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Sisters Jan Colvin and Sue Jones are reopening their Fairchild Interiors and Design in a couple of weeks, this time in their native Augusta. Last month, the two closed their shop at the Waterfront , where Colvin and her husband now plan DiTullio's Piano Bar .
"Being in Augusta, our overhead is going to be much less," Jones says.
They intend to pass the savings on to customers with 40 percent off retail for custom furniture orders.
"Which no one in the Wichita area can even begin to offer," Jones says.
She says there may be an occasional sale with those prices at other shops, but Jones says, "We are going to do it every day for all customers."
The new shop will be in a 110-year-old building at 110 E. Fifth Ave. in downtown Augusta.
The store will be about 1,000 square feet, which is substantially less than the 4,200 square feet Fairchild had at the Waterfront. It's about the size of the store's former custom design space.
"We condensed it a little," Colvin says.
There will still be lamps, art and accessories, but there won't be room for furniture except for a sample sofa.
Even though the floor space will be smaller, Jones, Colvin and fellow designer Kate Roggenbaum will still provide full design services to customers for any size project.
When the new store opens, it also will have holiday decor.
While at the Waterfront, Fairchild attracted customers from outlying areas, and the sisters think those customers along with Wichitans will still travel to the new store.
"We have been told that they will," Jones says. "We're trying to bring people back to Augusta."
That's part of the point of opening in their hometown, Jones says.
"I am very interested in trying to see ... the downtown area continue to be revitalized."
Musical shops
The Bella Vita Bistro expansion at 120 N. West St. (Have You Heard? Aug. 30) is leading to some other changes at that shopping center.
Bella Vita is doubling its size to 2,400 square feet by taking the Angel Nail space next door.
That salon is going to move into the 1,300-square-foot Frugal Finds Boutique space.
Frugal Finds is moving next week into a third of the former Tiny Tykes space.
"It's going to more than double our space," says Pia Schwamman , who owns the plus-size consignment shop.
The shop opened this summer.
"We got full too fast," Schwamman says.
"The extra space is a welcome blessing for us."
She'll now be able to carry furniture in addition to clothing and accessories.
The jump in space is "kind of exciting but a little scary."
Dalila Stevenson is making an even bigger jump with her New For You — Kids consignment shop.
She's taking the remaining 7,000 square feet at the former Tiny Tykes space.
Currently, she's in 700 square feet near Central and Emporia.
"I've kind of just outgrown this space," Stevenson says.
When she opened three years ago, Stevenson sold children's clothing up to size 12. She had to cut back to size 8 due to space.
Her new space will allow her to expand to size 18. The extra room will allow her to take children's furniture on consignment as well.
"It's a little bigger than I was looking for," Stevenson says, "but it will be fine."
