Roo Grayson to move, expand

WICHITA — Four years after opening Roo Grayson just north of Central and Woodlawn, Karla and Julian Binns plan to reopen their store just west of the intersection. They're moving to a former medical building they purchased at 6200 E. Central next to Williams Ace Hardware.

"It's three times the size," Karla Binns says. "It's scary. It's very scary, but it's extremely exciting."

The existing space at 515 N. Woodlawn is more than 6,000 square feet. The new space is almost 18,000 square feet.

Binns says the move, which she hopes will happen in September, will allow her to sell more bedding and furniture and have a bigger design center and a new rug line. The store also will add a silk floral department with the move.

Since former neighbor Twigs closed, Binns says, "We have so much traffic for that kind of thing.”

She says she's been listening to customers and what they say they want to buy. Binns says she knows sometimes people go outside of Wichita to find what they want.

"I know it's fun to go out of town and shop," she says. "I'm trying to do my best to bring what everyone is asking for to Wichita."

This story was originally published July 15, 2013 at 1:39 PM with the headline "Roo Grayson to move, expand."