A New Jewel in the Cheap Joe's Crown!

Hey, everybody!

Crazy things have been happening in the Cheap Joe's world: namely, we opened a brand new store in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina I was part of the team who worked diligently to get everything up and running ASAP for the townsfolk, who have badly wanted an art supplies store--so much so that they even started a Bring Cheap Joe's Art Stuff to Asheville page on Facebook! Well, we heard those pleas and made it happen! And I wanted to share some photos of the journey with you guys:

Cheap Joe's Art Stuff coming soon sign

very early setup of Asheville store 1

very early setup of Asheville store 2

Very early stages, just getting basic fixtures put in. And there's Aly and David, the managers of the Boone Outlet and the Asheville stores!

using recycled wooden pallets for wall at entrance

Reduce, reuse, recycle: these planks of wood are actually pieces of pallets that we receive deliveries on, but we knew we could use them for something creative, like an accent wall!

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Soon, these will be covered in stacks of canvas and watercolor paper!

building shelves for canvas and watercolor paper

Here's Brian, our Marketing Manager, building a big front desk for our new employees!

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Then he added a big, sturdy, concrete top and continued the pallets motif!

Brian building the checkout counter

a concrete top and recycled wooden pallet pieces finish out the counter

 finishing out the shelving units for art supplies 1

finishing out the shelving units for art supplies 2

Finally! We can start loading in merchandise!

display of Holbein watercolor

The very first product placed!

many boxes of sketchbooks

Bunches and bunches of sketchbooks!

sorting through boxes art supplies

Natasha sorting art supplies

Sorting and finding a place for everything! (Natasha, who works in inventory, doesn't like having her picture taken...)

finished display of easels in front of recycled wooden pallet wall

Look at all those easels!  And the finished pallet wall!

finished display of artist canvas

So...much...canvas!

finished displays of more art supplies 1

finished displays of more art supplies 2

finished displays of more art supplies 3

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Coming along nicely!

finished display of art brushes

Our brush section!

sign that says more than a little off every day

finishing touches at checkout counter

A few finishing touches...and we were ready to open!

finished display of Joe's Prime acrylic

finished display of Daniel Smith Watercolor

finished display of more art suppies

finished display of  Montana Gold spray paint

finished display of Sennelier Soft Pastels

finished display of markers

finished display of pastel and drawing paper

finished display of Joe's Prime Canvas

finished display of Joe's Prime Painting Panels

finished display of Canson drawing and sketchbooks

Cheap Joe's Art Stuff now open sign

Come down and visit us! The address is:

829 Riverside Dr Ste 120 Asheville, NC 28804 And the local number is 828-232-8391

We can't wait to see you!