Pea Pod Consignment Gallery to open in downtown Wellington

WICHITA — Before driving to Wellington to look at some property for a second consignment shop, Three Pea: Organize, Design, Stage co-owner Gary Streepy put his interest level at about a five on a scale of one to 100.

“So now we’re doing one,” he says, laughing.

Streepy and Kristen Awe are opening Pea Pod Consignment Gallery at 115 S. Washington in Wellington on Sept. 14.

Their Wichita consignment shop of the same name is within their Three Pea business at 1646 E. Second St.

“I have enough furniture to completely stock that store,” Streepy says of his new 4,000-square-foot space.

“It’s going to be exactly like our store here.”

Pea Pod sells consignment furniture, lamps, accessories and area rugs.

“We do some pretty cool stuff,” Streepy says.

He says the Wellington space is pretty cool, too.

“I love downtown deals,” Streepy says, pointing to the tin ceilings the space still has from years ago.

“Quite honestly, I don’t have to do a single thing to the building.”

 

Three businesses to open: Red Nest Interiors, Three Pea: Organize, Stage, Design and Pea Pod Consignment Gallery

WICHITA — The end of Three Pea Interiors means the beginning of a couple of new businesses and the expansion of a third.

Jolene Holdaway closed her Three Pea shop late last year and is preparing to open Red Nest Interiors in the former Esprit de Fleur space at 2907 E. Douglas early next month.

“I absolutely had to have more room,” Holdaway says of showroom and storage space.

She had been sharing space with Three Pea Staging and Design in the former Crandall’s Interiors furniture space on East Second Street.

Owners Gary Streepy and Kirsten Awe were wanting to expand their business as well.

Monty Stuber, whose Montage salon also is in the Esprit building, offered Holdaway some storage space that eventually turned into a lease agreement.

Holdaway thought making a complete split from the Three Pea name would be less confusing for customers.

Also, she’s changing her business slightly by incorporating some older pieces into her showroom.

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