Darryl and Anne Peck, co-owners of Righton Books, St. Simons Island, Ga., have expanded their business with the launch of Lakeville Books & Stationery at 329 Main St. in Lakeville, Conn. The store opened last Thursday "and the response has been tremendous thus far," Darryl Peck noted.
The new shop is located in a freshly renovated vintage 1880 building. "We have filled this bright and welcoming space with thousands of illustrated books in a range of categories, including interiors, gardening, architecture, design, automobiles, photography, and cooking," Peck said.
The store also offers a wide variety of stationery, notecards, greeting cards, notebooks, and journals from around the world; globally sourced pens and pencils at all price points; as well as jigsaw puzzles (including wooden ones), art supplies, games, and more.
"We do have a full-service bookstore nearby that we have been shopping at for over 30 years," Peck noted, "which is why we do not sell novels, children’s books, etc. in the new store. We did not want to step on any toes as this is a very small community."
He added that the selection of illustrated books and stationery products at Lakeville Books & Stationery "is more along the line of what McNally Jackson is doing in New York with their Goods for the Study stores, or where they have combined books and stationery."