Popular gift shop in downtown Macon is liquidating. But you can still get these items
Brent and Catherine Meyer are restructuring 7th Street Salvage, closing and liquidating their home decor and gift store on Second Street while retaining their architectural salvage warehouse, custom build workshop and candle business.
The liquidation sale at 7th Street Salvage Downtown runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays until the inventory is depleted.
The sale does not include their hand-poured candles, vendor-items or fixtures.
‘One of the hardest things’
Housed in a renovated and remodeled former gas station at 592 Second St. in downtown Macon, the gift shop also is available for rent. The gift shop opened in December 2019.
“This is one of the hardest things we have had to write as a business,” the Meyers wrote in a post on their business website and Facebook page announcing the restructuring and the closing of 7th Street Salvage Downtown.
Here’s more from the post:
“About a year ago, we sat down and evaluated our business. Never in our wildest dreams could we have imagined we would be so successful. We found it brought additional challenges and responsibilities, however. The business began dictating our life. We were burning the candle at both ends and it was pulling us away from our children and our families.
“A company restructuring was necessary. We had to decide to either go bigger, with more employees and service lines to keep up with demand, or scale back to our core and focus on where we started. We battled with that decision for months.”
The couple had been approached by someone interested in purchasing the gift store about nine months ago but that didn’t work out, according to the post. A family member also had a recurrence with cancer.
“With the appointments, treatments, and surgery, it became necessary for us to step away and spend more time caring for them. This news, although difficult, affirmed that we were making the right choice for us … that family comes first.”
The architectural salvage, custom woodworking and candle businesses will now all operate out of the warehouse at 230 Seventh St. The candles are expected to be available for purchase online in the future.
“Those service lines aren’t going anywhere,” the post reads. “We are getting back to our roots and we are excited to have balance in our work and family life again.
“We know that this news will be disappointing, but we hope you will understand and continue to support us as we move forward.”
A bit of history
In June 2018, the Meyers opened 7th Street Salvage on Seventh Street. The 10,000-square-foot warehouse previously was an architectural business called “The Second Chance” when the couple purchased it.
They spent about 18 months repairing the building, organizing its contents and adding additional architectural salvage. Built in 1910, the Gannt Manufacturing Company first owned the warehouse.
Hours for the 7th Street Salvage warehouse are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. the first and third Saturday of the month.
This story was originally published May 19, 2023 at 10:56 AM.