Heart Home magazine Issue 12 August 2014 | Page 49

1930’s composition dolls heads. We placed one
in a Victorian taxidermy dome and literally had
people running away in terror! But then the next
customer fell in love with them and bought them
all!  We quite like to push boundaries, to surprise
and delight,” they explain.

The girls admit that one day they’d love to open
another store, however they’d need to find another
suitably unique location. At the moment they are
working hard on their online store, which will be
opening soon. But for now, Hollie admits, “really
we couldn’t be happier with our small and simple
set up, it is all pretty perfect, we pinch ourselves
It’s no surprise then the shop’s interior, which they every day.”
overhaul regularly, is full of quirky touches. “At the
moment we have suspended vintage apothecary www.thebottomstable.co.uk
bottles from the ancient beams and filled them
with wild spring flowers from the fields. Not for
sale... just because!  We love a bit of set dressing.”