Anne S.
Yelp
I recently moved from Boone after living there for 3 years and have been back for the weekend just to visit. This downtown shop is new, so I decided to check it out yesterday while I was walking on King. It's super cute, and I'm glad I did. The place is very clean, the artwork and items for sale are trendy, cute, and relevant, and lots of things are noticeably handcrafted or homegrown in NC. I was sending pics (the ones I uploaded to this review) to a few friends and all of them were responding saying they wished they were there/could buy everything in the store/could decorate their homes like the store.
Admittedly, the items for sale are a little pricy, but I'm a broke graduate student and also don't have an eye for art, so my thoughts are certainly biased. I wanted to buy something there to support the business, but have limited funds, so I had to be very selective and thoughtful about my purchase. If the prices were cheaper or I was richer, I would want mostly everything in the store. They even had cool drinks for sale..
After looking at the Common Good Co website, I see there's much more to this place than just a store! There's an art gallery and studio, and it looks like the company is working really hard to be integrated with and connected to the larger Boone community. The owners are a darling married couple that graduated from App State. They are actually living out my dream. #represent!