behind the counter | 2012 55 The Carolina Consignment Team C ome meet the team whose furniture is good committed to customer service. With a designer’s as new—or perhaps even better because of eye inherited from his mother Linda (owner of the not-new prices! Carolina Furniture & Interiors), Will Dickens Carolina Consignment offers a one-of-a- sets up the showroom to the inventory’s best 875NE Main Street kind consignment experience featuring quality advantage. Heather Hiles oversees the business end Simpsonville furniture and home accessories. Established in of things—website, consignor inventory/payments 864.228.1619 2009, this 9,000-square-foot showroom has become and accounting—while Adam Wiant manages the Monday-Friday 9am-5pm a destination store for buyers and sellers. A smart mix warehouse. Michael Blanding and Danny McClure Saturday 9am-3pm of traditional advertising and social media ensures run two always-busy delivery trucks. www.CarolinaConsignmentLLC.com consignors ample exposure, and rapid turnover The Carolina Consignment team agrees the best promises something new each and every time you visit. part of the business is the relationships they enjoy Gently Used Furniture and Accessories Business is so brisk, in fact, that in just two short with shoppers and consignors. The community years Carolina Consignment has doubled its staff. has come to expect not only great furniture but Founder John Dickens leads an upbeat company also great customer service. Photograph by: Carol Stewart