“A woman came in here last night and said ‘I have $20, and I need to buy a white elephant, what do I do?’ She and I walked around the store, got a bunch of unique and funny options, and perfect,” Madaline Small, manager at Noteworthy Wants and Wonders. “Our creative director Kristina is very passionate about Ann Arbor. Main Street is such a special location, and we believe that having unique experiences to shop in a town like this are part of what make it so special. We believe the more the merrier, we like to have unique experiences here, and that’s why Ann Arbor felt like such a natural fit for the things that we offer.”
Noteworthy Wants and Wonders, a gift shop and luxury lifestyle store, opened on October 25
“We believe that part of what makes downtown interesting are those unique shops. And as a local of the last 15 years [I] have noticed that we’ve lost a lot of those unique opportunities and so we are looking to provide more of that – for people to walk in an say ‘oh my gosh, I’ve never seen this before.’ We’ve had a lot of comments about how unique the things that we offer are, and I think that’s part of what makes Ann Arbor so special,” Small said. “We would like to bring some of that back to Main Street.”
Step inside of their store at 305 South Main Street and it feels like you’ve walked into a luxury lifestyle influencer’s Pinterest board. This is their second ever brick and mortar location – the original is in Richland. They sell items that appeal to a range of interests, including home goods, games and art…