Existence

What do you do when your life gets in the way of something you love? Find a way to make it fit into your life once again.

I started Gravity and the Everyday out of necessity- the need to shop, or rather the need to hunt and gather. Since I was a teenager I have loved the hunt. Second hand stores, garage sales, estate sales, antique stores and flea markets- they call to me with their siren's song. I can't see one without itching to look. Crazy knick-knacks, bedding, clothing or weird ships used as lawn art- it's hard for me to leave empty handed.

And then... in 2009 I had my first daughter, Luna, with Dakota following quickly on her heels in February of 2011. As you may know, with children comes stuff. Lots and lots of baby stuff, filling up our apartment with a rapidness. As each new piece of baby-ware came in (the changer! the swing! the toy box!), something had to be moved out of the way (the repurposed plant stand! the armchair! the vanity!). And as babies tend to like to put things in their mouth, my fun little kitschy knick-knacks were soon relegated to boxes in the closet.

I quickly realized that this was the end to my hunting expeditions. Nothing more could be fit into our living space as the child tornado grew and grew. And yet... my sister had been bugging me for years about how I should start a vintage shop. Why not now? I could work on it while the babies slept, could do it from home, and best of all... I could continue the hunt. And so it began.

While my shop is a collection of the things that I find and love, I am hoping that this blog can be my vintage backstory. Stories on my favorite pieces, tales of my latest expeditions, what I'm loving on Etsy and more.

I'm excited to share everything I love about all these old beautiful things. I hope you'll come along for the ride.