Regina Kristine Leigh

A Million Breaths from There To Here

When Claire was closing her retail store, there was still enough stuff left to fill four ten-foot by twenty-foot storage units. Two were filled with office equipment and supplies, and two were filled with display and merchandising items. It was all that remained of a home furnishings and interior design store where twenty-three vignettes had graced a luxurious showroom. Here one found ideas for creating living spaces the likes of which could be found among the pages of notable magazines, such as Better Homes and Gardens and Southern Living. After a two-month liquidation sale, Claire shipped the saleable furniture and accessories off to a wholesaler in New England and began the tedious task of packing up the leftovers and hauling it all off to these four storage units.