Rewind. Rediscover. Relove.
Ruby Rewind grew out of the way I was raised. I grew up in my grandmother’s house with my brother and uncle, and it was a home where things accumulated over time. My uncle would thrift often and bring home whatever caught his eye, and my grandmother had collections of her own—Fiesta Ware, colored glass, and other pieces she loved—and rarely let anything go. Over the decades, the house filled with clothes, toys, glassware, china, books, board games, antiques—layers of everyday life and history and I spent a lot of time going through it all.
Money was tight growing up, so hand-me-downs and occasional thrift trips around Chicago and the South Side were part of life. As I got older, that stayed with me. I thrifted my own clothes in high school, hunted estate sales as an adult to help pay for my wedding, and later furnished most of our first home secondhand. It was practical, but it was also intentional as things from the past are often made better, and they feel more meaningful.
Ruby Rewind is about noticing those pieces. The ones that catch your eye, feel well-made, or bring something familiar with them. I’m inspired by family ancestry, period films, and old photography, and I choose items that reflect that sense of history and character. I source pieces from different eras and styles and pass those finds along to someone new who will love them just as much.
Ruby felt like the right name because each piece is a gem in its own way—meant to be found again, not forgotten. Red has always been part of my story, from my hair to my engagement ring to my daughter’s name.