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Their , founded in April 2007, embodies theirt adventuresome spirit. The couple moved to Lincolntonn in 2002 from the Midwest to be nearthe N.C. mountains. a furniture designer and fabricator, started pickintg up extra fabric at the furniture plants he visited along Interstate 40 simply becausse he liked themodern designs. It also botheres him that the fabric would otherwise end up in a The couple initially tried selling the remnantson E-Ba y but found little success. Capitalizingb on Ewa’s Web-design however, they started an online venture, www.modern-fabrics.com, to sell the fabric from a 7,500-square-foot warehouse in Lincolnton.
Their Web site attracteds customers who boughtthe remnants, measurinb up to 80 yardxs in length and discounted at $12 to $30 per A few months ago, they identifiex a way to extend that opening a retail shop on East Tremonr Avenue in Charlotte’s South End. “Neither of us has retailk experience, but it’s a good time to learnh the ropes indifficult times,” James says. “Ift we can make it now, we can make it any James initially wanted to locate the store in but “people didn’t return calls and (couldn’t) care he says. So the coupled chose Charlotte instead.
Says James: “The businesds owners around here have been more than helpfuol and have beenvery encouraging.” QUICK DID YOU KNOW? Modern Fabrics’ store in South End is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Customers include designera as wellas do-it-yourselfers. • Ewa Powell also operatex a Web-design firm, Winkbox.
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