Las Vegas Market runs January 23-27, 2022. Most importantly, the team is looking to be inspired.Īs they state on their website, Ward and Haase “continue to be inspired by the creativity and imagination of people and the products they create.”Īnd there’s no better place to see that creativity than Atlanta Market and Las Vegas Market.Ītlanta Market runs January 11-18, 2022.
There’s a lot of pre-work they do with catalogs ahead of time, looking for products that will be just the right fit for their eclectic and varied product offerings. The team dedicates a lot of time to finding just the right products at the shows - even before they hit the ground in Atlanta and Las Vegas. “With our buyers, we spend a lot of time and care looking,” he added. He went on to say that sometimes after he gets excited while writing an order, he could miss another line or products right next to it because he gets so focused on what he’s doing. “Sometimes if you get too much in a habit of walking in a certain way, you completely miss out.” “I think it’s also good to walk a show in different ways,” he said. But if you’re not careful, you could miss it. Haase knows there’s always something new to discover at Atlanta Market and Las Vegas Market. “We are relatively split up by category each buyer has three categories and that does help quite a bit, but I think that the new part of our business is between categories, so it’s important they are speaking to each other.” Branching Out
“We work pretty hard the team does a great job,” he continued. The team writes orders with at least 300 to 400 vendors, ensuring they have the variety and unique options their customers expect. “It’s an odd part of our business we have 1,000 vendors.” “We are not really line buyers we are more buying the best of items from all lines,” he said. Lots of little vignettes, but not necessarily planned, predetermined a year in advance. “We look at the lines and it is amazing how it sort of evolves. “We work quite far ahead, but we are always looking for anything that is a good fit if it is a good fit we look at it then,” Haase said. As they plan to attend the winter editions of both shows, they’re looking ahead to holiday 2022 - as well as looking at anything available for immediate shipping. Patina’s team of eight buyers, including Ward and Haase, attend both Atlanta Market and Las Vegas Market with the goal of finding products that fit into their ever-changing shop environment. I would say in terms of categories, it has been a scramble these days.” Shopping the Shows The secret to success is to keep reinventing every category as much as we can - looking forward and not back. When thinking about his customers and what they’re looking for when they walk through the doors, Haase said it changes: “It’s highly evolutionary. It produces an instant, professional, antique. Patina brings out the natural warmth and colour that is already lying dormant in the wood, and gives lasting protection. They strive to make their store inspiring for their customers - offering a comfortable and clean shopping experience that allows customers to discover something new around every corner. This is a neutral wax polish giving a perfect traditional finish to all wood surfaces, floors, skirting boards, worktops, antiques restoration.
“… kind of the best goods at the best price is our overall concept.” “I think we’ve built our business on everyday value,” Haase said. “We thought we could create a little bit of a store, a little bit of an art studio, and it could become whatever we needed.Rick Haase and Christine Ward pride themselves on curating a selection of affordably priced gifts, home décor, paper goods and much more for their eight Patina locations in the Minneapolis/St. “We decided to build this one big open space,” says Brooke. Most importantly, they sought to make the addition flexible so its use could evolve over time. Built over six months using reclaimed barn beams, old French roof tiles, and antique materials in line with the couple’s signature aesthetic, the diminutive building also allowed them to explore new design techniques, including scored cement flooring and large-scale stone work.Īfter the couple closed their office and store in Santa Barbara due to the pandemic, they needed a space on their Ojai compound to relocate all of the furniture and clothing, but wanted something more than a storage facility. “It was a quarantine necessity,” says Steve Giannetti of the 850-square-foot studio now gracing Patina Farms, the sprawling Southern California property he shares with his wife and co-designer, Brooke Giannetti. Inside the new studio at Brooke and Steve Giannetti's Patina Farm in Ojai, California.
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