I need a big weekend.

I stole that line from Tom Petty, seemed appropriate.

We hope your summer is good. It is nearing travel time for us as we head for the New York International Gift Show in August, a semi-annual market with vendors from around the world. We are truly enthusiastic about the chance to discover new products, looks, textiles, textures and colors. This will be an exhausting on-our-feet-for-days week; with a lot of stimuli to absorb, and it’s what we love about this business.

There’s no place like New York City for spotting trends, so we always make time to explore innovative stores, boutiques, shopping districts and restaurants for ideas and inspiration. Okay, we love the food; and sometimes, it seems, it’s just about the food.

We’ll snap pictures along the way to keep you in the loop and to remind us of what we’ve seen when we return with our heads over-loaded with visuals.

First Contact

We’ve done it. We’ve launched our online store for the entire world to see. Feels a bit like one of those dreams where you realize you are at school completely naked. Do they like what they see? Is the audience fairly enthusiastic? Like what they see on the website, that is…

GoodSage is a labor of love. We are so grateful to those who have supported and inspired us—our cheerleaders—on our journey away from corporate jobs to the autonomy of business ownership. We’ve chosen the freedom to pursue our vision; and we’ve embraced the risk that decision involves. Already, we’re finding that our vision is expanding and simultaneously becoming more focused. This is the excitement of the path; this is the creative challenge that we love.

Our goal has always been to keep things changing and we welcome the creative challenge. As we grow, we want to know what our customers are thinking. We hope that this blog will become a forum for the sharing of our thoughts and ideas with some of the wit and irreverence we impart at GoodSage. After all, we are all about a good time at GoodSage.

Welcome to GoodSage

good sage (gud saj), n. 1. one distinguished for wisdom in the art of living with style
2. an individual with proven experience in design and/or marketing of home accessories
3. one who can create a home environment that calms and inspires
adj. 1. wise with regards to home goods because of reflection, training, and experience
2. proceeding from or characterized by wisdom and good judgement as relating to
modern design and traditional beauty within the home
adv. (~counsel) goodsagely advice