One of my favorite stores of all time is The Seven Seas in Nantucket, Massachusetts. There's no website for the shop/gallery and there's only one of it's kind- found only on the small island of Nantucket (which makes it such a great little secret!).
Vanessa Noel is the founder and owner, and she has her shoe store right across the street. She can sometimes be seen between the two shops in the summer months.
If I were to have a shop, this is exactly what it would be. It's a vintage store filled with the most amazing selection of art and design books, hotel ashtrays (love them), men's Lilly Pulitzer pants and jackets, sunglasses, needlepoint loafers.. ah! I could go on.
In the back half of the house-turned-heaven is an art gallery that features the works of Peter Gee, a British artist who was active in the pop-art movement of the 1960's. His works are so fun and fit right into the lively aesthetic of the rest of the space.
I'm heading to Nantucket this upcoming weekend for a two-week vacation and I'll definitely be spending some quality time here... and hopefully coming back with some treasures!
*photos by kathryn ierubino
I wasn't able to stop in the last time I was on island but am definitely making it a point to next time.
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