The 2008 StartupNation Leading Moms in Business Competition

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The Sitting Room

The Sitting Room

Contestant's Case to Win

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The Sitting Room is a home furnishings retail store and interior design studio. We offer stylish home furnishings and gifts in a very unique setting. Our business is located in a 1950's farm house; as an interior designer my unique space allows me to showcase my design work, as a mom it allows me an extra room upstairs for my two year old to take her nap and a full kitchen for her lunch.

In February 2007, my husband and I packed up our two daughters and moved to Mount Pleasant, South Carolina to open The Sitting Room. This has been a huge family adventure ever since we first arrived, when we would drive around at night with the girls sleeping in their car seats looking for retail space. We found our location and were up and running within six months of our move from Los Angeles.

The Sitting Room is my home way from home, as well as my daughters who are thrilled to spend an afternoon at the store "helping" me. I am building a business that hopefully one day will be handed down to a new generation of women entrepreneurs, my daughters. As it stands at the moment, they would specify pink tulle curtains with pink sparkly paint, but we've got some time.

By the way I goofed on our website and can not change it. If you would like to view our website the correct address is: www.thesittingroomhome.shutterfly.com

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  • Heather is one of the most talented designer's on both the East Coast and the West. She understands the...Read more
  • The Charleston area is lucky to have this fresh, delightful couple to infuse new ideas that are not the...Read more
  • Having known Heather for some time I am proud to see how far she has come. If you haven't visited the...Read more