Nell Hill's

And the name Nell Hill, so Nell Hill was your grandmother. That was my maternal grandmother. And when I opened up my shop originally, I called it the gourmet corner because it was all about, I knew after a couple years I did not want to do that. But I needed to move, or I don't know if I didn't even know if I wanted to do that, but I knew I wanted to expand. I wanted to do other things that were starting to get boring. And so as the store changed and I was going to expand in my building, I had this old building that as I expanded inside that and took over some space that was the least of someone else, that I could have an opportunity. And so when I remodeled the second floor, the second floor, it's an old bank building. Originally it had three stories. And back in the fifties, I believe the third story was taken off. And the second story had been kind of a rooming house on top of that late years later. And I, And so I saved up some money, remodeled that. And then that's when we kind of changed the name. And I called it Nell Hills above gourmet corner. That was, and then eventually dropped the gourmet corner when there wasn't any food left. Very wise. Yeah. I think the secret of your success clearly is the secret of our success is being in a recycled bank building. In our case, we want to step further. We have a recycled banker. So, so you clearly, you had a business plan. You had this well thought out from the beginning. Yeah, right. But, but you got into a lot of different things. I mean, anybody who's been in your store, and I say, how many people here have been at Nell Hills? Okay, right. So we all, we all know you've got the most incredible mix of things, different things. And it's, you can't have a business plan to decide to do this. What, what, what is, what is the, your focus? What is the, what is the thing that makes Nell Hills distinctive? Well, I hope that what makes Nell Hills distinctive is, At a very affordable price. But also we So we But, and it's ever changing. And I, and I love change, but different every time you walk in, not every time, but quite a bit. I mean, there's, you're coming from Johnson County. It may be four times a year. There's major change, But, So there's many places you can get your inspirations. It can be on a trip, on a vacation, or it can be mainly for me, it's at market. And so you might go into market. So, And, And now we have sofas, artwork, fabric, lamps, whatever. Something different all the time. And when you go, describe going to market for everybody, because I'm sure everybody understands that you go to places High Point North Carolina, and it's probably one of the largest furniture. And then probably the largest accessory market now is Atlanta, Georgia. But when you go, you're just bombarded with all these beautiful things. Now some things are just unattainable. They're just ridiculously expensive. And you just think, okay, I sure like to find that lamp, but for a third of that price, But you go. Now my husband, probably about 10 years ago, I talked him into coming into business with me, and of course he would roll his eyes at how I do things and throw up his hands. And so when I went to market. He's a lawyer, probably. Yeah, he's. And when, so when I would go to market, he decided he had to have So I would do a better job of buying and that I know I needed X amount dollars in lamps, next amount dollars in this and that. Well, I don't really pay attention to it. I just go in if I find something, I buy it. And so to his dismay, he has just given up and he doesn't give me any information when I go to market. Now he just