Our "Huffington" Heroes
As we prepare to celebrate our 2nd anniversary at Huff
Harrington Home on Sunday and as we reflect upon the joy ride that this
adventure has taken us on, there are two groups of people we absolutely
want to thank: Our wonderful, faithful and supportive customers (for
whom we plan a little birthday happy on Sunday) and our precious peeps –
our little family of employees, who are the backbone of our company.
You may have seen their cute picture in a couple of publications
recently, but with this little celebratory occasion, we’d like to
formally introduce them to you:
Allison
We call Allison our boss: that beautiful, cool headed, calm voice of
reason who never gets flustered, always has a solution to every problem
and is as good with customers as she is with vendors, tirelessly,
relentlessly whipping through every project that she raises her hand
for. She also comes to us with years of retail experience, and, with a
killer eye and taste to match, lives, breathes and sleeps for finding
the greatest products to fill our shelves. If we just do what Allison
tells us, we know we’ll be fine — and have fun doing it too!
Alva
We thank our lucky stars each day that Alva, our other boss, walked in
to our store, a little more than a year ago, and demurely told us she’d
like to work there. In her quiet, polite and gently forceful, little
way, Alva has quite frankly, just told us what to do – and when she
speaks, we listen! With oodles of wonderful retail experience under her
belt, she is the queen of wisdom, and as long as we follow her lead, we
know we’re on the right path. The good news for us is that Alva loves
her job here too and claims she’s never had so much fun. Lucky us!
Barbara
It was another lucky day for us when we heard about Barbara. A true retail pro, she wins our customers’ hearts everyday with her elegant and
helpful ways. She’s the first one to dive into a new shipment of
goodies and we love the way she artfully merchandises our wares. We’re
delighted to have her with us.
"Babs" aka Barbara
Since we already had a Barbara, this one got a new nickname: Babs. And
how can we count the ways we adore Babs? Her tireless philanthropic
efforts in Atlanta? Check. Her bright smile and sweet nature? Check. Her
“get-down-to-business” attitude? Check. More friends in Buckhead than
we can count? Check. This is a lady who gets it done (and done right!)
and will go above and beyond to be sure our clients are properly taken
care of. And possibly her greatest gift of all? Her darling daughter,
Colleen (see below)!
Colleen
Young, bright, sassy and full of ideas, it’s pretty hard not to adore
this budding interior designer. We’re so lucky to have this Atlanta
native here with us and it’s a blast to watch her in action. She’ll move
furniture, re-arrange vignettes, plump pillows, re-merchandise the
goodies and go get lunch for everyone… all before noon! She’s the
originator of our favorite saying which is: “I can do that!”
Emily
We are crazy about our Emily, who has lived in South America, loves
design and cheers us every day with her can-do attitude and funny sense
of humor. Emily is our marketing guru extraordinaire, managing our
social media and website (no small task!) and known to lob out some
brilliant marketing strategies, in between quietly keeping us organized,
focused and efficient. The smile behind the tweets and the cleverness
in every Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram entry is recognizably pure
Emily.
Sam
We were told by mutual friends that if you leave Sam alone in your room
for a few minutes, she will rearrange all the furniture and make you
fall in love with it all over again. As part of our design duo with
Colleen (nicknamed Design Divas!), that is precisely what she does,
every day, for dozens of our clients. With her discriminating eye, her
plethora of marketing ideas, her clever sense of humor and her friendly
personality, this talented Renaissance woman has helped dozens of our
clients who just need a little help making their homes more comfortable,
inviting and up-to-date. We hear from people over and over again, that
Sam has changed their lives. She’s changed ours (yes Sam, in a good
way) and we’re not sure what we’d ever do without her!
Linda
We’ve known our gallery manager, Linda, since before we opened our Art
Gallery and it’s thanks to this talented, wonderful and personable lady
that we were able to open Huff Harrington Home two years ago. As our
Huff Harrington Fine Art gallery manager, Linda never ceases to amaze us
with her positive, upbeat and sparkling personality, her excellent eye
and her fabulous rapport with clients and artists. Linda shares with us
all a deep love for all things French (especially French flea markets
and Veuve Cliquot champagne) and always brightens our days with her joie
de vivre.
Mackenzie
We call her MacDaddy, and it’s a little nickname that has stuck to our
newest family member at Huff Harrington Fine Art. This lovely young
lady is a tireless and hard-working dynamo who loves art and enjoys
working with our clients. She’s also a techie wizard, who happens to
have a great eye, and has become one of the most important cogs in our
rapidly moving gallery wheel.
Hilarious Huffingtons!
Ta ta,
HH
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