The Story of Our New Home!

The Blossom and Basket Boutique began in the lovely small building (pictured below) located at 228 South Main Street, Mount Airy, Maryland. We purchased the business in the spring of 2001, opened for business on April 4, 2001, and operated from this location for six years.

We needed more space, however, and found the building located at 3 North Main Street (pictured above) around the first of the year 2007. The building had originally been the home of a plumbing company, and for the two years just prior to our occupation, was the temporary home of the Mount Airy Town Hall, while the Town Hall building was under renovation. The town vacated the building on the first of March, 2007, and within a week, we began the process of altering the building to suit our needs.

As you look at the new building, originally there were three rooms on the lower level, right hand side. We tore out the walls, acoustic tile and carpets in the entire area. We painted the open ceiling beams black and installed crown molding. Rene selected the fabulous lighting, blue and green wall colors, and gray trim, resulting in the spectacular spacious showroom we now enjoy.

The next six photos show the rooms before and after:

As you look at the building, the two offices on the left on the lower level were combined into one large design room. We now have more than four times the space we had in the old shop.

The next four photos show the room before and after:

We now have a separate delivery/preparation area where flowers are processed after arriving at the shop, accessed from a loading dock. This area has its own air conditioner, so the flowers can be kept cool. We also brought our walk-in cooler from the old building.

The next four photos show the area before and after:

We are thrilled to have this fabulous consultation area, where we can meet privately with prospective brides and folks planning large events. This is the front room, left side as you're looking at the building, second floor.

We used to have two rented storage areas because we had such a small shop. Now we have this wonderful room upstairs (right side as you're looking at the building). We use this room as work space to create multiple gift baskets. The second floor also houses our store office, the kitchen, and a lunchroom, not shown.

We operated out of the old building until the close of business on Saturday, April 21st. We opened in our new location at 9am on April 23, 2007.

We invite you to visit us for a tour of our new home!