Visitors will find something vintage, modern, and unique to decorate their home for the holidays at Market 52.
Co-owner Trisha Holthaus proudly smiled as she confirmed that shoppers will find something for everyone on their shopping list at Market 52.
Visitors will be pleasantly surprised to find Swan Creek candles, onesies for the littlest ones in the family, holiday decorations, and a wide variety of Christmas trees in every imaginable style and size. This includes popular bottle brush trees, paper trees, feather trees in a variety of colors, and ceramic trees.
Unique gifts include glass globe hourglasses, coasters, canvas signs like “Christmas Trees for Sale,” oversized Christmas bulbs, macrame wall hangings, a wide range of holiday greenery for all types of decorations, towels, vases, baskets, and an assortment of pillows and blankets.
For that special man in your life, shoppers will find colorful socks with quotes guaranteed to make them laugh, along with T-shirts, hats, hoodies and coffee cups. Plus, a special gift can be found in The Pickin’ Shed, which is filled to the rafters with hand-picked antiques.
Market 52 is a locally owned boutique located between Burr Oak and Decorah, Iowa, at 3220 U.S. Highway 52. Look for the vertical flags signaling that they are open.
Market 52 is co-owned by Trisha and her husband Mark Holthaus. Mark is from Decorah and Trisha is originally from Oelwein, Iowa. She moved from Reinbeck, south of Waterloo/Cedar Falls, to Decorah after the couple got married. Mark has always enjoyed antiques and attending auctions, while Trisha shares his love for vintage items, which brought them together 13 years ago. Trisha previously owned an antique and home decor store in Waterloo, which she sold when she moved to Decorah.
After they married and combined their households, they started downsizing their collection of antiques, eventually selling items out of the garage on their property until they outgrew it. “We were shipping orders from the dining room table and storing merchandise in the basement,” said Trisha.
Trisha added that some of the vendors they purchase from are right here in the Midwest, including Iowa, while others are from as far away as California. Some of the T-shirts and towels are from Jewel, Iowa, and some of the signs are from Westby, Wis.
Mark emphasized the importance of customer service to their success. For example, if customers cannot make it during regular hours, they can call the couple and schedule an appointment.
The store is offering Black Friday and Small Business Saturday specials. “All our runners and placemats are going to be buy one get one free. Our candles and melts will be buy two, get one free. The first 25 shoppers each day will get one of our recyclable totes, and anything they can fit in the tote will be 30% off,” explained Trisha.
Holiday hours are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. during November and until December 22. The store closes just before Christmas and remains closed through January and February. They will hold a clearance sale from the end of January into February and another one during Decorah’s Nordic Fest celebration in July.
To ensure that you never miss a sale or new merchandise, sign up for the Shop Market 52 weekly newsletter on the store’s website, www.shopmarket52.com, and friend the store’s Facebook for up-to-date information.
Visit their user-friendly website, where you will find over 540 gifts in the following collections: Babies & More, Baskets, Bath, Candles & Melts, Florals & Greens, Furniture, Hats & Mittens, Holiday Floral and Greens, Holiday Gifts, Home Décor, New Arrivals, Odds & Ends, Radiance Candles, Big Sale, Self Care, Shop All, Textiles, Vases & Planters, Wall Décor, and Winter Wonderland. A unique feature of the website is the online chat, where you can ask questions. They accept American Express, Apple Pay, Discover, Meta, Google Pay, Mastercard, Shop, Visa.
For inquiries, the Holthaus family can be reached at 319-939-3039 or by email, shopmarket52.trisha@gmail.com
Enjoy shopping small and local this holiday season!
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