Just found Ole and Inga the other day. It's on Viking Avenue near the gas station & movie theater…read more The shop is Annie Sloan chalk paint proprietor and does specialty painting workshops too. It is two rooms with mainly furniture and some decorative items. The furniture is cute vintage, with a French vibe, some painted in the Annie Sloan chalk paint, and others left with regular wood. Pieces include bureaus to vanities to tables to china cabinets and prices reflect the amount of time spent on each item. If this is your style of furniture or you love Annie Sloan paint, be sure to stop in.

I've been here twice in the (almost) 2 months that we've lived in this area, as we needed a few…read morefurniture pieces for our home since they didn't make it in the move. There is a severe lack of quality furniture stores in this area (which is just weird), so we ended up stopping in here to check it out. Upon first glance, I loved the store. It's huge, and they have some really beautiful pieces. (which is why I gave two stars instead of one) On our first trip there, we were shopping for a dining set, and ended up liking one of the ones they had on the floor, but we were a little turned off by their price. ($1400!) So we decided to keep it in mind, and keep shopping around. We found the exact same table set at another (less unique, less quality) furniture store in Bremerton with a price tag of $900. The exact same one---$500 cheaper! Yikes. Talk about marking up your inventory. Also during this visit, we were unfortunate enough to be exposed to the owner's (or whoever she was) berating her own son (I assume it was her son) because he came in to ask for gas money. She loudly lectured him in front of us, and WE were made to feel awkward and embarrassed--I can't imagine how he must have felt. It turned me off to shopping there that day, as I didn't want to do business with such a manipulative and downright mean lady. I couldn't believe the "show" we got to see that day. Completely rude (to that boy and to us) and unprofessional. My next trip here was in search of a headboard for our king size bed. I wanted something unique, and knew that there weren't very many places to go in this area, so I stopped by again (and hoped to have a better experience). I did. The gentleman who waited on me was very very nice, made great conversation, and was very helpful. However, the prices are just too high. I don't know what people do in this area for a living, but I come from CT (where everything is overpriced) and was still shocked at the pricing. $200-600 for an old door, $400 for this or that, $1500 for a small table. I mean, really. Who can afford things like that? I think if this store was a little more realistic in their pricing (and also took their family drama to the back room), they'd have a shot at luring us back in as future customers. Until then, nah.

Watch out for this place! Despite their perpetual "store closing" sales, the merchandise is very…read moreoverpriced for the quality and customer base. And make sure you have firmly made up your mind.....ALL sales are final, even uncompleted sales like layaways, and the only refund you are likely to see is a store credit for yet more overpriced goods. It is associated with another similar but smaller operation under the same ownership (also not receiving good reviews) and the ownership and sales staff of both are pretty heavy-handed. Not a comfortable place to shop and not one that I'd recommend - Macy's has a relatively similar selection of furniture and at far better prices

We dashed into Bad Blanche's last Friday night, it was about 6 minutes past closing, but, the sign…read morestill said open. Loyde was at the counter and kindly let us shop as he said other shoppers were still inside. I was looking for a bag and earrings. Loyed was so helpful. He knows his stock better than anyone I had come across in a very long time. He was not pushy and showed me all the features of items I was interested in as well as suggesting a few items that were similar. In the end I bought a great crossbody bag and two jewelry bags! My friend bought a few things and was also very happy with our shopping time. If you are the owner and reading this, Loyde deserves a raise! He is wonderful! We will be back and telling our friends to stop in! PS the cute Halloween decorations in the window drew us in to begin with!

If you like eclectic jewelery, hats, scarves clothes, furniture, this place is a fun browse. They…read morehave plaques and towels with wise/funny sayings, like "sooner or later we all start to sound like our mother". So, it's not hard to find gifts for women here. I'm hooked on the darling nautical items, and glad they carry them year-round. Why should they just be a summer speciality? I usually don't need help, but the workers are scarce. Prices are ok. But the location is great; I'm more relaxed shopping on Front Street in this adorable downtown!

Seldens has a huge selection. And Lori is a terrific designer and a creative problem solver! She is…read moreincredibly thoughtful about details, very responsive and professional...highly recommend!

If you are looking for interior design ideas, particularly for the first time, I highly recommend…read moreChristine Wang at Seldens Designer Home Furnishings in Bellevue. I've always thought I had relatively good design sense. But after a year-and-a-half of lock-down and working from home, I felt the place was looking a little blah.  But I'd been procrastinating.  On a whim one Saturday, I walked into Seldens and met Christine. I explained what I'd been thinking, and she got it immediately. She asked a lot of questions and took the time to get to know what I like and don't like. I appreciated that she listened and worked with me to propose a range of solutions that seemed to work for me and helped me prioritize what would give me the most "bang for the buck".   She didn't propose a radical makeover but rather a smart choice of options that had the impact. And she was able share examples from other projects she'd completed so I could see how some of the ideas she was suggesting would look in my place. I went from hesitant to excited, and I can hardly wait for everything to get the first phase of my spruce-up project implemented.  I started out thinking I didn't really need a designer per se. But thanks to Christine Wang's help and the resources at Seldens, I wouldn't start a project without consulting with her first. Annie G

Found some great hand crafted wooden bowls that are beautiful and at a great price!!…read more Lots of different vendors so you fine some unique treasures. Also, some very nice jewelry!!

The one word to describe this store is: eclectic. With such a varied mix of merchandise, it will be…read moredifficult to adequately describe the store, let alone review it. (Note: there seems to be two separate Yelp sites for this store. This "Bad Blanche" site and one for "Bad Blanche Collections". Both are describing the same store on Front Street. Hopefully the Yelp gods will consolidate these two sites!). If you are looking for a $2.99 "Grow your own Pirate" toy, you will find it here. If you are instead looking for a $4,000 sideboard, you too will find it here. And so many things in between, in every price point in between. How does one review this store? There's a lot of jewelry. And hats. And clutches and purses. Yes, there are bins of inexpensive scarves at the front of the store (2 for $10), but I found the women's accessories and jewelry to be overpriced. There's a very large assortment of household décor and accents - especially beach- and nautical-themed pieces, and most of these were beautiful and unique and reasonably priced. I had never seen most of these home accents before. Very lovely. Then there are Asian-inspired furniture pieces (chests, cabinets, a gorgeous bamboo ladder); these appeared to be in decent condition and well-priced. There are many canvas plaques with stenciled sayings on them and other assorted wall décor, decoupage ornaments, knick-knacks, and small kiddie toys. All in all, quite the potpourri of stuff! The store is long and deep and you can (and should!) spend some time exploring it. The lady at the cash was friendly; when we came in, she was singing along to the taped music. This is definitely a unique store that totally fits in with the Poulsbo scene. I look forward to returning.

Cute stuff everything from furniture to jewelry to toys for the kids and all reasonably priced…read more Unfortunately the staff can be a little over bearing. We went in and clearly stated we were just looking. Every time one of us touched something the staff was right next to us watching our every move, like we were going to steal something. Than they would begin to tell us every single detail about what ever it was we touched. Next came the high pressure sales. I'm not sure what part of we are just looking, they couldn't figure out but I wasn't having it so I left.