
always been keen to add furniture to her collection,
and with Sarah handing the day-to-day running
of the Tea Shoppe to her team, Hilly and Sarah
joined forces to produce a selection of painted
furniture. Given that part of the building where the
Tea Shoppe is situated was once a Print Shop,
“The Old Printshop” furniture collection was born.
Sarah has always had an interest in painting
furniture and she has experience of preparing,
painting and waxing period pieces giving them a
brand new lease of life.
Both Hilly and Sarah have an equal love of old,
solid furniture and are very careful to select
good quality pieces that they can see revitalised
once Sarah has worked her magic! Bringing
the furniture collection together with Hilly Horton
Home was a joint decision and one that has
led to the ladies setting up Hilly Horton Home which is
based just to the rear of the Tea Shoppe in Goss Court,
Thrapston.
Hilly Horton Home also offers a bespoke furniture-painting
service for anyone who has a piece of furniture they would
like to have painted. One thing they are passionate about is
their choice to stock products from many local makers. Hilly
and Sarah are proud stockists of Cheari-Dais giftware based
in Desborough, Alfie & Joe hand-made crates from Islip,
Oskimo textiles & crafts from Titchmarsh, Two Turtle
Doves freehand embroidery from Stamford and, from
Polebrook, the largest range of Sam Purcell Designs in the
area.
Aside from the wide product range on offer, Hilly and Sarah also
offer craft workshops in their studio room. These workshops are
run by independent tutors and during May and June, workshops
will include needle felting, crochet, knitting, cake decorating,
bunting making, floristry and flower craft. Classes take place
during the week and at weekends and include freshly prepared
drinks and refreshments served from the Tea Shoppe. Advanced
booking is recommended.
Hilly and Sarah are proud of that extra level of service they are
able to offer customers. From gift vouchers to an in-house giftwrapping
service to a wedding registry and gifting lists where
brides & grooms and people who are due to have a birthday,
anniversary or special celebration can come along and make a
“Wish List” of items they would like to receive.
Hilly Horton Home
36a Goss Court, High Street Thrapston, NN14 4JH
(Next to Tasty Bite Tea Shoppe)
Open: Mon - Sat 9am to 5pm Tel: 07530 404511
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