Furnishing a new home in Highlands, or looking for the right piece to finish a room? Downtown Highlands and nearby Dillard Road have a wide mix of home stores, from furniture showrooms and consignment shops to antiques, art galleries, garden shops, and kitchen stores. Here are 14 places to start.
On Main Street
The Dry Sink
450 Main Street
Family-owned since 1972, The Dry Sink is a kitchen and gift store on Main Street. Look for cookware, bakeware, gadgets, and tableware from brands like Le Creuset, Casafina, and Joseph Joseph, along with candles, gifts, and a large selection of Hallmark cards. The store also keeps a gift registry.
Dutchman's Casual Living
342 Main Street
Dutchman's Casual Living, formerly Dutchman's Designs, carries furniture, lighting, rugs, and bedding, plus candles, art, and gifts. It's a good stop for pieces that fit a relaxed mountain home.
Bardo 49
460 Main Street
Bardo 49 is a home store in the middle of Main Street, with furniture, lighting, décor, and one-of-a-kind finds displayed throughout the shop.
The Molly Grace
371 Main Street
This family-run shop mixes home décor with gifts. Browse candles, pottery, servingware, coffee table books, and seasonal décor, along with jewelry and apparel. It's an easy place to find a housewarming or hostess gift.
Uashmama
366 Main Street
Uashmama is a family-run Italian company from Tuscany with a shop on Main Street. Its products are made from a washable paper with a texture similar to leather, used for everything from bags and totes to placemats, bread baskets, and storage for the home.
On Fourth Street and Around Town
ckSWAN
223 North 4th Street
ckSWAN brings together antiques and decorative furnishings from the 18th through the 21st centuries, along with gifts, candles, jewelry, children's items, and work by local artists. The mix of eras and styles makes it a fun store to browse.
ACP Home Interiors
215 North 4th Street and 1990 Dillard Road
ACP Home Interiors opened in 1983 as Antiques and Country Pine and now has two locations: a shop on 4th Street in town and a larger showroom on Dillard Road. The store carries furniture, lighting, art, window treatments, candles, and accessories in industrial, farmhouse, transitional, and mountain chic styles, and it offers in-home decorating help. Check hours before you go, since the Dillard Road showroom keeps shorter hours.
Art Highlands Gallery
521 North 4th Street
Art Highlands Gallery shows contemporary art by artists from the United States and abroad. If you're looking for a statement piece for a new home, it's worth a visit.
Mirror Lake Antiques
215 South 4th Street
Across from Old Edwards Inn, Mirror Lake Antiques specializes in estate and contemporary jewelry and sterling silver, including flatware pattern matching. You'll also find hand-painted china, cut glass, porcelain, and pottery for the table.
Oakleaf Flower & Garden
330 2nd Street
Oakleaf Flower & Garden is part florist, part garden shop, and part antiques store. It carries indoor plants and ceramic pots, heritage garden tools, Southern antiques and British ceramics, candles, and paintings by regional artists, and it creates custom flower arrangements.
Cabin Couture
468 Carolina Way
Cabin Couture carries home furnishings, accent pieces, and gifts, and its team can help with decorating choices like chairs, pillows, and accessories. Check hours before you go, since the shop is open only a few days a week.
Full House Gallery
66 Highlands Plaza
Full House Gallery combines an art gallery with a furniture and home décor consignment shop. It shows original work by local and regional artists, and its consignment furniture is next door at 67 Highlands Plaza.
Just Outside Downtown on Dillard Road
The Summer House by Reeves
2089 Dillard Road
Founded in 1989 as a twig furniture business, The Summer House has grown into four furniture showrooms, a mattress showroom, and a bed and bath cottage. In-house designers can help with a single room or a whole house, and the store offers custom upholstery, drapery, and bedding. If you're furnishing a new home from scratch, this is a good first stop.
The Blue Elephant
2248 Dillard Road
Across from Freeman Gas, The Blue Elephant is a furniture and home décor consignment shop with more than 3,000 square feet of showroom space. It carries indoor and outdoor pieces, and the inventory changes often, so it's worth stopping by more than once.
Store hours change with the seasons, so check with each shop before you visit.
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