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Personally Yours, a small home-décor store owned by Betsy Merklein, has moved to a larger location in Occoquan at 402 Mill Street.
The business has always been located in Occoquan, but Merklein wanted to move to a larger space in the community.
“We have a larger retail space than we had in our other store. We have designed the store so that there is more retail space on the bottom floor for customers who need to do some quick shopping, or don’t want to do stairs, which is a case for some. We do have three lovely rooms upstairs to expand our retail space,” Merklein said.
The store’s merchandise is comprised of home decorating goods and other seasonal decorations.
“Our main focus, besides home décor, [are] our seasonal decorations. We do a lot for all the holidays – we do St. Patrick’s Day, we started the year off with a big Valentine’s Day splash, and now we’re going into Easter. We’ll have specialized items for Mother’s Day for mothers, sisters [and] aunts. Then we go into a patriotic season, where they’ll be banners outside,” said Merklein, continuing, “People like to decorate their homes in spots, for different holidays.”
Merklein said that she wanted to remain in the Occoquan area because of the welcoming community and her ability to retain her freedom and individuality as a business owner.
“[We chose to stay in Occoquan for] the charm in the town, the close-knit community of the town, and the residents and the businesses. We get to make our own decisions we get to set our own hours…we get to keep our individualism.”
The store has five employees, which are county residents.
“I have a great staff, and I depend on them greatly,” Merklein commented.
Personally Yours is open seven days a week, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
